Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
Obama ke liye dua -by Nazir Qaiser
اردو اور پنجابی کے معروف منفرد تیکھے لہجے اور بلند آہنگ شاعر اور ادیب نذیر قیصر روزنامہ مشرق کیلئے روزانہ قطعہ لِکھ رہے ہیں۔ ہم آج کا قطعہ قارئین کی خِدمت میں کراس پوسٹ کر رہے ہیں مشکل پڑی ہے [...]
Pakistan’s slow-motion coup – by C. Christine Fair
Islamabad’s generals are out to destroy Pakistani democracy. Obama should try to stop them. Pakistan's civilian government, led by the Pakistan People's Party, has long been an irritant to the country's generals. President Asif Ali Zardari runs a corrupt and inept administration and has been far too willing to cozy up to Washington. [...]
Is the U.S. on the wrong side of history in Bahrain?
By Josh Rogin President Barack Obama's administration has sided with Bahrain's ruling regime over its domestic protest movement more clearly than in any other country affected by the Arab Spring. But that position is unwise and unsustainable, according to one of Bahrain's leading human rights activists, who visited Washington last [...]
I’m not ready to live in Imran’s Pakistan – by Nadya V
Its 2013 and by some unlikely miracle of sheer inqilabi (revolutionary) voting, Imran Khan has been elected prime minister and his party is in power. Wait a minute – what party? That’s right, a hefty gang full of loafers and bitter ex-politicians out for rival blood. Looking at those lining up to be given party tickets so far, the PTI [...]
Time for Pakistan to abandon strategic depth for economic central foreign policy
Related Post: Time to say good bye to strategic assets The new world is giving a high priority to diplomatic relations among different countries and nations on the basis of economic interests & human security mainly. America is the sole superpower in the world today, have been also making economic concerns central to its foreign [...]
US, India: Educational collaboration is a driving force in strategic dialogue
While US and India are collaborating and cooperating in every sector of the economy in making sure the human security requirements, on the contrary Pakistani establishment still adheres to its strategic narrative and 'security state'policy. India and the United States have agreed to broaden their knowledge partnership in pursuit of six key [...]
Panetta says U.S. is ‘within reach’ of defeating Al Qaeda
The new defense chief says intelligence uncovered in the Bin Laden raid showed that 10 years of U.S. operations against the terror network had left it with fewer than two dozen key operatives. Panetta is visiting Afghanistan for the first time as defense secretary. By David S. Cloud KABUL, Afghanistan— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta [...]
Osama’s killing: Is the world safe now? -by Saad Akhter
Osama’s killing has taken world by storm for a small period of time. Frankly I never thought that personalities matter and something like terrorism where people are fighting to get killed and get their names In history. Personalities don’t matter its just the cause. But I didn’t expect to my extent that Osama’s killing would be so less [...]
Pakistan lacks plan to defeat Taliban: US
The Obama administration has criticized Pakistan's efforts against al-Qaida and Taliban militants, saying years after the conflict began, there remains "no clear path" toward defeating the insurgency on their side of the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan's efforts to launch a comprehensive fight against terrorism are greatly hampered by its [...]
Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal – by Pepe Escobar
You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. This, in short, is the essence of a deal struck between the Barack Obama administration and the House of Saud. Two diplomatic sources at the United Nations independently confirmed that Washington, via Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to invade Bahrain [...]
An open letter to President Obama: People of Bahrain need your help
Related articles: LUBP Archive on Bahrain An open letter to President Obama: If there is any country where the USA can install democracy without a single bullet fired, it is Bahrain Dear Mr. President, In one of your recent addresses to international audience, you pledged that America’s “commitment—our responsibility—is to stand [...]
A letter to Barack Obama from the Afghan experts
To the President of the United States: Mr. President, We have been engaged and working inside Afghanistan, some of us for decades, as academics, experts and members of non-governmental organisations. Today we are deeply worried about the current course of the war and the lack of credible scenarios for the future. The cost of the [...]
Little is expected of Barack Obama’s visit to India
Little is expected of Barack Obama’s visit to India The Economist Oct 28th 2010 | delhi BARACK OBAMA is expected to arrive in India next week in time for Diwali, the subcontinent’s festival of light. In Delhi and Mumbai a machinegun racket of firecrackers and joyful whooping will enliven the night, and Mr Obama should make the most [...]
