Tag: North Waziristan

Moon Sighting Controversy: Mullahs rubbish the scientists….once again

August 19, 2012

Hussain Saqib In this age of Internet and technological advancements, Pakistanis prefer living in medieval times . Here, the clergy rules the roost, even in the realm of science and technology. Their ill-informed opinion formed on arbitrariness dominates the scientific conclusions drawn from the laws of Nature. For this bearded brigade, difference of opinion is punishable … More Moon Sighting Controversy: Mullahs rubbish the scientists….once again

Uncle Sam, think again if you have any mischief in your mind…..

September 23, 2011

Pakistan, heretofore, crushed under a heavy burden of debt due to its dwindling exports, earns the title of an exporter of terror to Afghanistan. Imagine, exporting something to a market which is already overflowing with that commodity. If that is true, Pakistanis are bad business people. People are anticipating a US misadventure. As a prelude … More Uncle Sam, think again if you have any mischief in your mind…..

Pakistan all set to dictate its own terms of engagement after Datta Khel drone strike….

March 18, 2011

Pakistanis have finally started asserting their country’s sovereign will after they concluded Raymond Davis issue to their own advantage. For the first time after commencement of drone strikes, Pakistan mustered the courage to tell the United States Friday it would not attend a meeting on Afghanistan later this month, angered by a U.S. missile strike … More Pakistan all set to dictate its own terms of engagement after Datta Khel drone strike….

The positive side to delayed N Waziristan operation….

January 18, 2011

  Pakistan has remained under US pressure to attack North Waziristan Agency (NWA), one of the agencies of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), in order to destroy sanctuaries of Afghan Taliban. This pressure was being mounted by the USA and NATO because their forces are under threat from Taliban who are believed to be … More The positive side to delayed N Waziristan operation….