Product DescriptionAl Qaida was unable to realize its lethal potential until it found sanctuary in Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden fled after being expelled from Sudan. But why was the network’s sanctuary not attacked before September 2001, especially after the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998? Abou Zahab and Roy [...]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday called for protecting democracy and democratic institutions adding that the elected assemblies and the government will complete their five-year mandated tenure regardless of what the opponents are saying and doing. He said that when the party went into elections it had promised the voters to launch a series [...]
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD: Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has announced compensation for tanker blast victims of Hyderabad and formed two separate committees one comprising officers and the other of assembly members to assess the losses of shops and other properties damaged in the blast which occured two days back in Hala Naka [...]
bureau chief ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday took suo moto notice of reported disappearance of goods from containers meant for NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) inside Afghanistan. The CJP directed Chairman Federal Bureau of Revenue and Director General Federal Investigation Agency to submit their reports by July 5, [...]
bureau chief ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that passage of 18th Amendment, National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan initiative, empowerment of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, restoration of peace in the country and stabilization of economy were few of the major achievements of the coalition government.He further said the government was [...]
WASHINGTON: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid glowing tribute to Pakistan’s martyred prime minister Benazir Bhutto as politicians and policymakers gathered at the premiere of a documentary chronicling courageous life and democratic contributions of the popular leader.“She gave hope for future of the country and was a model of women’s development,” [...]
Dr Brahma Chellaney Success breeds confidence, and rapid success produces arrogance. That, in a nutshell, is the problem that both Asia and the West face in China, and which has been demonstrated once again at the G20 summit in Canada. Rising economic and military power is emboldening China’s government to pursue a more muscular foreign [...]
Gordon Robison With the United States moving into the heart of election season it would probably be best for readers in the Middle East to prepare themselves for some exceedingly unpleasant rhetoric. It is a sad reality of 21st century American life that for many people Arabs and Muslims in American political debate the two [...]
Osama bin Laden is allegedly in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan. This was the claim made recently by CIA Chief Leon Panetta: it carries both weight and immediate implications. First, the Americans seem very sure of the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief who tops their list of combatants since 9/11. Second, by admitting [...]
What would the media do if it did not have leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to come to its rescue from time to time? When it comes to keeping an issue alive with right and interesting sound bites, the irrepressible Iran leader never lets you down. He seems to have learnt fast from the West the [...]
