Pakistan Pal

US$ 43 billion: an estimate of economic losses caused by the floods to the Pakistani economy, presented to the Prime Minister and Federal Cabinet

Let us be blunt. The Department of Defense and the entire Federal government face a fiscal crisis far worse than any threat posed by al Qaeda, Iran and North Korea. Barring another September 11th shock to the system, the massive debt and deficits...

Throughout various instances of flood and famine, war and strife, deprivation and inequality, destabilization and chaos, Pakistan has prevailed because its people are resilient, and that's not changing anytime soon.

The flood in Pakistan is a catastrophe that dwarfs all previous disasters. Its magnitude and long term impact is still being evaluated but it will be enormous. The statistics speak for themselves---a fifth of the country under water...

The UN Secretary General visited Pakistan’s flood-hit areas and summed up the situation best when he said that it was an ‘enormous disaster.’

A few days after the Wikileaks' announcement of some 72,000 classified documents being leaked into the public domain, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pak...

August marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan. On August 6th, a B-29 named Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy,” a nuclear device with the equivalent of 10-15 kilotons of TNT that destroyed Hiroshima.

The dust is slowly settling after the storm kicked off by the Wiki leaks. The Guardian called the leaks—‘vague—incongruent details—crudely fabricated—fail to provide a smoking gun against the ISI’.

The episode that led to the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has created an opportunity for constructing the foundation for a more stable region.

As expected General Kayani the Pakistan Army Chief of Army Staff has been given an extension in his tenure. Not expected was a three year extension from a civilian government that is the first in Pakistan to grant such an extension.