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Anyone who thinks Nawaz is a good leader is in my opinion mistaken. He is just like another politician playing on both sides of the wicket. On the one hand he keeps having these not so infrequent meetings with American diplomats and on the other hand fails to take any clear positions on many...

Here's the reference. DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Sartaj Aziz opposed N-tests: book There are some other statements as well that may depict a different picture. This is just one of the perceptions. Also you are comparing two different things. Nuclear tests are something which we simply...

Its easily conceivable the Americans would have resorted to cheap threats when they were in a total mood to move the bull dozer over Afghanistan. They hadn't even bothered to go the UN to get the invasion approved. In any case this was eventually going to become our war even if we were to...

Read. There was recently a news paper article (in Dawn or News) where its stated that Nawaz was under huge pressure from US to cancel the tests. The military persuaded him otherwise. This comes from a military personnel's biography who was familiar with the nuclear programme.

Were any beaten to death bodies sent back home? Please go ahead and do. We are not afraid to acknowledge a true mistake made (not a fabricated one). And how does one wrong justify the other? These only show how bad the torture is. We only ask that people be put through due process of law...

Why not deport the wife and the children? She is likely not a Pakistani citizenship holder. That way we will stand a better chance of getting this scum (Hassan) off our streets and have him return to US - depending of course on whether he actually cares for his family and not ready to go in bed...

Decisiveness is good when the strategy is clear. However its certainly bad when strong headedness is applied to the situation without having a clear idea of what needs to be done - Bush being a prime example. Political world is complex now and things need to be thought through properly before...

Turkey and Iran are natural allies. This stems from a lot of Iraninan people of Turkish descent and vice versa. I can only hope we also make good relations with these two countries better.

S2 Its not at all unrealistic that some of the commanders may be bought off with dope to keep things quiet and happy. Infact US probably would have bought off the whole Taliban if it was possible to do so. Anyways, I am afraid some of that funding might be making its way to Pak Taliban. We need...

While I don't agree with handing the peace prize on a platter, Obama is still an intelligent chap. I think he is good at getting the right sort of experts to work for him and also ability to influence others. Also he likes to take time to decide a strategy, a hallmark of a good leader. I think...

Those from Karachi will miss the energetic Mustafa Kamal :undecided:

Sometime back when due to water shortage concerns Musharraf gov was considering to melt the glaciers. This was to be done by sprinkling carbon particles on the ice, which would increase sunlight absoprtion. I had to shake my head in disbelief that time.

Oh brother, you are unnecessarily bringing Pakistan into this dispute. So one Pak flag went up mysteriously then what? Do you have any evidence linking this to ISI? And yes I have a right to argue here since you guys want to paint this as having something to do with Pakistan. Whatever BD...

@indiatech Sounds like a lot of hindutva propaganda. There are so many loopholes in this story that renders it completely incredulous. For the sake of discussion, lets assume that there are hundreds of thousands of such illegal immigrants and then analyze your story. And where did you get...

The case of Abdus Salam is indeed very unfortunate. By the sort of treatment meted out to him we have set a very bad example for our children. This is a result of decades of indoctrination and brainwashing taking place mainly through our school textbooks. Muse you are right this shows our...

Ignorance runs high in our societies, but then again ignorance is also present even in developed nations. My question is do these ignorant nuts ever actually do scientific research. These are the people who are happy living their lives in a shell and don't contribute to productivity. People who...

Admittedly Russians have some of the brightest mathematicians in their bags. In fact a lot of the stuff is being rediscovered after a long time by people here in the West since many of the publications in Russian language are never translated into English. But as far as I know the credit for...

That as you mentioned heavily depends on the dictators personal abilities. In fact, there has been a study in Game theory economics that an efficient dictatorial regime can be more productive than a democratic one (reference needed). This presumes the existence of a perfect dictator though. But...

I am doing research work myself, so pardon me if I may discuss some of my own opinion. For one thing, many rich Muslim countries are rich because of oil (leave aside Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey). Because of this easily available cash they have no idea how to set priorities to undertake...

GOP is busy with war. But this is a serious matter. We need to insist on the government to take water conservation seriously. There is need to build more water reservoirs and desalination plants along the coastal areas. Water projects generally take a long time to finish. I am afraid that...