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OUR YOUTH: OUR REAL FACE
Posted on29. Oct, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Youth festival at National Hockey Stadium Lahore and two T-20 cricket matches at Karachi’s National Stadium were the trend setting events. Both were a resounding success; radiating the real image of Pakistan, the world over. During the youth gala, thousands of cheerful boys and girls fascinated the viewers all [...]
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AFGHANISTAN: HOPE, FANTASY AND FAILURE!
Posted on21. Oct, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
"Any misadventure in North Waziristsan can ignite the fire in entire Pakistan that would be hard to extinguish." Raja Mujtaba By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal While the people of Pakistan prayed for early recovery of Malala, they were awe-struck by the frenzy created about the incident. Where people die in dozens each day as [...]
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BALUCHISTAN: BEYOND SIX POINTS
Posted on14. Oct, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Attempt on Malalah’s life, dumping of defaced dead bodies in Baluchistan and surfacing of body bags in Karachi are some of the facets of terrorism running high in Pakistan; intricately linked together by common financier, trainer and arms provider. Logistics trail leads to one source, though operatives have [...]
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RUSSIA-PAKISTAN-AMERICA
Posted on08. Oct, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Reaction to ‘postponement’ of President Putin’s visit to Pakistan is quite interesting. Conspiracy theorist blame American and Indian pressure, some also talk about American pressure via Saudi Arabia. Over the last two years or so, there has been a quantum jump in high level Pakistan-Russia interactions. Hence, expectations have [...]
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THE DIS-UNITED NATIONS
Posted on30. Sep, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Theme for debate in the 67th session of the UN General Assembly is fascinating as well as elusive: “Adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means”. General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations, comprising 193 members. It is a [...]
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COUNTERING BLASPHEMY
Posted on23. Sep, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal There is persistent outflow of anti-Islam literature in various forms: movies, caricatures, printed matter and word of mouth. Pattern is of a well orchestrated, multi-pronged campaign to keep the Muslims off balance. Reactions by the governments of the countries from where such materials are originating have generally been varying: [...]
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MISSING PERSONS CONUNDRUM
Posted on16. Sep, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal United Nations’ ‘Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances’, one of the “thematic procedures” of the United Nations Human Rights Council has arrived. Hopefully’ it will help us in demystifying the issue of ‘missing persons’. In the prevalent setting of narratives and counter narratives it is difficult to [...]
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MELTDOWN OF AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY
Posted on29. Aug, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal On the eve of Eid, shrapnel from two rockets fired at Bagram Air Base hit the parked air craft of the most powerful military commander of the world, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; forcing him to await a replacement plane. Such attacks occur nearly every two weeks at [...]
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PAK-US INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT
Posted on19. Aug, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Bilateral relations between Pakistan and America have unique peculiarities. Before each major event competing narratives start floating: obscuring reality and reinforcing mystery. End of the event joint statements are rather sketchy leaving the impression of undeclared understandings and arrangements. It suits Americans to keep the things as informal as [...]
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OIC: TIME TO WAKEUP
Posted on13. Aug, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
"OIC is an appology of the Muslim World; it only follows the dictates of the Zionist Masters who manipulate it as they wish." Raja Mujtaba Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal As the OIC meets, for its fourth extraordinary summit in Makkah, to discuss the challenges confronting the Ummah, its platter would certainly be full. Though [...]
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