Punjabi and Pushtun militants behind Manawan attack
LAHORE: The Pakistani authorities investigating the 30/3 bloody assault on the Police Training School in…
Monthly Archives: March, 2009
The House of Saud and Succession: The Nayef Appointment
Introduction Saudi King Abdullah’s sudden decision to promote the interior minister Prince Nayef, 76, his…
The next Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
By MArc Lynch Mohammed Mehdi Akef, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has just…
The Palestinian cause is being hijacked
I first met Kamal Medhat, whom I always knew as Kamal Naji, in early 2007,…
Tibet: Pressure on China to resume dialogue with Dalai Lama’s envoys
20/03/2009 A Group of Nobel Prize Laureates, leading human rights activists and Members of Parliament…
Pakistan now sees Indian hand in Sri Lankan team attack
LAHORE: The Pakistani authorities have apparently decided to shift on India the blame for the…
INVISIBLE HANDS: The secret world of the oil fixer
On a cold, damp night last November, a Mercedes sedan looped through the semicircular drive…
KPMG: GCC Fraud Survey Report 200
Executive summary The findings set out in this report are based on the responses that…
Of Pakistani jehadi groups and their al-Qaeda and intelligence links
LAHORE: The monster of al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked Islamic militancy keeps spreading its tentacles in Pakistan…
Why the Race Is On to Rebuild Gaza
The reconstruction period that followed the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War can be instructive for those seeking…
Lebanon’s Wine Country
Lebanon’s wine production dates back to biblical times, but its modern winemaking is only starting…
The Monarch Who Declared His Own Revolution
King Abdullah, 85, is racing to reform Saudi Arabia. How much can he accomplish—and will…
The Washington-Beirut-Damascus Triangle (Part II)
PolicyWatch #1494: Special Forum Report Andrew J. Tabler and Magnus Norell On March 13, 2009,…
Christian path to assisted suicide
In 2007, Marcel Ghanem hosted a program commemorating the 25th anniversary of the assassination of…
Sleepless nights for Zardari and Musharraf after CJ restoration
LAHORE: The restoration of the deposed superior court judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, may…
The Washington-Beirut-Damascus Triangle (Part I)
On March 13, 2009, Andrew Tabler, Magnus Norell, and John Hannah addressed a special Policy…
A new approach is needed to the Saudi Shiites
On February 24, violent confrontations between Shiite pilgrims and the Saudi religious police and security…
Kudos to Pak Army Chief
LAHORE: Kudos to the Pakistani Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani…
Judges’ restoration: Zardari becomes zero, Sharif a hero
LAHORE: The historic restoration of the Pakistani superior court judges who had been sacked by…
High Stakes, High Anxiety: Campaigning in Lebanon
This Saturday, Lebanon’s pro-West March 14 coalition officially kicks off its election campaign in Beirut.…
ROME’S TREMENDOUS TUNNEL: The Ancient World’s Longest Underground Aqueduct
By Matthias Schulz Roman engineers chipped an aqueduct through more than 100 kilometers of stone…
Pakistani Premier asked by Army Chief to defuse political crisis
LAHORE: Amidst worsening political crisis in Pakistan, Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani has finally stepped…
Note from Baghdad: Abd Hammoud’s moment of justice
Yesterday we encountered a strange moment of serendipity. Dr Lateef Rashid, invited those of us…
Syria prepares for a Lebanese vacation
You have to wonder if, during their talks last week in Damascus, the acting US…
Opposition in Syria Dying with a Dissident
Reports from Damascus say Syria’s leading dissident is on his deathbed. Riad Seif, 62 and…
Pakistan Army may march back from the barracks
LAHORE: As the political crisis in Pakistan has touched new heights in the wake of…
Zardari govt threatens opposition with sedition charges
LAHORE: The Pakistani authorities have warned the defiant Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif…
Pakistan Army tells President Zardari to behave
LAHORE: With President Asif Ali Zardari busy settling political scores with former Prime Minister Nawaz…
Your Only Fault is You Forgot How Valuable You Are…
Dear Woman, I know that in reality you cannot move on your own, you still…
The Pakistani monster
If Pakistan now poses a greater threat to the world than Afghanistan, the US is…
Talking much gibberish about Hamas
You can say many disparaging things about the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but he…
3/3: A bid to seek freedom for 26/11 Mumbai attack planner?
LAHORE: The Pakistani authorities investigating Tuesday’s bloody attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team…
Pakistani militants involved in Lahore attacks?
LAHORE: While many of the hawks in Pakistan have already pointed the finger of suspicion…
President Zardari in hot waters
LAHORE: Pakistan’s embattled President Asif Zardari is extremely worried as the political fallouts of the…
Israel PM’s family link to Hamas peace bid
Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor The Observer, Sunday 1 March 2009 Hamas, the militant Palestinian…