At a closed meeting of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, he had issued the warning that the state of Israel will not accept Iran possessing any nuclear weapons. However, Iran has always insisted that the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. A recently released United States intelligence report concluded that Iran’s nuclear weapons […]
Pakistan policy and the US presidential election
The relationship between Pakistan and the US is one of operatic dimensions, with at least two leading ladies and a slew of contenders for the lead male role oscillating between love and hate. The US has often interfered in Pakistani politics, with cryptic public statements, sanctions, harsh admonitions, and long phone calls in the middle […]
Ethnic tensions simmer in Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto’s killing
At Benazir Bhutto’s tomb the women wail, “Wake up, Sindhi!” — but the country could add ethnic strife to its other woes if the people of Pakistann’s southern province heed their call. Sindh, the heartland of Benazir’s opposition party, saw the worst of a wave of rioting that erupted after her assassination on December 27, […]
Pakistan election decision deferred.
Pakistan’s electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll in a nation plunged into crisis by the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto’s killing in a suicide attack on Thursday has stoked bloodshed across the country and rage against President Pervez Musharraf, casting doubts on nuclear-armed Pakistan’s stability […]
Who killed Bhutto? We may never know
ISLAMABAD: As with other assassinations in Pakistan’s bloody political history, the world may never know who killed Benazir Bhutto — but there is no shortage of potential culprits to choose from, analysts say. There could be almost as many motives as well, in a country with a murky nexus of intelligence agencies, dozens of Islamic […]
Bhutto’s Death: Fingers Point To Al-Qaeda, Taliban, & Musharraf
Recently, Bruce Riedel, a Pakistan analyst speculated on an interview with Newsweek that Bhutto’s assassination was orchestrated by Al-Qaeda. He had explained that Al-Qaeda has been trying to kill Ms. Bhutto for decades. Recently after her death, Pakistan’s interior minister blames her death on both radical Islamist groups. “We have the evidence that Al-Qaeda and […]
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