By Omar Farooque
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By Shemrez Nauman Afzal

We all know what is wrong with Pakistan. We all read the newspapers every day. We watch TV, we watch the anchors and the video clips, we listen to the radio, and with a straight face, we acknowledge that we have become immune to violence, to hatred, to inequality, to greed, and to whatever happens to Pakistan.

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Elf Habib

The media has been lending almost tacit support to the currency of intolerance. The country, already battered by bloody terrorist onslaughts, is being further forced to fend off the fury and fanaticism of some hitherto apparently silent segments that have infiltrated into the most treasured security shields

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By I.M. MOHISN

The Rand Corp political scientist and also author of the book entitled, In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan, Seth Jones, in his latest article, generally, reflects neocon approach to the on-going war. Despite mentioning the disasters that befell the British etc during the last 2 hundred years, he thinks that the ( Read more... )

Deborah Storie

'WHAT is Kevin Rudd like?" "What type of man is he?" "Will he win the election?" Afghan friends and colleagues assailed me with these questions when I returned to Afghanistan in October last year. Their obsession with our federal election bemused me. Ten years ago they didn't know when Australian elections were or that Australia had a ( Read more... )

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Dr Ali Mohammad

The new administration in the USA is about to take the reign of that country. The next President, Mr Barack Hussain Obama has promised to turn round the failed policies of the previous administration. It is hoped that he can give more to a better future for mankind as the world has suffered enough upheavals, death, and destruction. ( Read more... )

Ahsan Waheed

A bit more sophisticated than the shrill war cries of the Indian media is the December 11 cover story of ‘India Today’. Simply stated it is a crude attempt to create a rift between the government and the military in Pakistan. What comes across is India’s obsessive fear of the Pakistan’s military and it’s Inter Services Intelligence ( Read more... )

Despite Western media prognostication, there is no possibility of an extremist or jihadi government assuming office in Islamabad. Neither the Pakistani electorate nor the Pakistan Army would accept this

The India-Pakistan confrontation following the Mumbai attacks is the fourth such crisis in the last two decades. While India says it has provided ( Read more... )

Tanya Saira George
MA Student, Department of International Studies
Stella Maris College, Chennai

The Mumbai carnage has been a topic of debate in Pakistan and has produced a flurry of reactions. The initial reactions, during the first and second day were extremely sympathetic.

However, this initial reaction of sympathy changed substantially, one the ( Read more... )