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[18 May 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
Sharing the Pie with the King’s Men

If the early cooperation between the PPP and the PML-N had remained intact and in focus, it might have dismantled the myth of the necessary dominance of the military and ISI for good.

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Newsline Films Co-production Screening This Week

The critically acclaimed The Battle for Pakistan, a Newsline Films/SAMAA TV co-production, was screened at Film Southasia 2010 in Kathmandu and will be showing in Karachi.

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[14 May 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Opposing National Democrats, Supporting Foreign Terrorists

What we are facing in Pakistan now is a kind of repeat of what we experienced back in 1971. Only this time, the roles have been changed.

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[11 May 2011 | One Comment | ]
Unsurprising Secret Deal has Become a Raw Deal

New targets are being eyed in Pakistan by the US, and the questions and worries exposed by “Operation Geronimo” help confirm their legitimacy as targets.

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[10 May 2011 | One Comment | ]
Musharraf Cries Wolf over Violation of Sovereignty

Allegations of a secret deal inked by Musharraf show him to be shedding crocodile tears over the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. This definitely won’t help the general’s plans for a comeback.

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[10 May 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Pakistani Foreign Office Issues Longer Statement After Bin Laden Raid

The second statement issued by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the raid by US forces that lead to the death of Osama bin Laden.

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[6 May 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
OBL and a Pakistani Citizen

How are Pakistanis responding to Osama Bin Laden’s death? This is the question being asked in the western media.

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[4 May 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
Video of the Day: Husain Haqqani on CNN

Pakistanis have to be asked whether they are happy bin Laden is dead. But can the US be blamed for wondering?

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[2 May 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Pakistan Foreign Ministry Issues Statement on the Death of Osama bin Laden

With its official statement, the Pakistani government plays both sides of the death of Osama bin Laden: it wants the world to know that it is against Al-Qaeda but says explicitly that this was a US operation.

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[2 May 2011 | Comments Off | ]
“The Guy who Liveblogged the Osama Raid Without Knowing It”

“Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM is a rare event”: With these innocuous words, one Abbottabad man’s observations became the talk of the world.