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By Murtaza Haider Pakistan may not be the world’s largest democracy,but is certainly the world’s bravest. Over 50 million voters braved heat,violence,and terrorism to cast their votes and wrote a new chapter in the history of democracy. . . . →Read More:The most courageous democracy:Pakistan 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 It wasn’t just the weather that was wet in Islamabad on January,17th. The revolution promised by Dr Tahir ul Qadri turned out to be a damp squib after all. TV viewers and the protesters gaped in surprise as a visibly relieved but trying to be jubilant Dr Qadri reveled in touchie-feelie bon homie with . . . →Read More:ZoneAsia-Pk:The Damp Squib Leave a comment Law &Order,Social Issues,Speaker's Corner Baluch nationalist violence in Baluchistan,caretaker prime minister,Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri,general elections,Hazara-Pashtun confrontation,Imran Khan,LOC incidents,Pakistan Awami Tehreek,PML-N,PML-Q,PPP,Qadri long march,revolution promised by Dr Tahir ul Qadri,Tahir ul Qadri,Tahirul Qadri,The Damp Squib,TTP 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 As eight anti-polio workers are killed at the hands of ‘extremists’ Pakistanis once again get swallowed into the black hole of never-ending troubles. That’s what we do with our problems. Let them build,keep putting them off. And then people die because of our own indifference. As news spreads about the 9th anti-polio worker’s death . . . →Read More:Are we waiting for a miracle? Leave a comment Speaker's Corner 9th anti-polio workers death,anti-polio campaign,anti-polio campaign in Pakistan,anti-polio workers,Are we waiting for a miracle?,attack on Malala,extremists,health aid and efforts,malala yousafzai,Pakistanis,polio campaign,polio workers,Tehreek-i-Taliban,TTP,upcoming election,vaccination campaign,Waiting to be rescued By Kamran Yousaf One of the 10 terrorists involved in Saturday night’s brazen attack on Peshawar airport had Western-style “tattoos” on his body,raising questions about the identities of those behind the assault. . . . →Read More:Tattoo on dead militant raises questions Leave a comment U Serious? 10 attackers involved appeared to be Uzbek nationals,attack on Peshawar airport,Attacker’s demonic tattoo draws fresh TTP conclusions,Boris Vallejo sorcery-fantasy,counter-terrorism,counter-terrorism operations,Jamaat-e-Islami,Peshawar airport attack,Tattoo on dead militant raises questions,tattoos on the bodies of terrorists,Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,terrorists,TTP Enraged by widespread media coverage of Malala Yousafzai,who was shot and critically injured by the militants in Swat,the Pakistani Taliban led by Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly planned to target media organisations,particularly television channels and some journalists in the country,well-placed sources told this correspondent on Sunday. . . . →Read More:Taliban threatens to attack journalists who oppose them Leave a comment Media Check Area 14/8,Enraged by widespread media coverage of Malala Yousafzai,Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly planned to target media organisations,militants had selected12 suicide bombers and tasked them to target media organisations,Pakistani Taliban,Taliban threatens to attack journalists who oppose them,TTP As Malala Yousafzai lands in Britain,still fighting for her life,militants complain that coverage of the schoolgirl’s shooting has been “biased” against them. Sami Yousafzai reports. . . . →Read More:Media under fire from TTP Leave a comment Media Check Leave a comment Media Check million bounty on Ehsanullah Ehsan,14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl,coverage of the schoolgirl’s shooting has been biased,declaring war on individual journalists and the media,Jihad Yar,Malala case,malala yousafzai,Media under fire from TTP,Mullah Mohammed Omar,Pakistani media,Pakistani Taliban Declare War on Media,Pakistani Taliban gunmen,Taliban cannot tolerate biased media,TTP 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 Interior Minister Rehman Malik informed the media on Thursday that the two men who shot Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday have been identified, Express News reported. Malik said that it has been figured out that who plotted the conspiracy against Malala and from where. He added that the president has ordered for Malala to be shifted to Germany. . . . →Read More:Attackers of Malala Yousafzai identified | |||
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