Our Sindhi nationalists are simply not aware of the world trends. They have not idea how powerful and strong the social media has become in today’s world! In contrast, the Baloch political activists are now quite alert and actively use it to propagate their message to the world through the use of the social media [...]

S&P finally downgraded France’s credit rating several weeks ago along with some other EU Member States. Such decision by S&P could undeniably cost Sarkozy’s reelection in May 2012. Many see the downgrade of France’s credit rating as Sarkozy’s sole responsibility. But May 2012 is still very far away from a political standpoint. Since his election [...]

The United States (US) Committee on Foreign Affairs is set to convene a congressional hearing on Wednesday (February 8), for an exclusive discussion on Balochistan. The extraordinary event has generated great interest among followers of Pakistan-US relations, as the allies’ mutual relationship seems to be deteriorating. The powerful House of Representatives committee oversees America’s foreign assistance [...]

What is the first image that comes to your mind when you think of a QR Code? A confusing maze of black rectangular patterns arranged on a white background? True, most QR Codes are available in black and white but they don’t have to be that way. There’s an excellent online QR generator at qrhacker.com [...]

http://www.facebook.com/nadeemmalik NADEEM MALIK Do You Think President Asif Zardari Should Enjoy Blanket Immunity? A Gallup poll shows 38% Pakistanis do not know about the President’s immunity, 37% believe that the President enjoys NO immunity whereas 25% believe that the President enjoys immunity provided to him by the constitution. NADEEM MALIK وزیراعظم سوئس عدالت کو خط [...]

Buffered by a signature Obama administration goal to fight childhood obesity, the final piece of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was implemented on January 25th. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the final set of nutrition standards enacted include: Ensuring students are offered both fruits and vegetables every day of the week; [...]

I thought I knew Pakistan but when I said as much she onlylaughed and pointed at me with her rough, ugly fingers capped with filthy blackenednailsthat spoke of a lifetime of scrubbing people’s toilets and washing their dirtyunderwearand laughed and laughedand in her cackling, vile laughter, I heard mockery and disgust and delight but most [...]

United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, according to reports.   The Washington Post first reported that Panetta was concerned about the increased likelihood Israel would launch an attack over the next few months. CNN [...]

…Pants on Fire “I want to make sure the people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. For the most part, they have been very precise precision strikes against al-Qaeda and their affiliates. And we are very careful in terms of how it’s been applied.” Barrack Obama (Obama Defends Drone [...]

By Nancy Birdall for Foreign Policy In the January/February 2012 issue of Foreign Affairs, Stanford political scientist Stephen Krasner claims that “current U.S. policy toward Pakistan has failed” and recommends that the United States take a radically different approach: credibly threaten to sever all forms of cooperation, including all U.S. aid – military and civilian [...]

Slacktivists! Gah! Ah, Slacktivists. You know who I’m talking about. The Facebook users who ‘like’ every page calling for “Da Peaze in da Pakistan” and “We da true Pakis” and then blog angrily about how angry they are whilst tweeting under a pseudonym name like “Pakiz4Ever”. If I get another, “If you want peace and [...]

What are the prospects for a diplomatic settlement to the simmering dispute with Iran over its nuclear program, now threatening to boil over? On the positive side of the ledger, as Peter Crail spelled out in an Arms Control Association issue brief on Jan. 25, is that the P5 + 1 group (China, France, Germany, [...]

This week I met with an Israeli military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, about Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s leadership.  While he lauded his economic acumen and abilities as a politician, the official continually said that Bibi is insincere about peace with the Palestinians and unable to make the tough and unpopular [...]

Oliver North takes the Fifth Could be. Countdown to the February 2nd Issa-Grassley hearing into Operation Fast and Furious is underway, and one of the biggest questions still unanswered is whether Congress will offer former AUSA Patrick Cunningham immunity for his testimony, and if Cunningham, so immunized, will shed any light on the parentage of [...]