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Love You George:ISI Chief – by Anas Abbas
Dearest George Washington: I am writing this letter to personally congratulate you on your heroic efforts for working towards the independence of the country that has vastly benefited us over the past 60 years. By the way, your country deserves praise for its exceptional half wittedness which we will continue to exploit for eternity.Soon [...]
Pakistan “controlled” by the ISI: UN Report
The recent UN report on the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has put forth in black and white what has been hitherto suspected and perceived – the murky role of Pakistan intelligence agencies’, especially the ISI, in every aspect of Pakistan’s polity. (more...)
GAME OVER: Zaid Hamid Lost, Zia ul Haq Won. By Anas Abbas
By Anas Abbas Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid, a darling of Pakistani elite, a motivator for Pakistan army officers, an absurdity for Pakistani liberals and an idol for Pakistani conspiracy theorists, has been in the headlines of Pakistani media for almost three years now. During this time, he has been popular because of his motivational and turbulent [...]
‘Burka’ and intellectual terrorism – by Awais Masood
In an article published in the January 2009 edition of Newsline, prominent Pakistani academic, scientist and social activist Pervez Hoodbhoy outlined the root causes of religious extremism in Pakistan and while doing so pointed out towards deliberate attempts of imposing an Arab culture upon the pluralistic South Asian traditions upheld by the [...]
Pakistani media and the romance with “Secret Map” – by Anas Abbas
Source: AAcounterterror Lately, Pakistani media has been propagating the perception that a secret map by U.S. military official Lt. Col Ralph Peters was issued in 2006 to safeguard Israeli security interest and to balkanize Pakistan. This map has been quite frequently used by Zaid Hamid, journalist Ahmed Qureshi, DR Shireen Mazari, DR [...]
Accountability does the trick – by Kamran Shafi
At least two readers, obviously the Commando’s supporters, have sent me abusive emails after reading my last article ‘The happening place’ (March 2) in Dawn. They have, among other compliments, called me a liar for suggesting that Bilal Musharraf, Gen Musharraf’s son and heir, visited Prince Alwalid bin Talal taking in tow the then [...]
Indian weapons in Swat OR ISI strategy to demonize civilian government? – by Anas Abbas
One of the main aims of Pakistan Army and its pro Taliban media sympathizers is to launch campaigns against the civilian government structure in order to justify its controversial interference. The strategy employed here to achieve this objective by the army and its media agents is to present a picture in the Pakistani public that the army is [...]
Taliban Apologist Court bars extradition of Mullah Baradar
By Syed Shoaib Hasan The Afghan Taliban's top military commander, who was recently detained in Pakistan, is not to be extradited, the Lahore High Court has ruled. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested in early February. The court also banned extraditing four other Taliban chiefs reportedly seized recently. But Pakistan has not [...]
Zaid Hamid’s Ghazwa-e-Hind Brigade – by Anas Abbas
According to Zion Hamid, Ghazwa-e-Hind is an event supposed to take place on August 14, 2012 at 4:40am in India. See the source: GHAZWA-E-HIND on facebook Please find below the Ghazwa-e- Hind Brigade. Commander Zaid with burger mujahedaas Here are some more pictures related to the Ghazwa-tul-Hind (more...)
UN team grills close aide of Musharraf in Bhutto murder
By Amir Mir LAHORE: The United Nations’ Inquiry Commission probing the assassination of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto recently posed some tough question to the former director general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and a close associate of Musharraf, Brig (retd) Ejaz Hussain Shah, primarily on two counts – [...]
The “FREE” Taliban Apologist Media – by M Ilyas Khan
By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad The arrest did not receive extensive coverage The Pakistani media's response to the arrest of top Afghan Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been surprisingly muted. Mullah Baradar was arrested near Karachi in a joint raid by the CIA and the Pakistani [...]
Zaid Hamid and strategic depth — by Farhat Taj
FATA continues to be used and abused as a strategic space by the security establishment of Pakistan in violent pursuit of strategic depth in Afghanistan. In short, strategic depth means Pakistan must have a pro-Pakistan government in Afghanistan by any and all means. People of FATA have suffered more than people in any other part of Pakistan due [...]
A critical analysis of Aafia Siddiqui’s case – by Anas Abbas
First published on: AA Counter Terror Aafia Siddiqui was finally convicted on 4rd February 2010 for trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. She is now expected to face a maximum of 60 years in prison. Below is a study that will analyze some important questions that are related to Aafia Siddiqui’s case. The questions [...]
