December’s B-side is the final B-side of 2009 and is noteworthy for three reasons. First, it marks the first year of B-side posts published on Other Pakistan and as so is time to take stock of the year and the key issues that Pakistan has faced in the year. Such reflection is the need of the [...]
My views on the US occupation of Afghanistan and why America will fail are well-known to regular readers. To my surprise, my views are shared by many a foreign policy expert and other opinion makers as has been evidenced in numerous B-side posts published and shown here that also criticise the US role in Afghanistan. Indeed in November’s B-side [...]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the NRO void ab initio or null and void in a landmark judgement that has delighted the masses of Pakistan. The Chief Justice of Pakistan headed a 17-member bench which unanimously declared the NRO unconstitutional and issued a short order which is available here in full. However the most [...]
The map above shows the real Pakistan that is made up of East and West Pakistan. That Pakistan died on 16 December 1971.
Today is another 16 December and it is a day that shames me as a Pakistani. Indeed I will go further than that and say that 16 December is a day that should shame every Pakistani as it was the day that the [...]
Photo: The Nation
The city of Lahore lived up to its big-event billing when the four provinces and the centre agreed upon the seventh edition of the National Finance Commission award here on Friday. The post-agreement press conference, which brought together the four happy-looking chief ministers and a seemingly proud federal minister in a sign that [...]
As expected , President Obama has decided to send another 30,000 US troops to the graveyard of empires that is Afghanistan. The commander in chief of the US Army and the commander in speech for the world waxed eloquently, however his decision will have a profound and adverse impact on Pakistan and will destabilise Pakistan even further.
The killing fields [...]