Judy Bachrach Sherry Rehman, the Pakistani ambassador to the United States, wants the US to (a) apologize for a NATO attack on Salala and (b) halt drone attacks on her native soil, neither of which demands—let’s face it, Sherry—is going to happen anytime soon. Always a bad idea to apologize to governments and security agencies run by certain officials who want you dead, and besides, the really tall bearded ...

By Richard Leiby Pakistan’s new intelligence chief has postponed his first visit to Washington amid harsh U.S. criticism of the 33-year prison sentence imposed on Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor convicted of treason for aiding the CIA’s hunt for Osama bin Laden. Lt. Gen. Zaheer ul-Islam, appointed in March to head the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency, was set to meet this week with his U.S. c ...

By Saeed Qureshi The Arab Spring has gone into a mode of hibernation for the present. The advance of the much promising Arab Spring has been halted in Bahrain by [caption id="attachment_1255" align="alignright" width="236" caption="Middle East Issue need to be settled as per Palestinian Masses"][/caption] Saudi Arabia and in Syria by Iran. Paradoxically in Bahrain it is the Sunni minority that is ruling and ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglous Feith, Richard Perle, Dick Cheney [caption id="attachment_1251" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Flags involved in fighting war against terror"][/caption] backed by neo-cons media propagandists such as William Kristol and Max Boot were the ones who masterminded a plan to undermine Islam and incapacitate practicing Muslims, dubbed as fundam ...

Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Sherry Rehman has said that Islamabad is looking at 'positive conversation' about reopening of NATO supply routes during the Chicago Summit. Rehman, however, stressed that it would be pre-mature to say when the trucks will resume supply. During an interview with CNN, she also said that 'Pakistan is still demanding President Barrack Obama's apology over killing of 24 soldier ...

After four arduous months, proceedings of the Memo Commission finally concluded at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday. During the final proceedings, the commission directed the foreign office secretary to brief it in-camera regarding secret funds used by former ambassador Hussain Haqqani during his tenure. This decision was taken after Mansoor Ijaz’s counsel Akram Sheikh claimed to have information th ...

Counsel for Hussain Haqqani, Zahid Bukhari would not appear before the Memo Commission, probing the infamous memogate scandal. Talking to the media, he said that he would continue boycott of the meeting. He said that he would not attend meeting of the commission after its unconstitutional act of recording evidences after completing final arguments. He further stated that Hussain Haqqani will file appeal in ...

[caption id="attachment_1051" align="alignright" width="315" caption="President Zardari going to Attend Nato Conference"][/caption] President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Chicago to attend a NATO summit as Pakistan mulls the reopening of supplies for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, a media report said Friday. Zardari will be in Chicago for the 25th NATO Summit being held May 20-21 at the invitation of ...