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Reading David Rohde. He describes his life as a captive of Taliban. This allowed him to see and analyze it’s captor, now he is writing about it. I have read only some portions and I feel his article will be widely quoted in coming days to describe and evaluate Taliban, especially because Pakistan has started [...]

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Past week has been really tough one for Pakistan.  Multiple suicide attacks and most importantly some shoot out style attacks on the offical buildings. The vigor and effect of these attacks is very important to notice. These attacks show planning and effectiveness in execution of terrorists, it also shows weakness of our administration.
How in the [...]

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There comes section 144, again in the context of best interest of Pakistan.  Govt. is saying that they cant allow long march because of the fear of the terrorism. Well they are right, there should not be any such political activity when there is fear of terrorism.
But I remember the day Benazir returned to Pakistan [...]

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Another bad news,
There has been firing on the Srilankan Cricket team. Some of their players have been injured and 7 police officers have died. According to Governor Punjab these people were appearing to be highly trained. And hinted their link with Mumbai Attack. Qasim Zia was more restraint in pointing out the fingers.
Question is what [...]

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Just watching BBC news and I was wondering finally America under Obama started waking upto  the new world.
Guantanamo Bay is set to go away in next year, overseas detention centers have been ordered to be closed and interrogation methods have been reduced to 19 given in the Army Manual (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23GITMOCND.html?_r=1&hp, CNN, BBC)
“We intend to win [...]

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After suffering 4months of visa renewal delays I have returned from Pakistan yesterday.
How is Pakistan? first question everyone asks.
Pakistan is fine, just take electricity shortage, recent American incursion, Rs.86+ per litter petrol, war situation in upper part of country, shortage of wheat etc.. out of equation. Pakistani people are famous for short memory unfortunately they [...]

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I dont know whether she died from the shrapnel/splinter, bullet or as our ministry says the lever of the sunroof.  What I know is that where her car stopped was not scheduled and her coming out of the car was also unscheduled/unplanned and result of the decision at that instance.
So what was shooter and suicider [...]

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Media is describing her assassination that she just came out of the sunrise window to wave for the crowd but they are not raising the questions about how it is possible that some assassin got clear shot in such small amount of time. Or was he lucky? But how did that lucky devil [...]

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I have been on many sites and many websites and many blogs. I was disappointed to read people writing with full confidence about Pakistan, much of which can be summarized in few sentences  i.e. Pakistan is finished, Pakistan is too dangerous to exist and every ones favorite Pakistan is factory of terrorism. With it was [...]

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Finally her killers were able to kill her, remove her from scene. Last one of the Bhutto’s children also killed like her kins. In the long list of conspiracies one more has been added but it will echo a many years.
She might have long list of corruption both monetary and political but she was viewed [...]

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