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A drone attack has hit North Wazirstan today and adds to the tally of American drone attacks on Pakistan’s sovereignity and her civilian population. Such attacks are not just a war crime against Pakistan, their legality is at issue too, indeed Philip Alston, the United Nations special representative on extrajudicial executions has said on drones 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 [...]

Tariq Ali is a passionate Pakistani and a towering intellectual. As a writer and as an eminent thinker of his times he is amongst the very best and a personal favourite of mine. Tariq Ali has written about Pakistan for decades and is seen as an expert on all things Pakistan. I came across the [...]

The Obama speech to the Muslim world has been received well across the globe. My brief review of the speech is this, that I believe actions speak louder than words Mr President. The real test will be whether the US  will act on the words you uttered in Cairo. I will not reduce President Obama [...]

Part 2 of rthe Hussain and Hillary Show focuses on Hillary Clinton.  It is short and sweet because like Hussain Obama, Hillary Clinton too delivers a hissy fit but this time it is one that speaks the truth- the Taliban Truth. As the X Files told the world ‘the truth is out there’, well Hillary [...]

This dedicated series of posts covers the comments of the H tag team that is Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton. On the eve of President Zardari’s first meeting with President Obama, I am posting Obama’s newest diatribe on issues concerning Pakistan. The subtitle of the post in indicative as I have called Obama’s comments as [...]

April’s B-side is focused entirely on the two A’s that give Pakistan a constant headache- America and Afghanistan. The much trumpeted Obama policy for Afghanistan has been announced with accompanying fanfare and is the focus of April’s B-side as Afghanistan’s fate will affect Pakistan greatly. April’s B-side contents are:    A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan [...]

The Gaza genocide is made the key focus of January’s B-side. Imran Khan’s letter to President Obama is the second key focus with Kashmir becoming the third key focus for this month’s B-side. January’s B-side contents are: The Gaza Genocide by WASIM ARIF Imran Khan’s Open Letter to President Obama by IMRAN KHAN David Miliband’s [...]