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Pakistan has sealed its fate, to the tune of millions of dollars. It finally got what it wanted, or what it said it needed. Zardari just has to deliver now. Pakistan’s proxy mission for the West: to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda inside Pakistan in a struggle in which there are no guarantees of success. The US Senate has unanimously passed the [...]

In the ‘total war’ waged by Pakistan against the Taliban, the Zardari government wants to fence in the Koranic schools which the West accuses of being breeding ground for jihadists. These institutions are under fire because of their alleged influence on the spirit of militancy. As it is, all madrassas in Pakistan are still outside of government [...]

In a top security trilateral summit in Tehran that Iran hosted for the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that while foreign troops are present in their region under the pretext of security, they have not been able to secure or assist the region’s economic and political development. What [...]

Pakistan military is finally showing its commitment to fight militancy. Pushed by US and advancing Taliban, Pakistan security forces have finally launched attacks in Mingora, the main town in Swat. More than 64 Taliban militants have been killed in the encounter. Swat Valley had been taken over by Taliban for quite sometime but once peace talks between [...]

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zadari was forced on the back foot today by the growing political crisis. The Pakistan government finally announced that the sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry will be reinstated on Saturday. The lawyers, activists and protestors participating in the long march were due to reach Islamabad today. This is [...]