Posts Tagged ‘US’
Proxy Wars
[picapp align=”none” wrap=”false” link=”term=US+forces+afghanistan+border&iid=3005760″ src=”7/a/b/8/US_And_Afghan_7188.jpg?adImageId=7695196&imageId=3005760″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /] The director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta has been in Pakistan. He met President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief of Army Staff, Ashfaq Kayani and ISI head, Ahmed Shuja Pasha. According to the Daily Times, ‘Panetta praised the Pakistan […]
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Swat Offensive, Terrorism, US-Pakistan relations, Waziristan Offensive | 18 Comments
Tags: Afghan Taliban, Afghan Taliban Shura, Afghanistan, AfPak, Karachi, Leon Panetta, Mullah omar, NATO, Obama, Pakistan, Taliban, United States, US, Waziristan
Deny Everything
When I got in to work at 6 am yesterday morning, our overnight anchorperson complained that it was a slow news day. “Nothing’s going on. We’ve been running the same headlines all night; just changing the order around,” he yawned. I immediately responded by saying that he shouldn’t get used to it, as it was […]
Filed under: Politics, Satire, Terrorism, Uncategorized, Waziristan Offensive | 21 Comments
Tags: Blackwater, Gilani, India, Kayani, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Peshawar blast, Taliban, Terrorism, US, Zardari
After eight people were burnt alive, over 50 houses destroyed and a church desecrated in the village of Gojra, Pakistani Christians have expressed their rage and frustration. There have been nationwide protests, and Christian schools across Pakistan were closed for three days from the 3rd of August. “We are closing the schools to show our […]
Filed under: Social Issues, Terrorism | 1 Comment
Tags: Afghanistan, Gojra, Pakistan Christians, US, War on terror
Pakistanis are very uncomfortable with the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton’s visit to India. The same pictures have run repeatedly on all the television channels. Mrs Clinton is animated and lively, her head thrown back in laughter as she announces the latest agreement with India with Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna by her […]
Filed under: Politics, Socio-Economic | 1 Comment
Tags: Hillary Clinton, India, Pakistan, US
Naveen Naqvi 