Pakistan: If It’s Zardari’s End, It Should Be Nawaz’s Too

" “No one party can fool all of the people all of the time, that’s why we have two parties,” says Bob Hope. Zardari may be nearing his end, but what is there to rejoice for if Sharif is his replacement? Both are incompetent, and both belong to parties that...

Pakistan’s Munich: The Enemy’s Fingerprints

" The Indian fingerprints in the attack on the Sri Lankan cannot be ignored. New Delhi has been at war with both Islamabad and Colombo for decades. Hitting both in one place is a masterstroke. Indian military and its agents should brace for retaliation. By AHMED QURAISHI...

Gamers to fly drones over Afghanistan

" Press TV Reports Britain plans to replace its highly trained pilots controlling drones flying surveillance missions over Afghanistan with lower grade staff. The Royal Air Force (RAF) announced Saturday that pilots without full combat training will replace...

Pakistan: Sharif Playing Dirty, Again

" The Nawaz league’s recent hooliganism and the destruction of public property isn’t nationalism or a fight for justice. It is sheer terrorism that should be punishable by death! Someone please rid us of both Zardari, Nawaz. Nawaz Sharif has suddenly discovered that...

Pakistani Military Torpedoes Pro-U.S. Govt.’s Case On Mumbai

" Two public officials – the Navy chief and a deputy attorney general – together have destroyed Rehman Malik’s case of ‘admission of guilt’ in Mumbai attacks. The government has fired the deputy attorney general for taking a stand, but no one in the Pakistani media...

Sharif verdict sparks unrest in Pakistan

" Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif (R) and his brother Shahbaz Sharif surrounded by supporters Pakistan puts its troops on high alert in its Punjab province after a court ruling triggered political unrest in the violence-wracked country. Paramilitary forces were...

Pepsi and IBM are Now More Creditworthy than the U.S. Government

" Agora Financial’s Rude Awakening notes that the U.S. Government is now considered less credit-worthy than Pepsi or IBM by the credit default swap market: "As the nearby chart indicates, the price of insuring Treasury debt against default now costs more than the price of...