Mir Jamil ur Rahman provides an interesting perspective into the political environment in Pakistan with the fast emerging Talibanisation movement. The flurry of suicide bombings following the Jamia Hafsa operation strongly indicates that Taliban has declared war on Pakistan. The organized pattern of the bombings points to the fact that al-Qaeda is providing Taliban with [...]
Read more →CAIR, a very controversial Muslim organization in the United States, has started a great ad series that emphasizes that all Muslims are not bad people and EVERY religion struggles with extremists in different forms. It’s not just the American Muslims that condemn all acts of terrorism, but Muslims around the world. Don’t judge our religion [...]
Read more →This Op-Ed piece was printed in today’s The News, written by former Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar, it provides an interesting look into dealing with sieges and hostage situations and what the government needs to do. According to some newspaper accounts the number of hard-core militants holed up in Lal Masjid were no more [...]
Read more →The Washington Post had Craig Cohen, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, online to discuss and answer questions about the Pakistan Army’s raid on Lal Masjid and the impact it will have on President Musharraf’s Presidency and the future of Pakistan. I followed it online until about midnight Pakistan [...]
Read more →A collection of pictures of the continued siege at Lal Masjid in Islamabad from domestic and international media outlets, including CNN, BBC, Dawn, and The News.
Read more →The domestic news channels are breaking this story out of Rawalpindi that in the area around Chaklala Air Base, there was Light Machine Gun fire at the President’s plane. Dawn News (the newest private news channel) is reporting that a home that was rented by a couple on Thursday was found to have anti-aircraft guns [...]
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