about 5 months ago - 35 comments
‘You cannot tolerate vipers in your bosom without getting bitten,’ Ambassador Patterson said. ‘Our concern is whether Pakistan really controls its territory. There are people who do not threaten Pakistan but who are extremely important to us.’’
After controlled media leaks about US concerns of a Taliban ’safe-haven’ in Quetta, the US Ambassador in Pakistan has [...]
about 5 months ago - 15 comments
The Daily Express of the United Kingdom carries a report dated September 2007 claiming that the Saudi’s will allow Israel to fly over Saudi Arabia to bomb Iranian Nuclear installations.
Not surprisingly, the Western media and Israeli officials had explicitly said that a few Arab countries supported Israel in the Israel-Hezbollah stand-off of 2006 to have [...]
about 5 months ago - 2 comments
It is important for us, as Pakistani’s, to really stand up to the threat we face and address the ‘Creeping American Occupation‘ that I referred to in my previous post. For this, we can and we should take inspiration from the stand the Islamic Republic in our neighborhood has taken up for the past 30 [...]
about 7 months ago - 4 comments
The article appeared in the “Business Week” magazine on the 4th of June, written by Rachael King. The article, and the comments that follow up the online edition of this article, highlight the true facts about how Pakistan is and should be a preferred IT outsourcing destination.
Pakistan has become the 20th most attractive outsourcing destination, [...]
about 8 months ago - 21 comments
As the Pakistan military strengthens its position in Swat and Waziristan, the Kurram agency is in the spotlight once again. Fighting has erupted and reportedly, the Taliban fleeing from Waziristan and Swat are wrecking havoc in Parachinar. They are fuelling sectarian tensions and finding refuge as locals from different sectarian groups, particularly the Shi’ites, are [...]
about 8 months ago - 6 comments
The PPP government celebrates the passing of the “Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act” by the USA Congress which would provide an estimated $1.5 billion per year in financial assistance to Pakistan for the next 5 years. The conditions that have been set for the provision of this assistance are, to say the least, [...]
about 9 months ago - 5 comments
We have a declared enemy in India on one side of the border – a notorious Afghanistan on the other. We have a friends to our North in China and Iran to our South-West. I have failed to understand why, ever since the present government has assumed control, the government has literally snubbed the Chinese [...]
about 9 months ago - 143 comments
“Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (martyr’s) glory in the fact that [...]
about 9 months ago - 6 comments
I’ve compiled a report on the humanitarian crisis that Pakistan faces today. The report has been published at “Global Voices Online“, a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring you translations and reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard [...]
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
It is too early to say whether or not Barrack Hussain Obama’s approach to the Muslim world would be any different to that of the Bush administration. He has made big promises and committed himself to ‘change’, however there isn’t much time left before he actually steps into the White house as President of the [...]
about 1 year ago
now dedicate this post to waqar
about 1 year ago
No, I don’t have to do that, pinky =) that is because quite a few people got the impression I have clarified here…
about 1 year ago
Traitor!
about 1 year ago
hainnnn!!
about 1 year ago
haha..bro i took nothing personal..ds issue is so serious dat everybody feels like doin something as is concerned so everything is welcomed as long as it is for d same cause..
need i say again..no offense bro :p
about 1 year ago
everything fine at ur end, ammar???
& how did your FYP presentation go?
about 1 year ago
And how exactly does Pinky know about the FYp presentation? *blink blink*
Everything fine here (except for flu) – the presentation and the most important question/answer session that was to follow – both went *zabardast*! =D
Thanks for asking! =)
about 1 year ago
can u see my comment?? look at its 2′o clock…u will see the first entry under ammar’s tweets…given that u dont have button for eyes
glad to know abt the presentation & viva though….treat pakki ??
about 1 year ago
LoL! I forgot im still connected to twitter through a facebook application – my bad!
The treat – absolutely – this one’s due on quite a few ppl! =)