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November 2011’s B-side has its main focus on the emergence of a third force in Pakistani politics in Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as well as continuing commentary on the evil of US drone attacks in Pakistan. The B-side begins with an analysis of the rise of Imran Khan’s PTI by Rahimullah Yusufzai, who remains [...]

In the final post of the 3-part special on drone attacks in Pakistan, the truth about civilian casualties of drone strikes is revealed thanks to a credible report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The report proves that the Obama Administration has been lying on drone attacks and conclusively documents the falsity of US Counterterrorism [...]

This is the second post of the 3-part special on drone strikes in Pakistan written ten years on from a Pakistan ravaged by 9/11. This second post continues to reveal more drone truths as I share actual evidence of the human cost of US drone strikes in Pakistan thanks to Noor Behram’s photos. Noor Behram recently made [...]

This post is a continuation of sorts of August 2011′s B-side here which was dominated by a discussion on drone attacks in Pakistan. This is the first of three posts that continues the drone debate which has a singular aim that of bringing the truth about drone attacks to the fore. This first post looks at the [...]

August 2011’s B-side has its central focus on the death drones that land in Pakistan daily. The B-side is essentially a drone debate this August, because although I have written extensively against the drone attacks in Pakistan, recent developments have caught my eye and deserve further comment. The first two articles in the B-side are [...]

April 2011′s B-side begins with deserved focus on one of the greatest Pakistanis to have graced the country, Abdul Sattar Edhi. The remainder of the B-side is devoted to that migraines of migraines, namely Pakistan-US relations. April 2011′s B-side contents include: • The Day I Met Abdul Sattar Edhi, A Living Saint by PETER OBORNE [...]

This short post simply wishes to praise Imran Khan for his historic dharna against US drone attacks this past weekend. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has given meaning to the all too easy words of condemnation against drone attacks by its sit-in that suspended the NATO supply line to Afghanistan. The crowds who attended the sit-in deserve praise, although the [...]

December 2010′s B-side is the last of 2010 and has its focus on the nightmare that doesnt go away that is American and her predator drones. The other key focus continues to be Kashmir, as has been the case in many previous B-sides here and here, as Kashmir remains close to my heart. The B-side begins with [...]

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 [...]

April’s B-side begins by passing comment on an optimistic view of Pakistan’s future whilst retaining focus on regular pet hates such as the dreaded drones. In the final article the troubling questions arising from the Benazir Bhutto UN Report  are explored. April 2010′s B-side contents include: Room for Optimism by MOHSIN HAMID The Obama Doctrine: Kill don’t [...]