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Source: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui speaks out
Posted by Khurram Ali Shafique also managing About Aafia Blog
At last a word has come out from Dr. Aafia Siddiqui herself about her travails. On Tuesday, October 6, four Pakistani senators met her in Texas but unfortunately their account has not been properly covered in many news reports. One exception [...]

I have no words to express my disgust over this piece of news. Does this moron not realize that he is representing Pakistan at an international level in the capacity of the President of Pakistan and its 160 million Pakistanis? Or maybe its just his “vadera” background which took over him…

NEW YORK (CNN) — Pakistan’s [...]

Published on Monday, September 22, 2008 by The Asia Times

by Syed Saleem Shahzad

KARACHI - Pakistani authorities have compared Saturday evening’s devastating truck suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in the capital Islamabad to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
In terms of its psychological effect, the blast, which killed more than 80 [...]

The whole nation is struck dumb after the recent attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. But is it really something new for us? Do we consider for a single moment what this whole mess is all about? Don’t we all need to think whether this so called “War on Terrorism” is actually our war?

Originally [...]

As much as we may be tempted to celebrate Musharraf’s exit, and perhaps rightly so, I’d say let time decide whether it will bring any worthwhile change to the current scenario. Until then, the nation is keeping their fingers crossed for the presidential elections. According to a report on Friday:

The presidential election would be held [...]

President Musharraf shall be addressing the nation today at 1 pm and it is being largely speculated that he might step down after justifying the actions of his nine years tenure. If he doesn’t, he will be impeached. Either way, time’s up for Musharraf.
He has been given time for a ’safe exit’ by the coalition [...]