Taliban and Extremists at War Against Pakistan

Posted on September 14, 2007
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Adil Najam While I, like everyone else, remain fully engrossed in the political circus of Pakistan and the shenanigans of messers Musharraf, Bhutto, Sharif, Rahman, and Co., there is, as we have suggested before, a real war – a terrible war – that Pakistan is involved in right now. The bigger crisis in Pakistan today […]

Picture of the Day: K9 Pakistan

Posted on September 12, 2007
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Owais Mughal A friend who was recently on a tourism trip of Pakistan sent me this photograph of a billboard from Abbotabad. Click on the photo to see the enlarged image. The text in Urdu approximately reads as: In case of theft, burglary, murder, kidnapping – immediately contact (the) Detective Dogs (company). Photo Credits: Shoukat […]

Inhospitable Reception

Posted on September 5, 2007
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Raza Rumi While the ‘easy-white-woman’ stereotype is being reinforced, how can Pakistan become a tourist destination? Conversing with Charlotte is always a pleasure. She’s original and witty; each encounter with her is memorable – regrettably, the last one for all the wrong reasons. She told me some stories about her visits to Pakistan that left […]

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