By: OMAR WARAICH / ISLAMABAD
Source: Time Online

Yousuf Raza Gilani is the Prime Minister of Pakistan and as such is visiting the U.S. this week. He came to the role via tragedy, elevated from the vacuum created by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister to whom he had long been loyal. Despite Gilani’s [...]

The Following is the English Translation of the Interview
Source : Geo News (Geo News is Pakistan Based News Channel)
Q: 1. It is rumored in some areas that al-qaeda is supported by the united states. How would you respond?
Ans.1. This is a ridiculous charge.
It was exposed when sheikh osama bin laden [...]

By ZAID HAMID
This column is extracted from a situation report released by BRASSTACKS, a security and defense analysis think tank based in Islamabad. Mr. Zaid Hamid is its Founding Consultant.

The national threats and risks are so severe that if this present government stays in power for a couple of more months, the situation could become [...]

INDIAN DEMOCRACY OR HYPOCRISY ?

Minorities reeling under violence in Hindu secularism

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fter the British departure from the sub continent, came into existence two independent states- India and Pakistan. Pakistan, the Islamic republic of, is known to be the first country to have been founded on ideological grounds; Israel being the only other.
Quaid e Azam, [...]

BrassTacks Policy Paper
India Reports Series

Myth of a United India
&
Democracy or Hypocrisy?

By
Maryam Mehboob

MYTH OF UNITED INDIA

OVER TWO DOZEN FREEDOM STRUGGLES IN PROGRESS IN INDIA

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efore the Muslim conquests to the Indian subcontinent, little was known about India or her dwellers. Historians concede “the historical phase of India began with the [...]

By ABDUL RUFF Colachal
Dr.Abdul Ruff Colachal is a research scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
A group of saffron-clad Hindu extremists entered the Muslim marvel of Taj Mahal, started walking around the monument performing Hindu prayers. Welcome to India’s Hindu terrorists. India is creating al-Qaeda-style civilian militant groups and arming them with [...]

By AMMAR FAHEEM
Ammar Faheem is a Pakistani blogger
The Inter Services Intelligence agency of Pakistan, the ISI, through a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, was placed under the direct control of the Ministry of Interior Affairs. This was done on July 26, sometime in the evening. The ISI has worked under the control of [...]

Dear Sadaf, Assalamu Alikum. I am sorry, I found your article very interesting; so I thought this would be my pick of the evening and I would like to comment on what you said here. Honestly, I found your thoughts very accurate but since i am a Pakistani and I learn from these politicians, I [...]

A new constitution, a new political system, and more provinces. Pakistani democracy is a failure and needs an urgent overhaul. This democracy is leading to a meltdown in Pakistan and creating ethnic conflict where none existed. Pakistan’s survival requires a period of stability. Enough of politics. Our model should be China or Dubai. The [...]