Tag: OBL
There was threat of a coup after May 2: Ijaz
The central character in the “memogate” issue, Mansoor Ijaz, on Thursday revealed that there was threat of a military coup in Pakistan following the...
On Balochistan
National integrity at stake
When the situation was starting to worsen in Balochistan and the media was almost mum, it was then that I drew...
Disturbing disclosure
Is the commission hearing this?
The revelation by a leaked email of a US-based intelligence firm that mid to senior level officials in the ISI...
May 2 raid made unpopular US even less popular in Pakistan
The United States military operation that resulted in Osama bin Laden’s death in Pakistan made an already unpopular US even less popular with some...
Biden advised against Osama bin Laden raid
US Vice President Joe Biden said he advised President Barack Obama last spring not to immediately authorise the raid on the compound in Pakistan...
Panetta adamant Pakistan knew of bin Laden hideout
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta still believes someone in authority in Pakistan knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding before US forces went in...
PM’s statement on Osama ‘charge sheet’ against army, says Nisar
National Assembly Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday that the statement by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani questioning what visa al...
Army chief’s assurance
This letter is in apropos to a recent news item “There will be no military coup, assures Kayani” published in your newspaper. The army...
Know your enemy
The first essential in war on terrorism
Knowing your enemy in a war is winning the war. Sun Tzu said it centuries ago but an...
PM’s statement about Abbottabad incident irresponsible: Imran
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan criticised Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s statement about the Abbottabad incident on Friday and said it was irresponsible...
Revising enemy list
The recent statement issued by Joe Biden, the US Vice-President in which he clearly differentiates between the enemy and the non-enemies in the long...
Where are relations heading?
The murky waters of Pak-US ties
As the US and Pakistan continue to bluff and posture to influence each other’s position over Afghanistan, one is...
I was not privy to the US’ OBL operation
Ever since the Memo scandal our media mongers whose previous almost daily predictions over the past four years about the demise of the democratic...
Abbottabad Commission summons Pakistan’s HC to UK
The Abbottabad Commission Monday summoned Wajid Shamsul Hassan, Pakistan High Commissioner to UK for investigation over his remarks about Bin Laden operation, media reported.
According...
Haqqani says Ijaz has become habitual accuser
Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Saturday said that Mansoor Ijaz had contracted a habit of leveling new allegations daily, and no...
Bin Laden was ‘dead in 90 seconds’
Six months after his death, a new book has claimed Osama bin Laden was shot dead within 90 seconds of the start of a...
Awlaqi latest victim of relentless US secret war
US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi is the latest American enemy wiped out by a furtive, yet relentless and deadly, assault on terror suspects on...
