Pakistani Blogs

As soon as you think that the position of Pakistan is getting better, the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) strike back from where one cannot imagine. The incident that recently took place stunned many as well as the super power as it was about to experience another 9/11 on its soil. Faisal Shahzad, a 30 yr old man who was once living the American Dream, suddenly snaps and tries to destroy the country ...

Among the list of experts on writing on terrorism in India, two names – B Raman and Parveen Swami – stand tall. These two gentlemen have been in the business for some years, and are very swift in penning article after article before, during and after every bomb blast on Indian soil.

Media manages to live in troubled times since Pakistan decided to be an active participant in the ‘war on terror’. However, the decision for Pakistan to take part as a front line country in this war has brought unforeseen consequences and challenges to the Government, common man and especially the media.

It seems that the US officials are the most confused lot right now as they are poking the ghosts in the dark castle with dark glasses on their blind eyes. Instead of recognizing the ground realities and adopting a realistic strategy in the interest of people of America and rest of the world, they are still following the old stories of the yore and are all set to repeat the past blunders, while ...

Two weeks ago, I talked with Naomi Klein about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. If you missed the original video, you can watch it here, and the longer transcript is here. You can also learn more about the book and read excerpts here.

“Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths,” wrote J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Noble Prize for Literature. This is a pretty accurate observation about understanding human psychology, intrinsic psyche and implicit behavior. But, first let me change the title of this article a little bit in the interest of fairness: Ali Baba and the 342 thieves…more or less!!

Faisal Shahzad’s failed terror attempt has provided a formidable niche to the United States to force Pakistan to start the long pending North Waziristan operation. The Pakistani forces have carried out operation in Swat and almost every agency of the tribal regions and has so far confined to carry out targeted and limited activities in the North Waziristan agency.

Pakistan is a God Blessed Nation and history speaks that this nation has never thought ill of others. People are most resilient and tend to trek the route of righteousness. As in all the societies of the world; in personal lives people here too indulge in the usual dins and vices as found in any other society but overall it can be said that  our national character is that here people are God ...

The exasperated American surge-and-exit strategy reflects the increased frustration of the western alliance resulting out of its failure in bringing stability to Afghanistan. The exit part of any military strategy surly materializes successfully however, the stability part post withdrawal or exit of the affected country always remained dicey and similarly in case of Afghanistan, the case would ...