The Super Power under Siege
ahmed sabirGeneral Mirza Aslam Beg On 7th October 2001, President Bush launched the 'Sock and Awe' Crusade against Taliban, hoping to defeat them and consolidate hold over Afghanistan but failed. The…
The bogey of the US threat
Munir Attaullah Let us face it. The world, however reluctantly, accepts us as a nuclear power. Nor does it have any intention to embark on highly dangerous adventurism to physically…
An $800 million teaser
Jim Lobe By suspending US$800 million in United States military aid to Pakistan, the administration of President Barack Obama appears to be taking a calculated gamble that Islamabad - and…
America – the unreliable ally
Pakistan has lost so much in the war of Yankees the so called war on Terror. Pakistan's 3500 Soldiers have been martyred more than 35000 innocent lives lost in cities…
FMCT The tussle continues…
Huma Baqai Introduction Nuclear weapons have emerged as a major threat to mankind today. The new dimensions and dynamics of the nature of the conflict have made them even more…
US designs to destabilize Asia
Raja Mujtaba During the last two decades, political experts have already been saying that the US which is acting upon a secret strategy, wants to make India the superpower of…
US funding cut may help, not hurt, Pakistan’s generals
Omar Waraich This week's news that the Obama Administration has withheld just over a third of the military aid earmarked for Pakistan's military aroused little surprise in the Pakistani capital.…
America plays Indian game
Azam Khalil The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others…
Pakistan’s attitude towards terror has altered: Rao
Pakistan's attitude towards tackling terrorism has “altered”, a “concrete” development that India should take note of, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said in an interview with an Indian news channel. “I…
Pakistan ‘punished’ in Pipelineistan
Pepe Escobar Before the end of 2011, Pakistan will start working on its stretch of the IP (Iran-Pakistan) gas pipeline according to Asim Hussain, Pakistan's federal minister for petroleum and…