“This war is going to leave [us] in [absolute] chaos…He leaned forward in his chair. There’s young men dying in their thousands, men who had lives to look forward to, and dreams…and know how they are dying? With their guts spilling out in the mud and their faces blasted away – the war had taken [...]
The western analysts and think tanks strongly support the drone strikes in tribal areas bordering Af-Pak for obvious success in terms of friend and foe casualties’. They project the drone as the most important weapon to eradicate terrorists and terrorism.
A QUANTUM LEAP IN TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH By Air Commodore Sohail Malik, PAF Since coming into existence, the Pakistani nation has had its fair share of trials and tribulations. The strategic geographical location and fast emerging geopolitical scenarios have been the imposing determinants on its policies and direction. Notwithstanding our weaknesses as a nation, the people [...]
By Hamid Waheed Af-Pak remains the hottest issue for analysts and Think Tanks, where everything is discussed under umbrella of speculations and ambiguity. The fast changing and unclear policies in the area leave room for new lines each having potentials to lead to the final solution.“In Pursuit of Failure” published in Dawn by Tariq Fatemi [...]
Julian Assange ushering in a “new global information order?” By Wayne Madsen for www.opinion-maker.org The selective release of around a quarter million US State Department cables, some of them redacted after screening by corporate media entities such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde, among others, comes at a time [...]
By Brig Samson S Sharaf The message being sent to Pakistan in the post Wikileaks scenario is ominous and bereft of diplomatic dignity. “We will continue to insist to Pakistani leaders that terrorist safe havens within their borders must be dealt with,” said President Obama. Retired Gen. Jack Keane, put it more bluntly: “Don’t just [...]
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal The NATO nations and their coalition allies agreed to the December 2014 date for ending military mission in Afghanistan, during the alliance’s summit in Lisbon, held during the last month. Summit had laid down the broader frame work for ending the war. Hence, Presidential review was little more than [...]
There is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers don’t lie in unthinking vilification of the fighting men who performed so well in the war against such heavy odds in defence of the national policy. Rather, in failing to honour them, the nation dishonours itself.
By Hamid Waheed:
What wonders me is why the army is sleeping and not projecting its sincere efforts for common Balochi. Are they too simplistic or they have no knowledge of perception management. The efforts of new political setup are all excellent measures but hopefully will take into consideration and reinforce the common Baloch agenda already in ruin for the last 60 years and will not only find solutions to support feudal culture.
Upon development of consensus between former Soviet President Gorbachev and the Politburo leadership, that the former super power (Soviet Union) could no longer sustain the heavy expenditures of the Afghan war in terms of human cost as well as the financial effects, the Communist regime decided to withdraw its forces from Afghan territory in 1988.
By Raja G Mujtaba:
. If the US does not listen, Pakistan Air Force must be instructed to shoot any violation of Pakistan airspace. This would build more trust in the federation and earn a global respect. If not done, the 11 steps mentioned here are a clear recipe for disaster.
By Air Commodore Iqbal:
Yet once again, American calculus is faulty; premium placed on India is unrealistically inflated. Indian government would once again avail the opportunity and accrue short term benefits. Long-time sufferer is a common rural Indian, destined to live in poor social security and food insecurity environment for an indefinite time. For quite some time, stability of this region is likely to stay hostage to reinforced Indian arrogance.
By Sajjad Shaukat:
Most alarming point in this respect is that Indian sinister strategic designs under the pretext of so-called Islamic terrorism are not only creating obstacles in the East-West cultural cooperation, but are also taking the world to the brink of clash of civilizations.
By Air Commodore (R ) Khalid Iqbal While in India, President Obama is poised to walk a tight rope. Pre-trip speculations in India, centred on unrealistic “deliverables” like agreements on export controls, resolution of the nuclear liability problem, military supply agreements, cooperation in the domain of upper space, American nod for a permanent seat in [...]
By Dr Muzaffar Iqbal:
The US foreign policy needs a U-turn; domestically, a growing class of poor and disempowered have nothing bright on the horizon and this leads to deep fractures. But to open their eyes, the US politicians from both side of the divide need something much greater than a political victory or defeat and it is hard to see how this will come about in the near future.
WRITTEN AND SUPPRESSED IN 2003, READ IT NOW! By Raja Ghulam Mujtaba Editor “Guide us to the straight path, The path of those upon whom You bestowed favours, Not those who have invited Your wrath, nor those who have gone astray. “Al-Fatih” Dear Brothers and Sisters in faith and fraternity, Asslamolikum Muslim Unity As you [...]
