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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,addresses a rally at Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s mausoleum in Karachi in 1969. (Photo courtesy of eBay.) By Nadeem F. Paracha There is very little memory left of a Pakistan that today almost seems like an alien planet compared to what it has been ever since the mid-1980s. . . . →Read More:Long Ago and Far Away another Pakistan Existed  Leave a comment  Public Gripes  Bhowani Junction,Dizzy Gillespie,Famous Hollywood stars Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger,Karachi’s Abdullah Haroon Road,Lahore Airport,Lahore Railway Station,Long Ago and Far Away another Pakistan Existed,National Awami Party (NAP),Pakistan Television (PTV),Pakistan’s first military dictator Ayub Khan By Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd Newly released documents have reignited the debate in Washington over whether Obama administration officials granted too much access to filmmakers making a movie about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden —and whether national security was compromised in the process. The documents show,for example,that a defense official . . . →Read More:American officials debate whether National Security is being compromised in offering too much evidence to OBL Filmmakers Leave a comment Media Check chairman of the Homeland Security Committee,CIA Director Michael Morrell,National Security Council Chief of Staff Denis McDonough,Osama bin Laden,R-New York,Rep. Peter King,SEAL Team 6 Operator and Commander,Too much info being released to OBL film makers?,Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers,White House Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan. After a study published last year labeled viewers of Fox News as grossly misinformed,the researchers who conducted the poll have expanded their work and now confirm,again,that the network’s audience might want to consider changing the channel. . . . →Read More:Viewers of Fox News losing IQ Points? Al Qaeda may be turning its destructive attention to cyber warfare against the United States. In a chilling video,an al Qaeda operative calls for “electronic jihad”against the United States,and compares vulnerabilities in vital American computer networks to the flaws in aviation security before the 9/11 attack. . . . →Read More:Al-Qaeda exhorts followers to declare E- Jihad TERRORIST groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it,a leading counter-terrorism expert says. The Australian Ambassador for Counter Terrorism,Bill Paterson,says terrorists have embraced the rise of technology,particularly the internet,to spread their messages and attract followers. . . . →Read More:Is Facebook the new terror launching pad? By:Asim Yasin Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza is likely to decide today (Thursday) whether the question of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani’s disqualification arises or not following the Supreme Court’s verdict regarding the contempt of court case against the prime minister. . . . →Read More:Pm’s disqualification proceedings judgment to be unveiled by Speaker NA today A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason,sparking a warning from US senators over American aid. Shakeel Afridi,who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago,was found guilty on Wednesday under the tribal justice system of . . . →Read More:Pakistan asked to pardon Shakeel Afridi Leave a comment Law &Order Afghan war,Al Qaeda,American aid,NATO troops in Afghanistan,Osama bin Laden,Pakistan asked to pardon Shakeel Afridi,Pakistani surgeon recruited by CIA,Peshawar central jail,raid that killed Osama bin laden,Shakeel Afridi,Taliban,tribal justice system,US demands Pakistan pardon doctor,War on terror | |||
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