Unholywars

A comment on a concerned news item in The Economist makes an interesting analysis. All the conversation about Jinnah and disowning is all history and we should not discuss as we all have level of belief in faith. Leave the past and discuss the...

Benazir Bhutto had degrees from Harvard and Oxford. She spoke fluent and unaccented English. Her looks were patrician and she came out as a liberal humanist in a rabidly anti-feminist Pakistan. In other words, Mrs. Bhutto was the only real challenge..

The Pakistani military claims it has re-captured a number of towns held by Islamic fighters of cleric Fazlullah, but the job is far from over. The Swat valley rebellion is the first open challenge against Islamabad's rule in the tribal areas. The...

Al Qaeda is being used by Presidents Musharraf and Bush to distract everyone from domestic problems that plague both countries. Pakistan does not know who to blame for Benazir Bhutto's death and the US has not yet been able to catch Osama Bin Laden...

Pakistan is falling to pieces. Terrorists have swamped Matta in Swat valley. 25 militants were freed in exchange of 213 soldiers captured in the tribal area of South Waziristan in August. The Telegraph UK reports that hardened criminals, among whom...

When on Monday the armed pro-Al Qaeda militants in the notorious North-Western Frontier Province agreed to a ceasefire agreement with the Pakistan government, there was surge of hope that this time Pakistan could just move forward in eradicating...

Pakistan has long been identified as the stronghold of al Qaeda. In spite of persistent protests by the country's President General Pervez Musharraf, the truth that Pakistan is the haven for Islamic terrorists cannot be eclipsed. The...

One of the stiffest opponents to the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is the former Prime Minister of the nation Benazir Bhutto. She has been in exile for 8 years now and faces corruption charges at home. Yet they don't deter her from...

It's been forever acknowledged that Pakistan is a haven for al-Qaeda and for the hatching of its plans. The local religious schools and the Taliban have augmented the stronghold that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network has over several parts of the...

Al Qaeda is gaining in numbers, thanks to prolific sympathy from vulnerable and conservative sections among the Muslims pinning to decimate the western ethos perceived as against Islam, taking no time in converting themselves terrorists. The war on..