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May 2012

May 25, 2012

Pak PM Gilani's interview to CNN and the larger malaise

Recently, there was an interview by CNN with Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani. Two particular...

May 23, 2012

Is Pakistan taking on US in a high stakes gamble?

Pakistan seems to be digging a greater hole for itself. It has played its hand...

May 20, 2012

Twitter access blocked in parts of Pakistan

A lot of dictators and high strung powerful caricatures in Bollywood movies announce with certain...

May 16, 2012

Are there Inherent Pitfalls in Soul Searching within Pakistani Society?

Pakistan is in a strange situation. On one side, its citizens are seeing their country...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

History at Cross roads as Shaheed Bhagat Singh returns to Lahore today

Today (23rd March) in 1931, at 7.30 pm three young men were hanged in the...

March 22, 2012

Almost 1000 Pakistani women killed for Family’s Honor

What is it about the people of Indian subcontinent, that we still value "Honor" or...

March 12, 2012

Sri Sri visiting Pakistan and History of Art of Living in Pakistan

Sri Sri Ravishankar is making his second trip to Pakistan today via the Attari border....

March 07, 2012

Osama’s body flown to US and Mid to Senior Pak ISI and Army brass knew of OBL’s stay

The latest Wikileaks expose of emails by Stratfor's VP for Intelligence Fred Burton shed interesting...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Pakistani Couple in London slaved and raped a teen-age Deaf and Mute girl

Came across a news item today, where a Pakistani couple - 83 year old Ilyas...

January 2012

January 29, 2012

Osama’s Death and Pakistan

Osama Bin Laden's saga will turn out to be one issue that is going to...

January 25, 2012

China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar – The Future and Past Follies of India’s Foreign Policy in its Neighborhood

Slowly and gradually and under the very nose of India, Nepal is becoming a vassal...

January 23, 2012

Afghans have a tough time with high prices and low food stocks and Pak locks land route

There has been a constant discussion in Pakistan on how it "helps" Afghanistan and how...

January 22, 2012

Taliban Shoots down 15 Pakistani Soldiers in Revenge

A Taliban commander comes on and after saying he is going to shoot his captives...

January 21, 2012

We will make Pakistan a Taliban State

How do you fight a person, when you can't fight the mentality? The Jehadis in...

January 18, 2012

Five Predictions for 2012: How will the world be like?

This year, 2012, is a significant year in many ways. There are enough doomsday-sayers, who...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

Veena Malik’s Father Dumps her and wants her to stay away from India

Veena Malik saga is not ending so soon. After the nude picture issue, where she...

December 08, 2011

Hawala Operations in India conduit for Terror Money from Pakistan with Delhi as the hub!

A Hawala racket to the tune of Rs 100 crores has been running for last...

December 05, 2011

Pakistani over-reaction to Indian Media as Veena Malik sues FHM for racy photos

The latest in the Veena Malik drama is that she has sued the magazine FHM,...

December 05, 2011

Pakistan’s Season of Declaring Assets

In Pakistan, these are days of declaring one's assets.

November 2011

November 27, 2011

Aatish Taseer on Arundhati Roy and his father, Salman Taseer

Aatish Taseer's extremely interesting "Self Interview" brings out a few things th

November 23, 2011

Frontline’s “The Perfect Terrorist” and how Pakistan’s ISI uses Zaid Hamid

I watched the Frontline program on PBS done by Propublica on David Headley, the central...

November 23, 2011

Memogate Scandal: Pakistan’s dependence on outsiders

Pakistan has a problem these days. After Osama Bin Laden, it seems the President Asif...

November 09, 2011

India is China’s #2 target

George Bush was in Mumbai to meet the business tycoons.

November 06, 2011

Are Pakistani Nukes in danger of going to Jehadis?

It is a common whine by many so-called "Political and Defense analysts" of Pakistan that...

August 2011

August 01, 2011

Terror in China being exported from Pakistan: Allies in Arms

Now even China is feeling the brunt of the Killing Jehadi factory of Pakistan.

July 2011

July 21, 2011

How Pakistani Intelligence may have bribed US Establishment into Betrayal of America

An interesting news broke out yesterday.

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Every Terrorist Act in last two decades have a direct link with Pakistan

In this video, this anchor gives a list of attacks where either Pakistanis directly or...

May 16, 2011

Whither Goes Pakistan?

In the past one week or so - after the operation to eliminate Osama Bin...

May 12, 2011

Pakistan – not Osama – was the Mastermind of 9-11 Attacks on the US

CNN confirmed that Lt Gen Mahmud Ahmed, the Head of Pakistan's Intelligence agency (ISI) in...

May 02, 2011

Osama Bin Laden Operation and some critical open questions

When I look at the operation that killed Osama, this is the main question I...