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Posts published in March 2009

Link Aid To ISI Reforms, Democracy In Pakistan

There are no short cuts to victory over terrorism in Pakistan tribal belt with many terror outfits directly liked with ISI says, Robert Denwar, this week's guest writer, while making out a strong case for linking any aid to Pakistan with an overhaul of the ISI and to deepening of democracy in that country. Patience, persistence and long term policy frame should be the new watch words for the West, argues the London based commentator

bin Laden hiding in Pakistan’s Chitral region….

New York: Finally, the US has tracked down Osama bin Laden to Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan’s scenic Chitral region, the New York Daily News said March 14, saying that the area with stunning peaks and valleys is suspected to be his hideout since 2006. Like the Swat valley, Chitral also is under Talibanisation effect in the recent past. And it is off limits for foreigners and journalists. Though there is still no official word…

Save Gilgit-Baltistan From Pakistani Jackboots

Pakistan is plundering Gilgit-Baltistan. Rise of Sunni militancy and step-motherly treatment of the State have pushed the people into a state of misery and penury. The young are is in no mood to countenance the neglect. They are campaigning for self-rule as the birth right. If the world continues to turn a cold eye, the movement will give birth to a new breed who believe in violence as the means to reach the goal.

Call Pakistan Bluff In ‘Azad’ Kashmir

Absence of democratic accountability, rampant corruption, torture, violation of minority rights, suppression of women, and discrimination against Kashmiri refugees have energized a whole generation to knock at the doors of the world. From Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral to Muzaffarabad AJK people have one demand- rescue us from Middle Ages we have been pushed into. Is there any one out listening?