Archive for October, 2012
Devising A Robust Defence Policy
Posted on05. Oct, 2012 by Gen Aslam Beg.
By General Mirza Aslam Beg The Senate Standing Committee on Defence (SSCD) is presently engaged in “devising a robust defense policy, aimed at making policy guidelines for the parliamentarians”, with three objectives in mind. One, to review current issues pertaining to defense; Two, to determine mandatory changes to the defense policy, Three, to provide new [...]
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“The Innocence of Muslims”
Posted on05. Oct, 2012 by Editor.
Blasphemy as a Political Tactic By Thierry Meyssan The circulation on the Internet of the trailer for a film, The Innocence of Muslims, sparked demonstrations across the world and resulted in the killing in Benghazi of the U.S. Ambassador toLibya and members of his entourage. [...]
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Romney versus Obama
Posted on04. Oct, 2012 by Alan Hart.
Who is the real Romney and was Obama’s mind somewhere else? By Alan Hart Less than ten minutes into the first presidential debate I put my gut feelings into words on my notepad. “Romney is going to win this debate.” It seemed obvious to me that Romney was (as the BBC’s Mark Mardell subsequently commented) [...]
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QE Infinity: What Is It All About?
Posted on04. Oct, 2012 by Ellen Brown.
By Ellen Brown QE3, the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, is so open-ended that it is being called QE Infinity. Doubts about its effectiveness are surfacing even on Wall Street. The Financial Times reports: Among the trading rooms and floors of Connecticut and Mayfair [in London], supposedly sophisticated money managers are raising big [...]
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Count Down-October 12 1999
Posted on04. Oct, 2012 by Editor.
By Hamid Hussain "After this operation, it's going to be either a Court Martial or Martial Law!" Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Air Commodore Abid Rao after attending a briefing at X Corps Headquarters about Kargil operation, May 1999 (1) On October 12, 1999, Pakistan army moved to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government when [...]
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Cold War or Theatrics in the Presidency?
Posted on03. Oct, 2012 by Dr Haider Mehdi.
NOTES FROM A SOCIAL SCIENTIST By Dr. Haider Mehdi Some stories are more significant than others. Their significance depends on who the central protagonist and main character in the story is, what the theme is, who wrote the script, how the narrative unfolds, and where the story ends and how. Some stories come out of [...]
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U.S. Corruption Endorsed
Posted on03. Oct, 2012 by Alan Hart.
Carter slams U.S. Supreme Court for its endorsement of corruption By Alan Hart I have often said and written that in some important respects America is the least democratic country in the world because what passes for democracy there is for sale to the highest bidders (the Zionist lobby being one of them). It’s now [...]
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Putin’s snub
Posted on03. Oct, 2012 by S M Hali.
By S. M. Hali Russian President Vladimir Putin’s last minute cancellation of his or for that matter any Russian President’s first ever visit to Pakistan, has not only left a bad taste in the mouth, bud bred doubts regarding the bilateral Russo-Pakistan relations. The cancellation of Putin’s scheduled visit to Islamabad, has forced the postponement of [...]
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Israel and the Refugees
Posted on02. Oct, 2012 by Editor.
Israel's impossible plan for refugees is just a stalling tactic By Jonathan Cook In the shadow of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's theatrics at the United Nations last week, armed with his cartoon Iranian bomb, Israeli officials launched a quieter, but equally combative, initiative to extinguish whatever hopes have survived of reviving the peace process. For the [...]
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BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED BACKYARD
Posted on02. Oct, 2012 by Brig Samson Sharaf.
By Brig Samson Simon Sharf Speaking as host in a public meeting presided by Qaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Quetta, Lal Din Sharaf my father demanded an end to the distinction between locals and non locals in Balochistan. To offset the parochial and divisive forces, he urged all Pakistanis to work concertedly towards [...]
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