Imran Khan’s letter to Barack Obama: A critical commentary
Cross-posted from the LUBP old website: Dear President Obama, Your extraordinary ascent to the U.S. Presidency is, to a large part, a reflection of your remarkable ability to mobilize society, particularly the youth, with the message of "change." Indeed, change is what the world is yearning for after eight long and almost endless [...]
‘We need to make clear . . . the cancer is in Pakistan’ -By Bob Woodward
President Obama dispatched his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan for a series of urgent, secret meetings on May 19, 2010. Less than three weeks earlier, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen born in Pakistan had tried to blow up an SUV in New York City's Times Square. The crude bomb - [...]
A call for help in flood-ravaged Pakistan -by John Kerry
THIS IS Pakistan’s Katrina. I just returned from that country, where the devastation created by the recent floods was gut-wrenching. Five years after floods washed over the southern United States, Pakistan is suffering from an epic disaster. And we turn away from Pakistan in its hour of need at our own peril. It’s not just that one-fifth of [...]
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Congratulating people of Pakistan on the occasion of its 63rd independence day, US President Barack Obama has expressed his country's long term commitment in strengthening ties with the country. President Barack Obama has pledged sustained U.S. support for Pakistan’s recovery from raging floods "in line with deepening partnership between the [...]
Obama says he supports Ground Zero mosque and ‘religious freedom’
U.S. President Barack Obama says he supports a plan to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center in New York, near the scene of the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks. It was the first time the president has expressed his opinion about the intense controversy. President Obama spoke Friday night at a White House Iftar dinner celebrating the [...]
Pakistan, Afghanistan and politics of US withdrawal- by Shehrbano Taseer
WASHINGTON DC: On Wednesday, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) co-sponsored an event featuring Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian. The speakers discussed the present crisis in Pakistan regarding the Taliban and other extremist Islamist forces, and what a US/NATO withdrawal would [...]
Good Bye, McChrystal. Good Luck, Petraeus. “Thank You”, Obama- by Shiraz Paracha
The U.S President Barak Hussein Obama has removed a senior general who made mockery of the civilian leadership and democracy while talking to a reporter. The general was fired within 48 hours after the President learnt about the general’s remarks. By dismissing a senior general, young Obama has sent a clear message to reckless men in Khaki [...]
Obama bin Laden – by Nadeem Khan
New World Order plan in jeopardy The following article truly shows the US long term perspective that how they will slowly and gradually pull out of the mess they have gotten into and pulled others in, as well. Truly, it would be interesting to see, how Pakistan will form her strategic position and align herself up in the changing ‘world [...]
As things get worse in Pakistan, the optimism continues to soar – by Robert Fisk
Thanks: The Independent As things get worse in Pakistan, the optimism continues to soar Civilians have paid the price in revenge attacks that usually target the army A few days ago, I was driving around Lahore, its population still shattered by the suicide bombers who blew themselves up next to two army trucks, killing 18 Pakistani soldiers [...]
US Senate votes to triple aid to Pakistan, India protests
Published by: Noor KhanPublished: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 at 13:09 ISTLalit K Jha and Betwa SharmaWashington/New York, Sep 25 (PTI) The US Senate today voted unanimously to triple non-military aid to Pakistan to USD 1.5 billion dollars per annum till 2014, triggering fresh concerns for India, which warned that such funds have been diverted to support [...]
Pakistan must de-couple from the Taliban express
Shadowlands Saturday, March 28, 2009 The relationship between our security services and the various iterations of the Taliban over the last fifteen years has recently been described as 'ambiguous' by an American Senator – which understates the case by several orders of magnitude. There is no doubt and it is (more...)
Pakistani Taliban united against Al Qaeda’s three enemies: “Obama, Zardari and Karzai”
Taliban’s unity and our disunityUnder instructions from Mullah Umar and “sheikh” Osama bin Laden, the three feuding warlords of Waziristan have announced reconciliation and merger under the rubric of Shura Ittehad Mujahideen (SIM). Heretofore, known as the divided house of the Taliban movement, the three warlords, Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi [...]
Why the US bugged Pakistan Army generals – Rauf Klasra offers excerprts from David E Sanger’s book “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts…"
Why the US bugged Pakistan Army generals Monday, February 16, 2009 Book claims drone attacks began after ISI-Taliban coordination confirmedBy Rauf KlasraISLAMABAD: A new book by a New York Times journalist has levelled [...]
