tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51011426164132740212012-01-25T19:48:37.564ZThe truth is always difficult to handle.Dr Shaaz Mahboobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368962224429206018noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101142616413274021.post-23523211522492733752009-02-07T00:03:00.003Z2009-02-07T00:10:12.704Z

The strength of Israel’s might comes not from the support extended by USA or the financial prowess exhibited by those currently controlling the global agenda, but from the lack of decisiveness amongst Middle Eastern nations.The worst aspect of the onslaught by IDF against Palestinians is the impotence of the Arab "rulers" sitting all around Israel and not taking any stern actions to resolve the

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After Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the next battleground in the global war on terror will be fought on no other than the soil of United Kingdom. Ironically, it may not be anyone else but Britain's closest ally USA, fighthing the war, with or without Britain's consent, with British government perhaps feeling completely powerless to avert such a catastrophe, unless it is prepared to risk a

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A recent article published in TIME magazine (Washington is risking war with Pakistan: Sept 17th) suggests that Washington is "risking" a war with Pakistan. It appears from recent incidents along the Pak-Afghan border that Washington doesn't want a war with Pakistan, since Pakistan is already on the brink of war; a civil war. Washington does not need to wage a full scale war against Pakistan on a

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Nawaz Sharif has been forced to pull his political party out of an unholy alliance with the ruling party run by Benazir Bhutto's shrewd widower, Asif Ali Zardari. Unfortunately for Pakistan, this political milestone is likely to set into motion a cycle of events which have the potential to result in the meltdown of the society as a whole, possibly ending with the country’s disintegration, and

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The greatest threat to Pakistan’s integrity, since its creation in 1947 is steadily increasing and becoming a vulgar reality than has ever been envisaged.Setting the scene for chaos…The deliberate misguiding of President General Pervaiz Musharraf in early 2007 by members of his own establishment, leading to the fiasco of sacking, reinstatement and the subsequent removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar

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The independence of Kosovo in the very heart of European continent has been met with jubilation across the world primarily by those who believe that justice has finally been served for those Muslims in the Balkans who have had to suffer immensely under the brutal regime of Slobodan Milosevic. On the contrary the vast majority of Europeans as well as those who reside elsewhere view the creation of

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, senior most cleric from the Church of England made steaming headlines last week when he suggested that due to inevitablility some elements of the Islamic Sharia Law will have to be incoprorated into the British legal system for the sake of community cohesion and to help Muslims aviod a choice between state loyalties and those towards their culutre and religion.He is

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The belief that any elections held in Pakistan could ever be held in an entirely free and fair manner, according to the Western standards of democracy, is not only an utterly naïve notion but it also discards the harsh ground realities that form the basis of the political process in Pakistan.The top leadership of the main political parties in concert with their partners in civil society, which

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The US report based on its intelligence agencies’ estimate on Iran nuclear programme, which has suddenly tried to play down the threat posed by Iran in this context, comes at a crucial juncture and is not only extremely pertinent to Pakistan but is also deeply worrisome.Recent statements issued by President Bush and many of his close companions, including the stance taken by the Democratic party

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There are many within us, especially those following rather rigid religious doctrines, who question the general good that mankind has achieved during the past 500 years and comment on various negative aspects which emerged as a by-product of the scientific progress made by the human race. This they do whilst arguing the case of adherence to inflexible interpretation of religious teachings which

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Nawaz Sharif who once came close to proclaiming himself as "Amir-ul-Momineen" (Defender of faith & Leader of the faithful) through constitutional changes, prior to being removed from power by General Musharraf, seems to have been sent back to Pakistan by the fundamentalist regime of Saudi Arabia, as a counter weight to Benazir Bhutto who is seen as a progressive, secular candidate backed by

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What the US is finding extremely hard to achieve in the case of Iran i.e. the reversal and annihilation of its nuclear programme, politicians such as Benazir Butto, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, for their own selfish and egoistic reasons, are prepared to hand over in the case of Pakistan.In the absence of strong national leadership and with politicians busy squabbling over the lucrative ministries

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The bomb blasts in Karachi on the 18th October, killing and injuring scores of political workers and security personnel accompanying Benazir Bhutto’s procession as it headed towards Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s mausoleum where she was to address her supporters, after returning from exile, spent in order to avoid facing corruption related charges, are likely to have deeper and far reaching consequences

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