The poetry of Bakhtawar s poet uncle echoes as a far cry from the other side of the sea: " chairman@ppp.org.pk , Bilawal Bhutto is a dear brother of Bakhtawar Bhutto sent the Eid- greetings to the poet yesterday did the upphill struggle and broke icy glacier as Bakhtawar woke up by lyfting up her high head from Zardari s incestuous bed. The dilemma of Bakhtawar Bhutto & Bilawal Bhutto is that both are not only political heirs of ... Read More

NEW DELHI- Last week's one-year anniversary of the Mumbai siege was a reminder of India's vulnerability to militant attacks. But analysts say high returns for investors in the country this year show they are unfazed by the risks. "The attacks haven't deterred investors," said senior Asian economist Robert Prior-Wandesforde at HSBC in Singapore. "The perceived advantages of India as an investment location are clearly dominant." Indian markets have seen a surge ... Read More

posted by John Nichols I know that Obama's election has brought great hopes to peace-loving people in the United States. But for Afghans, Obama's military buildup will only bring more suffering and death to innocent civilians..." -- Afghan parliamentarian Malalai Joya The only humane and proper response to the mess in Afghanistan is the rapid withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from that country. The makers of the ... Read More

November 30 President Barack Obama and his military advisers believe that the long-term consequences of failure in Pakistan far outweigh those in Afghanistan, according to The Washington Post. This was one of the conclusions arrived at by the Obama strategy team after months of deliberation over whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan, and as a direct result of this ratiocination the U.S. has offered Pakistan an ... Read More

WASHINGTON —— President Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, while warning with unusual bluntness that its use of insurgent groups to pursue policy goals "cannot continue." The offer, including an effort to help reduce tensions between Pakistan and India, was contained in a letter delivered to President Asif Ali Zardari this month by national security adviser James Jones. It was accompanied by ... Read More

CKE Restaurants Inc. announced the opening of its first Hardee’s restaurant in Lahore, Pakistan. This opening is the first of at least 25 Hardee’s restaurants to be opened in Pakistan within the next five years. The franchised restaurant is operated by MDS Foods Private Limited, a subsidiary of the Super Asia Group, a leading home appliances and automotive company in Pakistan. "We have a solid base of Hardee’s restaurants in the Middle ... Read More

London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Sunday attacked the Pakistani leadership in exasperated tones, demanding that it “take out” Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman Zawahiri. “The Pakistan government has started to take on the Taliban and to take on Al Qaeda in South Waziristan, but we have got to ask ourselves why, eight years after September 11, nobody has been able to spot or detain ... Read More

A Pakistani home-based sex worker in Karachi. Many of the prostitutes who work in Pakistan's largest … Play Video Pakistan Video:Battle for the Border FOX News Play Video Pakistan Video:Mumbai residents remember attacks one yr. later AP Play Video Pakistan Video:Pakistanis prepare for Eid Reuters by Hasan Mansoor Hasan Mansoor – Sun Nov 29, 10:07 pm ET KARACHI (AFP) – ... Read More

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday that Pakistan is only interested in meaningful and productive talks with India, the official news agency APP reported. In an Interview with an Indian TV channel, the foreign minister said that he has shared his vision about the recent talks with his Indian counterpart S. M. Krishna, but India has not responded to it yet. He said that Pakistan has progressed responsibly ... Read More

Pakistan/India compromise needed to win Afghan warAn intriguing geopolitical chess match is being played out between two nuclear rivals, Pakistan and India, over the future of Afghanistan, the outcome of which will markedly shape the nature of the Afghan nation for the long term – an end state that could fall anywhere between stable and rogue. And while a Chinese paper reported today that the U.S. relies on Pakistan more ... Read More

India has time and again stated that Pakistan should stop allow its territory to be used by terrorists against India, before any serious dialogue could commence. Radio Pakistan seems to be worried that forces in Pakistan would continue their terrorist acts, and the possibility of an India-Pakistan dialogue would recede. The broadcasters of Radio Pakistan in their Punjabi Durbar programme have been blaming India for the delay in the holding ... Read More

By Peter Golden/Local columnist Roughly the size of Texas and with a population of about 13 million, Afghanistan has rightly been called "the graveyard of empires" for the simple reason that no Western power has ever "won" there. This is worth noting in light of the current debate as to proper U.S. policy in the region. A casual look at the "CIA Factbook," an online resource, begins to reveal the particulars on ... Read More