The Obama administration’s coordinator of policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke said he is hopeful that the November 7, 2009  election will not see a repeat of the widespread fraud that caused a U.N.-backed election investigation to throw out nearly one-third of the votes cast for Karzai in the August 20, 2009 balloting. That pushed Karzai below the 50 percent mark he needed to avoid a runoff.
Holbrooke said:
It is reasonable to hope that there will be less irregularities this time for several reasons. Three, the international community, including the …

Pakistan army has launched offensive against the terrorists in the Waziristan area bordered with Afghanistan. Even before the attack was started, the terrorists started targeting the Pakistan army and other law enforcing agencies in Pakistan. Furthermore, there has been a number of suicidal attacks in different areas of Pakistan killing and injuring hundreds of people.
This is what Dawn’s editor has to say about Rehman Malik’s comment about the involvement of India in Balochistan:
Talking about Indian involvement in terrorists activities in Pakistan, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik has come down …

The recent attack on Pakistan Army General Headquaters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that resulted in deaths of 8 terrorists and dozens of army men and civilians.
Only one terrorist named Aqeel alias Dr. Usman was captured alive. He was the ringleader as well. He was reportedly behind the attack on Sirilankan Cricket Team in Lahore, Pakistan also.
It might be surprising to know that all the terrorists were wearing suicidal bomb jackets including Aqeel. The other terrorists blew themselves when they were about to be captured. However, Aqeel took off …

Pakistan law enforcement agencies freed 39 people who were kept hostage by terrorists in an adjacent building of Pakistan Army Headquarters, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The operation resulted in freeing of 39 hostages, killing of four terrorists and arrest of their leader Aqeel, alias Dr Usman. Unfortunately, three of the hostages also lost their lives during the operation.
The terrorists attacked the Pakistan army HQ a day earlier. Four of the terrorists were killed during the attack and rest of them escaped to a nearby building where they held people as hostage.
The owner …

Disguised in army uniforms, terrorists attacked Pakistan Army’s Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The terrorists tried to enter the Army compound in a pickup and when stopped started firing using automatic ammunition.  The exchange of firing between the army and terrorists resulted in killing of 6 army personals and four of the terrorists.
Two terrorists managed to escape but then were spotted and surrounded by law enforcement agencies.  The terrorists are holding some army personals hostage in the building.
There were earlier bomb blasts in Peshawer and Islamabad which killed dozens of people.  …

Former Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh has said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a secular man, and that he had initially opposed the division of Bengal and Punjab. I personally don’t believe that Mr. Jinnah was a secular man. He was a religious person who believed in Islam and wanted a place for Muslims where they can live peacefully while practicing their religion freely.
Jaswant Singh said that a prominent magazine India Today got five eminent historians to determine who was responsible for the partition of India. According to …

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has announced that government of Pakistan has banned about 25 organizations due to their involvement in the terrorist activities.
The banned organisations included Al Qaeda, Sipah-i-Muhammad, Tehrik Nifaz-i-Fiqah Jafaria, Sipah-i-Sahaba, Jamatud Dawa, Al Akhtar Trust, Al Rasheed Trust, Tehrik-i-Islami, Jaish-i-Muhammad, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic Students Movement, Khairun Nisa International Trust, Tehrik-i-Islam Pakistan, Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Lashkar-i-Islam, Balochistan Liberation Army, Jamiat-i-Ansar, Jamiatul Furqan, Hizbut Tehrir, Khuddam-i-Islam and Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan.
Well lets see how effective this ban is going to be. Government has been banning some organizations in the …

This video shows the true face of Indians and their intentions about Pakistan. None of the country needs such kind of extremism. If nuclear bombs are ever used in the region, it won’t be just Pakistan, major part of India and neighboring countries will also be wiped off the earth. Is it not extremism?
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Stand up for the Champions….. Pakistan cricket team won the ICC T20 world cricket cup this year. So Pakistani Cricket team is a champion. You will observe some very funny things in the land of champions when you visit Pakistan.
So if you see what you watch in this video while in Pakistan, don’t be surprised. Just laugh and have fun.
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Pakistan won the ICC T20 World Cricket Cup by defeating Sri Lanka.