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Pakistan’s Contribution to the War on Terror – US CentCom
Picked up from GoatMilk, first printed in the South Asia Tribune in May of 2003. This same report was removed from the US CentCom website and reposted on the US Information Clearinghouse Website: This is the first official estimate of losses suffered by Pakistan, given by the US military high command and analysts say these [...]
“Delivering Without Taking the Credit”
The United States and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior officials in both countries. In recent months, the U.S. drones have fired missiles at Pakistani soil at an average rate of once every four [...]
Failed States Index 2008
Foreign Policy Magazine has released their new “Failed States Index for 2008” ranking countries based on specific criteria. Pakistan has placed 9th. What is interesting to me are the graphs that have been included to support the fact. For example, the powers of Parliament in a failed state: Sphere: Related Content
Secret Orders to Allow US Raids Into Any Country
We are posting this for a few reasons. First, because every news outlet in Pakistan is reporting the story of a “Secret US Order” that allowed military raids into Pakistan. Second, former President Musharraf’s stand that neither he, nor anyone in his government, approved these raids. Third, the current government’s regular complaints to the US [...]
Senator That Supported Baluchistan Honour Killing Rewarded with Ministry
Picked this up from Teeth Maestro’s blog: In a very shocking turn of events Mr. Asif Ali Zardari yesterday expanded his cabinet with 40 members and inducted a very controversial Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri. Mr Israrullah Zehri a few months back in August stood up in the Senate and justified the crime of burying women [...]
KESC Rewards Incompetence By Punishing Karachi
Naveed Ismail, CEO of KESC Pakistan, refuted this story from The Nation and other media outlets in a press conference this morning. His statement is that “he works for a public limited company and his salary will be printed in the annual report. But the reports of the salary are much higher than he actually [...]
Pakistan’s Plan “C”
It’s been a decade since the International Monetary Fund preached its damaging elixir of currency devaluation and tax hikes to Asian nations in financial crisis. As Pakistan’s economy teeters, the IMF is once again on the scene with familiar policy prescriptions. This is no time to recycle past mistakes. Like Ukraine and Iceland, Pakistan is [...]
IMF Orders Pakistan to Cut Military Spending by 1/3
The International Monetary Fund yesterday ordered Pakistan to cut military spending by almost a third as fears grew that the nuclear-armed nation’s economic crisis was now so bad that its role in the war against al-Qa’ida and the Taliban was imperilled. The secret IMF demand – one of several measures that the bankrupt country is [...]
Pakistan Back to Begging Under Democracy
Provided by a contributor to Take Back Pakistan Recent reports in the western media indicate that Pakistan needs as much as $10 billion to avoid an economic meltdown and Pakistan’s foreign currency reserves are: falling fast and if forward liabilities are included, the real reserves may go down to $3 billion. This cannot meet the import bill of [...]
Governance and Accountability
I quite enjoy listening to the members of parliament, both provincial and national, extol the virtues of the “democracy” that they have helped to restore in Pakistan. While its a great claim to make, what democracy have we been given for the votes that we have cast? As a nation, we have long demanded accountability and transparency from our [...]
Salary & Concessions for a Member of National Assembly
This was sent to us by a contributor to Take Back Pakistan: Monthly Salary Rs. 120,000 to 200,000 Expense for Constitution per month Rs. [...]
World Economic Crisis Pushes Pakistan Close to Collapse – LA Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Take a restive, nuclear-armed nation with an untested new government, an escalating Islamic insurgency, long-standing tensions with its neighbors and an economy in free fall for months. Then add in a global financial crisis. Some analysts and diplomats fear that Pakistan could come to exemplify a perilous new phenomenon: a strategic but [...]
160 Million Nelson Mandelas
Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and fight to get visas to visit, live and study in believe that Pakistanis are “barbarians,” [...]
Set Pakistan Free
Pakistan’s main problem is not that it has many Muslim extremists or a weak economy. Rather, it is Pakistan’s dependence on the West and especially the U.S. that prevents it from fulfilling its potential. As a developing country, Pakistan’s main concern should be to modernize. The cause for Pakistan’s lack of progress is the backwards [...]
Eating Grass in Alligator Infested Waters – Samson Simon Sharaf
In the first two parts of the essay, ‘are we ready to eat grass?’ a bird’s eye view of security perspectives arising out of a Pakistani mindset have been discussed. The question that now arises is, ‘do we have the potential to grow the grass we intend to eat?’ In this regard an interesting development [...]
How will next U.S. administration engage Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Guest blogger Roy Kamphausen is the director and vice president for political and security affairs of the Washington Office of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). An issue that came up often in Monday’s NBR-sponsored debate on U.S.-Asian relations in the next administration was the question of instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Both campaigns [...]
Pakistan: A Country on Fire – Ayesha Siddiqa
The bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on 20 September 2008 has hit Pakistan hard. The reputation of the hotel as a meeting-point and social hub for the capital’s political and diplomatic class ensured that the attack – which killed fifty-three people and wounded 250 – would receive the maximum worldwide publicity that the [...]
Marriott Hotel Burns From Terrorist Attack
At 8 pm today, Islambad’s Marriott Hotel became the target of Pakistan’s worst suicide attack in history. At this time, local media is reporting that the entire hotel is on fire, 150 injured, and 50 dead. We don’t know what to say…. Pray for them. Pray for Pakistan. This is not our Pakistan. We can [...]
Exiles’ Return – Mohammad Hanif
When Mohammed Hanif left Pakistan in 1996, it was ruled by Benazir Bhutto and the Taliban were being touted as the saviours of Afghanistan. Now her widower has become president, and the Taliban want to save Pakistan too. Two weeks ago, after 12 years in London, I moved back to Pakistan. The week I arrived, [...]
Hamid Mir On Rohi TV
This was sent to us by a regular reader and commenter on Take Back Pakistan. After listening to it, we felt it must be heard. We will try to post a translated version of Hamid’s assessment tomorrow so that our non-Pakistanis can understand what he said. Sphere: Related Content
The Democracy Killers – Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
The presidential referendum in Pakistan has come and gone. As quickly as the drama enveloped the country it has been forgotten. The Pakistani nation is disappointed and fed up with the antics of the ruling classes and the referendum served only to confirm their suspicions. As expected, General Musharraf made a heap of populist promises. [...]
Renewable Energy to Tackle Pakistan’s Electricity Crisis
One of my favorite blogs is Haq’s Musings. Riaz Haq has posted an interesting piece on using renewable energy for Pakistan’s electricity crisis. Good reading and info for us all to understand. Sphere: Related Content
Attacking Pakistan? Don’t Do It – Aijaz Zaka Syed
Back home in the sub-continent, they say you should always stay away from the cops; their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop, the United States, bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do you really need [...]