Source: Daily Times Haqqani was too experienced and sophisticated as well as knowledgeable to have thought that a ‘civilian coup’ to shackle the military in the aftermath of the bin Laden raid was anything but a harebrained scheme. More to his defence, Haqqani did not need an intermediary to pass […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appointed lawmaker and former information minister Sherry Rehman as the country’s new ambassador to the United States, an official said. The appointment came just hours after Gilani asked envoy Husain Haqqani to resign as the government investigates claims that […]
By:Zubair Khalil Khan After having made in depth analysis of Lahore Jalsa, youth fans declared Imran Khan as one of the most charismatic political leaders of Pakistan and prophesied soon he will have very strong connection with voters of the country. It was also predicted this charismatic politician will find […]
source: dailytimes A former general and NSA would not — by all standards of rationality — agree to deliver an anonymous letter to the highest military officer in the US, which means Mansoor Ijaz must have briefed him on the memo, its basic background, and where it was coming from […]
Published: November 21, 2011 Credit: Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: Media Adviser to the President Farahnaz Ispahani, who is also the wife of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani, said on Monday […]
Source/ Courtesy: Dawn.com By Murtaza Razvi Mohammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was his full name, which may add to the knowledge of those who wish he was either not Ahmadi or Pakistani. The man […]
Source: Dailytimes BAAGHI: What makes it ‘Memogate’? —Marvi Sirmed What could be more ‘patriotic’ than eliminating terrorists from Pakistan’s soil? Pakistanis deserve a better future without any references to the terrorists being harboured on their land By now we all know what Memogate is, and what memo we are referring […]
Source: TOI on line Pakistan’s Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace talks with the US-backed government, a senior Taliban commander and tribal mediators told Reuters on Monday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace […]
Mohammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was his full name, which may add to the knowledge of those who wish he was either not Ahmadi or Pakistani. The man proudly lived and died as both, and much more, as Pakistan disowned him, in life and in death. Ziaul Haq denied him the honour of a state […]
Zafaryab Ali and his business partner, Peerada Shah, Two Pakistani Muslims in Brooklyn were shocked on hearing through a friend that Coney Island Bialys and Bagels was closing. Ali had worked at the store for 10 years in the 1990s and remembers it always being crowded, with lines out the […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1088952–some-surprising-words-now-banned-from-pakistan-text-messages?bn=1 Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press ISLAMABAD—Texters in Pakistan better start watching their language. Pakistan’s telecommunications authority sent a letter ordering cellphone companies to block text messages containing what it perceives to be obscenities, Anjum Nida Rahman, a spokeswoman for Telenor Pakistan, said Friday. It also sent a list of […]
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari WASHINGTON: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was so scared of a military coup after Osama bin Laden’s death that he was ready to create a “new security team” favourable to Americans and promised the US to hand over Pak-based 26/11 perpetrators including those […]
The new emerging political figure of Pakistan, Imran Khan speaks about the issue of “War of Terror”. This explains it all..He is probably the only Islamist politician in Pakistan who talks sense rather than the secular fools in power today..Pakistan today has become the hub of terrorism and mass corruption […]
By Huma Imtiaz / Kamran Yousuf Published: November 18, 2011 WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Thursday that, in Pakistan, a single person’s claims can create crises. Whether the […]
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington has offered to resign after reports that his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari, asked Washington for help to stave off a military takeover. A Pakistani businessman alleged in a column in the Financial Times last month that a senior Pakistani diplomat asked for […]
If it ever comes to Pakistan launching an atomic warhead, the final say would be with the all-powerful army leader, even though in theory the prime minister’s finger should be on the trigger. All indications are that the White House, despairing at the fragile government in Islamabad and reassured that […]
Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleged in an Oct. 10 op-ed in the Financial Times that on May 10, in the wake of Osama bin Laden‘s killing in Abbottabad, Zardari had offered to replace Pakistan’s powerful military and intelligence leadership and cut ties with militant groups. Ijaz said he was directed […]
KARACHI: While Shah Mehmood Qureshi continues to be crypticabout his political future, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Sindh leadership says the former foreign minister’s joining the PTI is a ‘done deal’. Party chief Imran […]
Courtesy: BBC urdu service پاکستان کی قومی اسمبلی نے خواتین کی صلح کے بدلے، ونی یا سوارہ، جبری یا قرآن سے شادی اور خواتین کو املاک میں حقِ وراثت سے محروم رکھنے کے خلاف قانون منظور کرلیا ہے۔ اس قانون کے تحت بدل صلح، ونی یا سوارہ، جبری یا قرآن […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2011 Source: Business Recorder The Federal Government Monday unveiled 37-year-old secret proceedings of joint sitting of the Parliament of 1974 that put Qadianis outside the pale of Islam. The Speaker of the National Assembly released a 21-volume official report on the proceedings of the Special Committee of the […]