Tag: Pakistan

While the political parties in opposition pose no threat to him, what should worry Imran Khan is the growing frustration and resentment of the people. His own party members and fans are getting disillusioned.

A positive change has occurred in Americans towards Islamabad, who know that after the withdrawal of the US/NATO forces from Afghanistan, stability in that war-torn country and the region is essential for American global interests. For that purpose, Washington needs Pakistan’s assistance.

The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) in Lahore under Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta convicted Hafiz Saeed on February 12 and jailed him for 11 years. His colleague Zafar Iqbal was also given 11 years of jail term. 23 prosecution witnesses testified but none could provide any concrete evidence.

On February 11, this year, some media entities pointed out that Counter-Terrorism Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had issued summoned to the Pakistani Journalist and activist Gul Bukhari-a critic of the military. At present, she is living in the United Kingdom.

Pakistan's economy has most of the time been at the brink of collapse and was repeatedly bailed out by world financial institutions. Whenever the economy showed signs of progress and climbed up to reach the stage of take-off, it crashed mysteriously.

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Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan’s Minister for Defense Products on Saturday discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties, especially in the field of defense, Eurasia Diary reports citing IRNA.

While maintaining friendly relations with the US, our emphasis should shift from the west to the east. We can rely on China, Turkey, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and can easily bring Iran and Russia in our loop, both having given ample hints to forge deeper relations.

Manzoor Mehsud, hailing from a humble background in South Waziristan (SW), was an unknown figure till the killing of Naqibullah Mehsud in January 2018 at the hands of police squad led by SSP Rao Anwar.

Gordon Duff addresses important foreign policy questions with host Robert David Steele

The Modi coalition continues their clampdown in occupied Kashmir, including violations of the Line of Control (LoC) by shelling inside Pakistani side of Kashmir, compelling Pakistan Army to give a matching response.

China and Pakistan have been working overtime to woo Iran and integrate it into their strategic nexus against India.

...by Sajjad Shaukat, for VT Pakistan on June 16, this year appointed Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as new head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy...

Jim W. Dean - Imran Kahn has taken on the lion tamer challenge of tamping down Muslim country rivalries and uniting the Grand Umma for the benefit of all Muslims.

Jim W. Dean - Raja has another one of his detailed, in-depth, geo-politiccal analyses on his region which continues to simmer in what some would say is a pre-war state of affairs.

We have found no one in Pakistan with the talent to tell his country's story better than Raja. We are honored to bring his work to our VT audience.

“The crux of global war on terrorism is that intelligence agencies such as CIA, MI6 and Mossad have taken the peaceful idea of the Caliphate from Islam and deceptively handed it over to their mercenaries (Kharijites) to frame it as 'Terrorism'."

By Gordon Duff, Representing VT Staffers in 34 Nations Introduction VT operates without funding. Yet, over the past 3 weeks, a number of governments have come...

VT talked this over with Imran Khan on a couple of occasions. He is rational and sane as are very few in politics. Khan's shortfall has been his lack of corruption. America hates that.

Elections fair and transparent. However, opposition parties trying to make Pakistani election controversial are starting agitations

President Donald Trump’s Israeli connections, terrorism has entered a dangerous phase.

A brief history of Pakistan and how it became to be.

By Nauman Sadiq for VT The Sunni-Shi’a conflict in the Middle East region is essentially a political conflict between the Gulf Arab autocrats and Iran...

Asif Haroon Raja The March 3 Senate elections seem to be the most controversial elections in the 45-year-old history of the upper house of the...

...by Jonas E. Alexis and Richard C. Cook Richard C. Cook is a retired U.S. federal government analyst. In his 32-year career he worked for...

  By Sajjad Shaukat for VT   The role of Pakistan Army in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has again come to limelight, as Pakistan decided to...

Jim W. Dean - Western countries, widely known to have been using terrorist proxies in Syria and other places, have appointed themselves judge and jury of who is supporting terrorism, and thus sanctionable.

Asif Haroon Raja After the false flag operation in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, India blamed Pakistan, ISI and Hafiz Saeed led Lashkar-e-Taiba for the...

Editor's note:  Pakistan's politics are vital, more than ever at this time.  It is Pakistan that props up the Saudi dictatorship, the only Islamic nuclear...

...by Brig. General Samson Sharif for VT Pakistan is in search of stability on the Afghan front for over seven decades. It created many opportunities...

Asif Haroon Raja The US ignores its own human rights violations and also looks the other way to massive human rights abuses committed by Israel,...

Power ought to be means to achieve higher goals, but in practical life, we se it becomes an end in itself, and it is the nature of power to expand further and to grow more powerful.

Now that unstable Trump has designated Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel, unfortunately there will be more violence and chaos. This unnecessary action is a slap in the face to all Muslims

  By Sajjad Shaukat for VT At present, unbridgeable trust deficit exists between Pakistan and the US because of the fact that America has been playing...

Editor's note:  Back in 2009, I met Imran Khan during a tour of Pakistan's defense challenges, sponsored by their ISPR along with Raja Mugtaba,...

...by Sajjad Shaukat for VT Despite the repeated assurances of Pakistan’s military and civil leadership that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are well-protected and are under tight...

    Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of constantly deteriorating security situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) owing to heightened turbulence, exasperated and outraged Indian political...

Asif Haroon Raja War against the Soviets Fearing takeover by the fundamentalists, 40th Soviet Army intervened and occupied Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, killed Hafiz Amin...

Jim W. Dean - US support for proxy terrorism is the most open secret in the history of clandestine warfare, yet when corporate media report on the stories, we find a key component, the US-NATO use of proxy terrorism to promote desired regime change, is flagrantly absent.

Asif Haroon Raja Motivated origination of war on terror Drama of 9/11 provided a readymade excuse to George W. Bush and his team of Neocons to...