Pakistan Pal

With over 1000 civilian deaths reported in the period from Dec 2010 to Mar 2011, the toll clearly shows the malicious intent of the Gaddafi establishment to ensure that they stay in power, and are not brought down by civil movements...

For some time in 2011, the War on Terror as it is ongoing in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theatre was focussed on just one man; no, not Osama bin Laden, but Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor...

U.S. focus is understandably on Japan and Libya. Let us not forget Pakistan however where Pakistani as well as American security is at stake.

According to Washington rules, criticizing the foreign policy or strategy of any administration need not be fair or balanced. Strategy can always be attacked for being wrong regardless of the merit of the claim.

According to a statement attributed to Pakistan’s Prime Minister ‘the US-Pakistan relationship would not be affected by the case of a single individual.’

Since December 2010, a number of Middle Eastern and North African countries saw a wave of unprecedented revolutionary protests and mass public movements.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is an umbrella group of Taliban terrorist organizations that have resolved to wage war against the Pakistan Army and the Pakistani state.

As the situation plays out in the Middle East the question being asked is whether there is a Middle East waiting to erupt in Pakistan. Pakistan has democracy—perhaps not a perfect democracy—but certainly not the sham democracy that military...

With the start of the year 2011, a number of changes have come about in the way US has started to perceive the ongoing tussle between its coalition forces and the strong Taliban backlash.

First let us go back into the history of the area, which covers modern day northern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia to understand the present. In the 15th century, later Mughal emperor...