The general speaks
Fortunate is the country that has professionally ‘thinking’ generals but unfortunate is the country that has politically ‘thinking’ generals. In Pakistan, our battles have largely been planned and fought by…
Murder, motive and belief
Voltaire never actually said, despite the evidence provided by numerous Facebook status updates, that he may not agree with us but will defend to the death our right to say…
Two sanctuaries
Pakistan’s military leadership has said it is resolved not to spare any terrorist sanctuaries in the ongoing military operations. There are, however, two kinds of sanctuaries and while the military…
A million mutinies
In a tribute to the inimitable Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on his 10th death anniversary last week (November 11), veteran Palestinian journalist and analyst Abdel Bari Atwan lamented the fact…
View Point: Israeli aggression and Western hypocrisy
The casualty figures from the latest Israeli barbarity against the besieged Gaza Palestinians speak for themselves. Over 200 people killed in a week-long assault from the air, the sea and…
Israel’s war on Gaza
Israel’s brutal war on Gaza has left over 1,000 Palestinians dead and more than 6,000 wounded with the death toll still rising. Hospitals, schools, mosques, homes, apartment blocks and even…
Khaled’s miscalculation
Issues evolve. That's how life and time move along. So instead of wallowing in the muddy past, one must trudge onwards, albeit with a clear understanding of how one got…
Problems in the Middle East
Israel has started pulling some of its ground troops from Gaza. The reason would be partial realisation of its war objectives. There are other reasons as well. The international community…
Israel’s barbarism in Gaza
More than a month after Israel launched a murderous onslaught on the Gaza Strip, with over 2,000 casualties, there’s still no clarity about when ‘Operation Protective Edge’ might end. Israel…
Where’s the Gaza outrage in Pakistan?
Bigger rallies have been held in London against the Israeli assault on Gaza than anything we are likely to see here. This is a mirror copy of what happened during…
