Osama Bin Laden is in Kunar, Afghanistan – Rehman Malik, Interior Minister

Posted on: July 13, 2009 12:33 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
Osama Bin Laden

Rehman Malik, Interior Minister of Pakistan said Osama Bin Laden and other top Al Qaeda leaders are currently hiding in Afghanistan most probably in the Kunar area. He further said that the Pakistan military must have found him and his colleagues during its military operations if he was there in Pakistan. This news is released by Press Trust of India. Great! Clinton to Bush to Mushraff to Obama all said the same thing with a little variation of the words. So what is new he is telling us. If he knows with that much confidence that Bin Laden is in Kunar why don't he tell his US friends and collect the bounty. Another question to Rehman Malik is why you could not find Baitullah Mehsood … [Continue reading]

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Weekly News Wrap-Up

Posted on: July 8, 2009 8:48 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
News Wrap Up

This would be a new feature we are introducing and will try to maintain it. We will briefly cover daily news but instead of posting them everyday we will compile them together on weekly basis. Basically, we intend to cover only news from Pakistan but if there are news from outside of Pakistan which may effect Pakistan, we would also include those news items. We need volunteer to compile these news if you are interested, please send an email with your resume to pakistanforum@gmail.com. If selected Weekly Wrap-Up will be published with your name. … [Continue reading]

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India Blamed Pakistan Protecting Militants’ Satellite Phones

Posted on: July 8, 2009 5:18 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
India Blamed Pakistan Protecting Militants Satellite Phones

Today Indian Express has published a statement of Indian government that they have found evidence that Pakistan has set up an electronic infrastructer to protect Thuraya satellite phones used by Pakistani militants targeting India. According to Indian sources transmitters have been found along the Line of Control and Pakistan-Indian border which obscure the signals originating from the phones. Indian believe it could not exist without the implicit support of Pakistani government. This allegation has come just a week before the the meeting of Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan to discuss steps Islamabad has taken to curb the terrorism directed against India. Is Pakistan involved … [Continue reading]

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Displaced People From Swat

Posted on: July 3, 2009 11:34 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
Displaced People From Swat

People who are displaced from Swat due to military operation have been brought by the bus load to Karachi. Why they were brought to Karachi?  Like many other people I asked the same question to myself. During the Afghan/Russian war all the displaced people were inhabited within the NWFP. Why this time when the displaced people were much lower in  numbers were transported to Karachi. It seems it was preplanned with a hidden agenda. I can think there were three motives behind this move. Political. Pakistan Peoples Party wants to reduce the power of MQM in Karachi by … [Continue reading]

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Most Expensive Electricity in The World

Posted on: June 16, 2009 7:24 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
Electricity

Today news have appeared in the local newspapers that with the recent purposed increase of Rs. 2.50 per unit will make electricity most expensive the world. This is another deed of people's government. Has anybody raised any voice against this increase? I have seen protest statements only from Karachi merchants and Jam Madad Ali, leader of the opposition in Sindh assembly. People of Karachi expect MQM to take strong stand on this issue. If you go to low income areas of Karachi you would see a web of wires in the streets above your head. All these wires are running illegally from the distribution poles to people's homes. In local language it is called kunda system. The question is, why … [Continue reading]

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How Much Afghan Governemnt Has Control Over Afghanistan

Posted on: June 14, 2009 10:57 am Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
Afghan Government

Helmand is the most violent province in Afghanistan. The governor of Helmand province, Gulab Mangal said the government controls only 8 of the 13 districts in the province. The districts where government has no control, three districts are in the north of the province, and two in the south. NATO security forces are planning to regain the control of these areas. That tells you how much NATO and allied forces are successful over there. … [Continue reading]

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Lashkar-e-Tayaba Involved in Mumbai Attacks – Pakistani Security Sources

Posted on: December 31, 2008 12:37 pm Written by: Leave a Comment print for hard copyEmail This Post
Laskar e Tayaba Involved in Mumbai Attacks

Wall Street Journal reported today quoting Pakistani security officials that Laskar-e-Tayaba has confessed they were involved in Mumbai attacks. Last month Pakistani security police arrested Mr. Zarrar Shah a top Lashkar commander in Pakistani controlled Kashmir. According to Pakistani sources Mr. Shah confessed the group had a role in these attacks. He admitted he was one of the key planners of the operation and talked to attackers during the rampage giving them advice to keep them focused. This phone call was intercepted by US intelligence. When this phone recording may have been played there was no room for Pakistan and Mr. Shah to refute the allegation that Pakistani territory was … [Continue reading]

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