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By Lawrence Wilkerson Although it’s far removed from the public conscience,we ought to pay more attention at just what drone use portends. Akbar Ahmed’s The Thistle and the Drone:How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam,should be required reading for American soldiers,citizens and,above all, . . . →Read More:US fails to understand drone abuse  Leave a comment  Law &Order  Air Defense Identification Zones,aMERICAN SOLDIERS,Cold War,FATA,Global War on Tribal Islam,How America's War on Terror,Iran,Pakistan's Federally-Administered Tribal Area,Shah of Iran,South Waziristan,US Armed Forces,US cold war,US fails to understand drone abuse,US operates drones across international borders By Nida Afaque As elections draw near,the political climate within Pakistan has turned sober. Contesting parties are working industriously to widen their voter base,the Election Commission is overworked with verifying candidates’ credibility and the interim government is struggling to contain the country’s affairs until the next government is ready to take charge. But there . . . →Read More:Spearhead Analysis:Elections held hostage Leave a comment Law &Order anti-state forces,Arbab Ayub Jan,Baloch Liberation Army,Baluchistan,BLA,counter-terrorism strategy,ECP,Election Commission of Pakistan,Elections held hostage,FATA,General Zia’s regime,Ghulam Bilor,JUI-F,Jundullah,KPK,Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,Mukaram Shah was killed in Swat,Pakistani Taliban,PML-N,PML-N’s Provincial president Nawab Sanaullah Zehri survived a bomb attack in Baluchistan,religious extremists,Soviet forces in Afghanistan,Spearhead Analysis:Elections held hostage,Syed Masoom Shah,Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan,terrorist elements,TTP,violence concentrated in Karachi The commission formed to probe the missing persons case has submitted its report in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) Wednesday,Geo News reported. According to the statistics in the report,24 cases were completed in Sindh while 100 are still pending. . . . →Read More:SC receives missing persons report Leave a comment Law &Order 125 cases pertaining to missing persons,16 cases were completed and 20 are pending,24 cases were completed in Sindh while 100 are still pending,59 cases were heard while 48 are still remaining,Area 14/8,Azad Jammu and Kashmir,Balochistan,FATA,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,SC receives missing persons report,Supreme Court of Pakistan Thirty-six people were killed and 87 injured in 16 incidents of political violence between March 16 and 22 across the country,compared with the preceding week when 43 were killed and 63 injured in 17 incidents,says the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). During the week under review,three political party workers were also . . . →Read More:FAFEN report says political violence claimed 36 lives By Dr Akmal Hussain As the tempestuous tenure of the present government ends,the political parties are readying themselves for elections. Yet,the morning after the exciting electoral contest the new government will be confronted,with a sobering array of challenges in the economic,security and diplomatic spheres. Let us identify the key issues involved in . . . →Read More:Post Election 2013 New York,February 27,2013–Pakistani authorities should immediately launch an investigation into the targeted murder of a veteran journalist who was shot dead today in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas,the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Malik Mumtaz had worked for several mainstream news outlets and had recently been elected president of the regional press . . . →Read More:Reported killed in N Waziristan According to one of the more hard line analysts a fourth generation war—4GW—has been declared on Pakistan. The dots he connects to make the mosaic are—the insurgency in FATA,the lawlessness and violence in Baluchistan and Karachi,the insidious propaganda to defame and defang the military and intelligence institutions,the rapid economic decline and . . . →Read More:Tacstrat Analysis:The Invisible War Leave a comment Law &Order,Pakistan Under Attack Baluchistan,Baluchistan and Karachi situations,criminal rackets,defame and defang the military and intelligence institutions,destabilization created by bomb blasts,drugs,extortion,extortion rackets,extremists,FATA,fourth generation war,fourth generation war has been declared on Pakistan,gambling,insurgency in FATA,Karachi,kidnappings,militancy,operation in North Waziristan,robberies,sectarian killings,The Invisible War,violence in Baluchistan,Violence in Karachi,War Twin road side blasts in upper Kurram tribal region on Wednesday wounded five civilians,officials told Dawn.com. Tribesmen travelling on foot were hit by the improvised explosive devices (IED) planted on the roadside in Kurram tribal agency,said an official,adding that three of the people were injured in Spina Shaga area while two were . . . →Read More:IED bombs injure 5 in Kurram Agency Leave a comment Pakistan Under Attack Al Qaeda,Area 14/8,close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,FATA,IED bombs injure 5 in Kurram Agency,Improvised Explosive Devices,Taliban,three of the people were injured in Spina Shaga area,Twin road side blasts in upper Kurram tribal region,wounded five civilians By Feisal H Naqvi Two days after Malala Yousufzai was attacked by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),Imran Khan went to the hospital in which she was being treated to show his concern regarding her condition. And yet, when asked a day earlier why he didn’t directly condemn the TTP,Mr Khan had responded as follows: . . . →Read More:Chicken-hearted Imran Khan One comment Vent it Out! 14 year old girl Malala Yousafzai,Baluchistan,Chicken-hearted Imran Khan,Drone Attack,education,FATA,Imran Khan,Malala,malala yousafzai,Malala Yousufzai was attacked by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,Malala Yousufzai was attacked by the TTP,Mr Khan,right of girls,Shame on you,TTP,war in Afghanistan THE PTI is set to go ahead with its rally to South Waziristan despite reservations from official quarters about safety and security,but the question must still be asked:is the PTI’s rally a good idea? . . . →Read More:PTI’s march is a bad idea | |||
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