A Faustian Bargain

Pakistan’s attempt to exact token reprisal for the Salala Attacks did not culminate in the sought after apology from the US nor did it halt drone strikes past a month. It might have been perceived by our top echelons as an opportunity to re-draw our lines of engagement,  …

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Many will profit if Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes

Pakistan: U.S. commanders in Afghanistan want to get war supplies rolling across Pakistan’s borders again. So do Pakistanis in places high and low — from officials trying to balance the nation’s budget to black marketeers who stand ready to plunder the NATO-cont …

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What double-game?

For the most part Americans and the World believe Pakistan has fallen no short of treacherous in the ‘War on terror’ that started eleven years ago. Islamabad’s so-called ‘shady tactics’ have given her biggest ally cold feet,time and again. 

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President Obama calls transfer of power 'an imp step forward'

U.S. President Barack Obama has welcomed the latest transfer of security from NATO to Afghan forces, saying it is “an important step forward” toward achieving objectives in Afghanistan.

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Reconciling with Reconciliation

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Flipping Coins – President's Ordinance to Suspend Section 111 of the Income Tax Ordinance

After learning a valuable lesson following the Parliamentary Debate on the Accountability Bill, which has been categorically pigeonholed after three years of futile debate, the government decided to avoid stalling tactics such as taking a bill to the Parliament floor and passing  …

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A new tide with China on top

The Iran sanctions effort led by the United States appeared to be causing new fractures in the Iranian economy on Tuesday, with leading oil companies in South Africa and Greece suspending imports of Iran’s crude oil, further signs of emergency self-reliance emerging in Iran …

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The United States as # 2

By some measures, the Chinese economy has already overtaken the United States’ economy, writes Dean Baker. Washington, DC - Politicians in the United States must ritualistically assert that the US is and always will be the world’s leading economic, military and  …

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The Path to Reconciliation

The coming of a new year brings hopes of a brighter and better future. Unfortunately, few would say it holds true for the US-Pakistani relationship. It sure hasn’t had a sunny past as a precursor.

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The perplexing nature of American aid to Pakistan

The Pakistani public may be very patriotic and proud of their nation. Its culture, traditions and lifestyle are indeed very intricate. But within the intricacy of its lifestyle is embedded the hard truth about Pakistan’s sovereignty and independence.

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ALLY vs ALLY - Continued

Post event developments continue — the event being the 26/11 attack by US/NATO on Pakistani check posts in Salala, Mohmand Agency of FATA.

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Closure of BBC in Pakistan:Mixed response

Closure of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News Channel in Pakistan witnessed mixed response from the public where some people took it as a violation of the right to information,others supported the call of the cable operators and held that this was the only way to deal wi …

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The US and Pakistan

Pakistanis are being constantly told that the Raymond Davis episode and the Osama bin Laden event soured relations between the US and Pakistan and that these are the issues that have brought the bilateral relationship to a new low.

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US Plans Covert Operations Against Iran

Washington is seeking to stop Iran’s nuclear program by means of maximum covert operations including the assassination of Iranian scientists.

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UN urges ban on long spells of Solitary Confinement

The UN's lead investigator on torture has called for governments to end the use of long spells of solitary confinement in prison.

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Pakistan U.N. Ambassador Leaves CBS Speechless!!

Pakistan’s U.N Ambassador Abdullah Hussein Haroon speaks with CBS News’ Pam Falk about the deadly Haqqani terrorist network based in Pakistan, which has been blamed with bringing a new level of violence to the Afghan insurgency; and the souring of U.S.-Pakistan relati …

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Facebook Pokes Washington

Facebook filed paperwork with the Federal Election Committee Monday to form a Political Action Committee called FB PAC.

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'Pakistan Govt has committed itself to terror', US

WASHINGTON: In a press briefing held at the US State Department on Monday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that the US government was committed to its relationship with Pakistan and wanted to work constructively with Pakistan on the Haqqani network.

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Taliban attack rocks Kabul

Taliban fighters continue to attack Kabul today, after a series of explosions took place near the U.S.

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China vs India: Clash of the populations

China and India have been slated as the two next economies to watch for. Both have massive populations of over 1 billion and China has posted 9% GDP growth rate in the last decade, while India has averaged 7%.

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Triumphant Indian Hockey Team Rejects Prize Money

A day after the Indian hockey team returned home after winning the Asian Champions Trophy in China, a new controversy has taken off.

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NASA's GRAIL Mission: Studying the Moon from Crust to Core

You can get as poetic about the moon as you want — and everyone from lovers to lyricists to astronauts has had a go at it.

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The Pakistan Scene

Some years ago a patriotic Parsi Pakistani was kidnapped from Quetta. He was a businessman, a taxpayer, former MPA and very well connected. The ransom demanded was Rupees One Billion. He was never recovered and died in captivity.

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Indian Police Savagely Beat Up Two Photographers

Reporters Without Borders condemns the beatings that two news photographers received from local police and members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) while covering clashes between police and demonstrators on 19 August in the Nowhatta old town district of Srinagar, the ca …

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Anna upsurge and the social movements | TwoCircles.net

Anna Hazare’s second fast (August 2011) in Delhi, demanding the acceptance of his teams’ draft for Janlokpal bill has raised many different debates about the nature of this upsurge and how the social action groups, engaged in the process of struggle for Human rights o …

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