Zardari is tenth richest head of state but not on Forbes list
Amir Mir
Islamabad: Pakistani president Asif Zardari is the 10th richest head of state today, believed to be possessing a net wealth of $1.8 billion.
Zardari is poorer than eight monarchs and three-time Italian prime minister...
Yet few weeks ago people on this forum (including mods and think-tanks) discarded this notion by associating it with conspiracy theory
My intention is not mud-slinging, but before we discard anything as conspiracy theory, a pragmatic approach taken on the subject isn't so bad.
Why don't we first apply pressure on Israel to submit to inspections? How can we be sure that Israel's nuclear intentions are peaceful? If we talk about denuclearization / demilitarization of ME than why do we turn a blind eye on Israel? Why is that one country is allowed to have nuclear weapons...
Is Rehman Malik Ready to Resign? Malik had said earlier that he will resign is Xe presence in Pakistan proved. CIA spokesman confirmed Xe (Blackwater) presence in Pakistan.
Despite repeated denials, the CIA has now confirmed that US security contractor Xe Services, formerly known as...
Removing Saddam was right, even without WMD - Blair
It would have been right to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein even without evidence he had weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Tony Blair has said.
The former prime minister said it was the "notion" of Saddam as a threat to the region...
Pakistan President has assets beyond his means of $1.5 billion
Zahid Hussain
The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has assets of $1.5 billion (£920 million) around the world, according to the countrys main anti-corruption body.
A report by the National Accountability Bureau...
The geopolitical goals of the Anglo-American Empire in Afghanistan Pakistan Iran
Webster Tarpley talks about the true geopolitical goals of the Anglo-American Empire in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
To me the name NWFP is more of a symbolic name chosen by one of our founding father Ch. Rehmat Ali in his pamphlet Now or Never in 1933. Of course people should have the right to choose the name of their own province but the fact that ANP has leaders, whose forefather Ghaffar Khan was one of the...
Watch this pic closely. This is from a wall on suicide training facility in Makeen, South Waziristan. The paintings are designed to present Jannat and the young minds are made to see them over and over to program them. There are many other pics as well where they have shown "hoorain","bagh" and...
Revisiting the past to cement the truth discarded by many as a myth:
Obama Lied: Taliban Did Not Refuse to Hand Over Bin Laden
December 05, 2009 -- Obama slipped past a real doozy Tuesday night when he said the Taliban refused to hand over bin Laden. It just ain't so. They tried three times to...
Have we been provided with military equipment that Washington promised it would on war-footing to Islamabad? I guess not.
As far as I know it includes:
1. Additional Cobras and its spares,
2. Deep penetrating metal detectors,
3. Ground surveillance radars,
4. Night vision goggles.
and a few...
Satellite phones can be tracked accurately using global positioning systems (GPS) which leaves me wondering why, on earth, can't these thugs be traced. Surely, they are not using Pakistani satellites or service providers?
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Operation Gladio-style War Against Pakistan
On December 7, 2009 four blasts rocked Peshawar, Lahore and Quetta. In the morning at 10 am a suicide bomber came on a rickshaw, killed at least ten people in Peshawar when he blew himself up near the courthouse located on Jail Road. Then, in the noon...
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are safe: Tharoor
NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (APP): Contradicting statements of his Prime Minister and Cabinet colleagues about safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, Shashi Tharoor, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs said on Sunday Pakistan’s...
Chelsea Clinton engaged to marry boyfriend
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of ex-US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is engaged to marry her long-term boyfriend.
She is marrying Marc Mezvinsky, a banker at Goldman Sachs, with whom she became friends as a teenager.
A...