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By Ahsan Waheed As of now Pakistan has no enemies. Even those who hate us and want to do us in are not really our enemies. Take India for example—basking in the glow of its many achievements it is gloating as Pakistan stews in its own juices. All it has to do is wait for . . . →Read More:PAKISTAN HAS NO ENEMIES By Azmaish Ka-waqt The Pieces of the Puzzle Renewed interest by Scotland Yard in the Imran Farooq murder in London The unconditional and abject apology by the MQM before the Supreme Court of Pakistan The Qadri intervention MQM’s prompt and total support of the Qadri intervention. Surge in US Drone attacks with TTP being . . . →Read More:THE PUZZLE Pakistan landed among the bottom five countries,ranking 75 among 80 countries,in the index on the best place to be born in 2013, compiled by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) – a sister company of The Economist. . . . →Read More:The ‘where-to-be-born’ index:Pakistan ranks 6th lowest  Leave a comment  U Serious?  Afghanistan,Area 14/8,children born in 2013 will reach adulthood,EIU’s economic forecasts for 2030 were also used,including crime,index was compiled by taking 11 statistically significant indicators into account,Pakistan landed among the bottom five countries,ranking 75 among 80 countries,social and cultural characteristics,The ‘where-to-be-born’ index:Pakistan ranks 6th lowest,trust in public institutions and health of family life Jonathan Gregson goes back to Kathmandu and discovers that these days hotels outnumber flop houses What seems like a lifetime ago,I packed up my rucksack and headed off down the “Hippie Trail”through Iran and Afghanistan,and ultimately to India. But for most of my long-haired,wide-eyed travelling companions,the ultimate destination was Kathmandu . . . →Read More:What happened to the hippie trail Leave a comment Tourism Afghanistan,Himalayan snow peaks,Himalayas,Hippie Trail,hippy trail,India,Iran,Jonathan Gregson,Jonathan Gregson goes back to Kathmandu,Kathmandu became the Haight-Ashbury of the East,old Rana palaces,ultimate destination was Kathmandu,walls of temples,What happened to the hippie trail,You can still have a high time on the old hippy trail Pakistan has given foreigners working for Save the Children a week to leave the country after becoming convinced that the aid organisation was used as cover by US spies hunting Osama bin Laden. . . . →Read More:Savior or Spy? Pak govt expels foreign employees of Save the Children It was a singular,defining act of barbarism,beamed out live for the world to see. In March 2001, Taliban fighters and grandees clustered around the famed giant statues of the Buddha in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province,laid explosives at their feet and blew them up. The extremists’ shadowy leader,Mullah Mohammed Omar,lauded the destruction of the two . . . →Read More:Islamist fundamentalists wrecking shrines in the city of Timbuktu On June 19,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain shocked us all when,at the end of his keynote speech at a CRSS-Radio launch ceremony in Peshawar,he asked all those present to raise their hands and pray for the safety of all in the province. Never before did Hussain,who lost his son to . . . →Read More:The Good the Bad and the Ugly Taliban Leave a comment Law &Order Afghanistan,Al Qaeda,CRSS-Radio launch ceremony in Peshawar,current security crisis,distinction between ‘good’ Taliban and ‘bad’ Taliban,Gulbuddin Hekmatyar,Hafiz Gul Bahadur,Haqqani network,K-P Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,Lashkar-e-Taiba,Maulvi Faqeer Mohammad,Maulvi Nazir,Maulvi Sadiq Noor,Mulla Omar,Pakistan,Taliban,Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan,The Good the Bad and the Ugly Taliban,TTP,wave of terrorism | |||
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