Obama vows to listen to Muslims: Obama’s first interview as president (Al-Arabiya TV exclusive)
Obama's first interview as president (Al-Arabiya TV exclusive) Obama vows to listen to Muslims By Edward Luce in Washington Published: January 27 2009 Barack Obama on Monday night granted an Arabic-language television channel his first formal interview as president – an unprecedented gesture that appeared aimed at offering the [...]
The real task before Holbrooke – by Rahimullah Yusufzai
The real task before Holbrooke Saturday, January 24, 2009 Rahimullah Yusufzai The writer is resident editor of The News in Peshawar By naming top-ranking diplomat Richard Holbrooke as the US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the administration of President Barack Obama has decided to adopt a new and [...]
President Obama ‘orders Pakistan drone attacks’; also, why are drone attacks important?
(US Air Force/EPA) A Predator droneTim Reid in Washington (Times Online, 23 January 2009) div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan today, the first such strikes since Barack Obama became president and a clear sign that [...]
Swat: No point in talking to the Taliban… Obama, please bomb the Taliban headquarters in FATA since the Pakistani army is unwilling to do so.
No point in talking to the Taliban Friday, January 23, 2009 by Farhat Taj Some weeks ago I was with a family in the NWFP. The family had staying with them many relatives from a Taliban-occupied [...]
Pakistan’s sovereignty, America and the Taliban…
American drones and Taliban terrorismAn important visit by the chief of US Central Command (CENTCOM), General David Petraeus, on Tuesday ended on a note of disagreement in Islamabad. President Asif Ali Zardari “expressed concern” over the US drone attacks on Al Qaeda and (more...)
Obama’s message to the Muslim world in his inaugural speech…
Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural addressBy The Associated Press – 20 January 2009"....Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. [...]
Al-Qaeda vows to hurt Obama’s US. Ayman al-Zawahiri likens Obama to a "house slave" – who had chosen to align himself with the "enemies" of Islam.
Will the supporters of Al-Qaeda and Taliban in Pakistan (namely Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Imran Khan, implicitly supported by certain leaders in Nawaz Sharif's PML-N) condemn this statement? Or will they keep dodging the Pakistani nation by their ambiguous stance towards terrorism?The second-in-command of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has called on [...]
Aqeedat kay shakhsanay and Obama – Why do Pakistanis lack critical inquiry? By Dr. Safdar Mehmood
Why don't Muslims in general and Pakistanis in particular pay attention to critical inquiry and tolerance. (Can we get rid of the romantic fantasies of our psuedo-intellectuals namely Hamid Gul, Haroon-ur-Rashid etc)Here is an interesting op-ed by Dr. Safdar (more...)
How much democratic is the USA? From slavery to Obama – by Wusatullah Khan
How much democratic is the USA? http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2008/11/081109_baat_se_baat.shtml امریکہ کتنا جمہوری ہے ! وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد نینسی پلوسی امریکہ میں ایوان نمائندگان کی [...]
Yet another controversial Obama appointment. Sonal Shah, the adviser picked up by Obama for his transition team, is known for her links to VHP
Yet another controversial Obama appointment* Sonal Shah has been part of group believed to have been involved in massacre of Muslims in Gujarat and carrying out sustained campaign against Indian Christians in OrissaBy Khalid HasanWASHINGTON: Another of President-elect Barack Obama’s appointments has been greeted with disbelief by [...]
Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama, the rulers in Pakistan appointed Israrullah Zehri and Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani as ministers.
Our patch of darknessSunday, November 09, 2008by Ghazi SalahuddinAt a time when the world is illuminated by the miracle of democracy, manifested in the election of an Afro-American as president of the United States of America, we remain imprisoned in our own patch of darkness. And a fresh reminder of this bondage was quite timely. One day before [...]
Is Imran Khan Pakistan’s Obama – what do ordinary Pakistani citizens think?
dara Says:November 7th, 2008:There are no comparisons between Imran Khan and Obama.Obama comes through a strong struggle in and out of parliament (sent in case of Obama). Obama had to go through election within his party to become a candidate for president race.Obama has new vision and plan for change.Imran Khan has no plan no vision and his [...]
The election of Obama and the future of US-Muslim relations – an interesting debate between a right-wing Pakistani and a left-wing Pakistani
we_are_nuts Says:November 6th, 2008It is amazing that nut jobs remain nut jobs be it from the East or the West. The problem with Pakistan as i have been professing on this site since pre-Zardaro era is not USA/West/Israel/India but Pakistan itself. I had a huge long debate about Taliban/Pakistan/USA/Israel with some jerk (more...)
