Made in Pakistan Anjum Niaz dawn.com The immigrants may earn and live in the US, but at the end of the day, they are folks “Made in Pakistan.” — File photo “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him” is the mantra for making it big, especially on alien soil. Would it not be wonderful if we too could make it ‘big’ and boast a billionaire? I said to myself as I wistfully looked out of the window of my airplane and saw a parked Boeing 747 with the … Continue reading Can’t take the Paki from the Pakistani?

What Punjab CM should learn from Taliban? By Ismail Khan Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif. — APP Photo dawn.com How does it feel caught in the eye of the storm? For nearly seven years, the people of the NWFP and the adjacent tribal regions and the security forces braved bombings and terrorist attacks, laying down their lives and offering unprecedented sacrifices. That was, when terrorists had turned the NWFP and the tribal regions into killing fields, while those living further a field to the east in the Punjab and Sindh were lived a relatively unscathed life. The lull in terrorist … Continue reading Shahbaz Sharif undisciplined student of The Taliban?

F-35 fighter jet silences critics with first vertical landing It’s been hailed as the Pentagon’s priciest arms purchase programme. But yesterday the F-35B fighter jet silenced its critics as it cleared a major hurdle and completed its first vertical landing. Boosted by 41,000lbs of thrust, the plane, which is part of U.S. plans to develop the next generation of military fighter jets, landed smoothly at Naval Station Patuxent River in Maryland, Washington. Scroll down for video clip… Fighter first: The F-35B jet lands vertically at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, U.S., yesterday Test pilot Graham Tomlinson, in a radar-evading … Continue reading Sexy F-35 fighter jet silences critics!

Defender of the realm: Britain’s £1.2bn submarine – and typically, we can’t afford it… By ANDREW PRESTON in BARROW-IN-FURNESS This is the best submarine in the world. It is virtually undetectable, has reinvented the periscope and sonar, and doubles as a floating GCHQ. It also happens to be British. Its only weakness? At £1.2bn, we can’t actually afford it Astute sits on the shiplift outside the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, ready to be lowered into the dock. The three starboard torpedo tubes are visible on the front of the submarine She could prowl the depths of the oceans without … Continue reading Britain’s £1.2bn submarine!

‘Pay £5,000 a day and you can meet Tony’: Four top Labour MPs trapped in TV sting By Glen Owen Labour has been plunged into a cash-for-access row after three former Cabinet Ministers were secretly filmed discussing how they could help a fake lobbying company – with one boasting that he was a ‘cab for hire’ for £5,000 a day. In the most damaging revelations, ex-Transport Minister Stephen Byers claimed that he managed to save ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’ for one company by using his influence with his successor Lord Adonis over a rail franchise. Mr Byers also claimed … Continue reading Four top Labour ‘Big Brother supporter type’ MPs trapped in TV sting!

Masters, not friends —Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur The countries that survive on arms, hand-outs, cheap oil and aid from other countries for their survival cannot possibly be defiant or discourteous to those on whose largesse they depend Civilised life is well nigh impossible without interaction between human beings and it is this activity that accords them the status of social animals. The social part survives only as long as the relationship is that of equals and is in no way demeaning and degrading. Once dignity and self-respect is removed from the equation, the social disappears and only the animal remains. … Continue reading Masters, not friends

The price of pain —Andleeb Abbas The government had merrily been declaring that all the terrorists have been nailed and had blown the horns for victory celebrations. The recent bomb blasts are a harsh reminder that dealing with just the symptoms and not the root causes of the problem will always have a short-term impact of a lull before the storm You are better dead than alive. This is perhaps the most apt description of the state of affairs for many unfortunate people in this country. Whether it is bomb blasts by religious fanatics or extravagant abuse of official privileges … Continue reading Bomb blasts by mullahs and extravagant abuse of official privileges by ‘VIPs’ is not Pakistan

Dilemmas of counter-terrorism —Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi The perspective of Islamic parties and the political right that expresses varying degrees of sympathy for the Taliban has seeped into other sections of society that either do not blame the Taliban for the violence or attempt to rationalise their behaviour There is good and bad news from Pakistan. The threat of the Pakistani Taliban entrenched in the tribal areas has been significantly neutralised in Swat and South Waziristan by the security operation launched by the army, the air force and the paramilitary forces. If Pakistan’s security forces continue to challenge them in the … Continue reading Dilemmas of counter-terrorism in Pakistan

Indian insignia on Punjab police ad dawn.com IGP Tariq Saleem Dogar said the insignia faux pas had hurt feelings of patriotic people, including police personnel. – APP (File Photo) LAHORE: An advertisement released by Punjab police seeking people’s cooperation in combating terrorism carried the insignia of Indian Punjab police to the embarrassment of many. The advertisement which appeared in several national dailies showed three lions standing back to back on top of the small insignia, clearly indicating its Indian origin. The base of the insignias of police in Pakistan and Indian Punjab is the same. The difference is that the … Continue reading REVENGE? Indian insignia on Pakistan police ad

We shall overrun Posted by Nadeem F. Paracha on 03 20th, 2010 | Comments (39) The young, urban, middle-class Pakistani’s manifesto: 1. Asif Ali Zardari is the devil incarnate. 2. The Pakistan Army is the saviour. 3. The Taliban are resisting American imperialism. 4. We hate American foreign policy unless it suits us. We are against American imperialism if it means we have to ditch the Taliban as that would be against the aspirations of our founding father, Mohammed Bin Qasim. We will no longer shop at Marks and Spencer because they are somehow connected to Israel. However, that does not … Continue reading Zionist Hinduism In Pakistan!