Pakistan Blocks NATO Supplies By Raja G Mujtaba STAFF WRITER/Editor General Aslam Beg, former Army Chief has also come hard, he demanded to shoot down intruding ISAF copters, drones, etc. Talking to the media, he said Pakistan Air Force should be ordered to chase and hunt any intruders within our airspace till shot down. AP [...]
By Raja Mujtaba in OpinionMaker I received an email from a friend Hamid Rajput; a keen surfer who always digs out something interesting and useful. I must appreciate his keenness and choice of the reports that he brings out from the oceans of cyberworld. If such dig outs by Hamid become a routine then I [...]
IDIOTS DON’T WEAR HORNS By: Sohail Parwaz It has become a fashion to talk about the fate and fortune of Pakistan every now and then and every here and there. Ever since the genesis of this land of crisis the ‘well wishers’ have a lost sleep for it. The ‘earnest’ aficionado is Pakistan’s neighbour India [...]
- SPECIAL REPORT: The top secret Israeli-US program to establish “Al Qaeda” – By Wayne Madsen in Opinion Maker Press clips gathered by the CIA and discovered in the National Archives’ stored CIA files point to an agency keenly interested in any leaks about the highly-classified CIA-Mossad program to establish Osama Bin Laden and the most [...]
- Pakistan Warned; Noose Being Tightened – “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that should an attack against the United States be traced to be Pakistani it would have a very devastating impact on our relationship.” – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton By Raja G Mujtaba Wiki leaks, Hillary threats, Mike Mullen’s parrot repeats, [...]
A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE Who Will Answer? By Brig. Simon S. Sharraf Though ordinary citizens may look at war as an end to politics and diplomacy, statesmen of realism paradigm know that it is ‘a continuation of the policy in concert with other means’ (Clausewitz). According to Julian Lider, the transition point to state sanctioned [...]
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja The US is deeply concerned that Haqqani network based in North Waziristan (NW) is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan. It complains that the militants have safe havens in FATA which seriously jeopardizes US efforts to defeat militancy. The issue is not whether the militants take off from Pakistan’s tribal belt [...]
The Zionists and Israel have always used America against her allies. India is the new partner in the gang. By Raja G Mujtaba Hillary is a seasoned and matured politician; not only that, having been the First Lady, she had the exposure to national politics from the highest office of America for good eight years. [...]
It is paradoxical that the US notorious for worst human rights violations and being the biggest violator of law today stands up as a pleader of human rights and upholder of law. Its past gory acts are too many to recount. It has turned Iraq and Afghanistan into killing grounds where over 1.6 million have been hacked to death; millions injured critically, tens of thousands rendered homeless, widowed and orphaned. Thousands have suffered gruesome tortures in US run infamous jails, which have so far not been closed despite world protest and commitment given by Obama. George W. Bush and his team of neo-cons along with Tony Blair should have been tried as war criminals for the crimes committed against humanity and that too under false pretexts…Brig Asif Haroon Raja
AMERICA MUST SWALLOW ITS EGO; LET THE WISDOM PREVAIL By General Mirza Aslam Beg General McChrystal, having read ’s Memoirs, has opted for the new strategy for Afghanistan, named as ‘Churchill’s Choice’, defined in these words: “The more an outside army sought to impose order, the more ferocious the Afghan response. Brute force of arms, [...]
The misdeeds of anti-ISI agencies are known to every one. In that respect, Ramzi Yousaf who was well-aware of the activities of the American and Israeli secret agencies had stated in the US court in 1997, “You are butchers, liars, and hypocrites. You keep on talking about terrorism to the media, but behind closed doors you support terrorism”.
The maiden test of this dialogue would be the restoration of the trust, which somehow has been the most desired constituent of the bilateral relationship of both countries. Moreover, if this exclusive round of strategic talk was able to restore the trust, how long would it last? This of course would be a test of our diplomacy, but more than this, the dictates of the future strategic interests of both countries, especially the US interest, as the sole super power. Indeed, over the years, the vicissitudes in the Pak-US relationship and discriminatory behaviour of the West has taught us to be realistic in the growth of its future alliance. At the US end, it is felt that its strategic partnership with the India has milked it more than gratifying US strategic intents.
On their recent visit to Pakistan, Gordon Duff and Jeff Gates talking on TV show and addressing various other forums, minced no words. They were very critical of Indo-Israeli Nexus that’s not only destroying the US but is seen as a grave threat to world peace.
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