Peace is impossible to be attained in the region unless India stop its support to terrorism in Pakistan, foreign minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi said. In an interview to German news agency Qureshi said, “India is supporting the terrorists in the tribal areas and Balochistan.” “Pakistan is collecting concrete evidences against the Indian intervention in the Pakistani tribal areas and Balochistan,” said Qureshi. He also said that peace and security is impossible to be attained in South Asia unless... Read Full Story

Lebanon ‘Accepts’ Hezbollah’s Weapons 52 Words That Shook Washington By FRANKLIN LAMB Beirut “It is the right of the Lebanese people, Army and the (Hezbollah led—ed.)Resistance to liberate the Shebaa Farms, the Kfar Shuba Hills and the northern part of the village of Ghajar as well as to defend Lebanon and its territorial waters in the face of any enemy by all available and legal means.”  So reads the Policy Declaration of the new Government of the Republic of Leba... Read Full Story

Switzerland votes on Muslim minaret ban By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Berne, Switzerland There are only four minarets in Switzerland Swiss voters go to the polls later to decide on a proposal to ban the building of minarets in their country. The proposal is backed by the Swiss People’s Party, the largest party in parliament, and by Christian groups. They say minarets would be the first sign of the Islamisation of Switzerland. The Swiss government is urging v... Read Full Story

Why is India worried about China Pakistan (ChiPak) nexus? PM Singh’s US trip abject Failure: Nuke deal not operationalized. India jilted Why ‘Chinusa’, Chipak will rule the world & Chindia failed–An Indian perspective US President Barack Obama’s high-profile dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was intended “precisely to dissolve” some concerns over Indo-Pak relations than it marks New Delhi’s importance for the US in the ‘war against terror’, ... Read Full Story

London 26 November 2009. I read with much interest Dr. Abid Bahar’s three articles on Mujib and BKSAL, recently published in the News From Bangladesh (NFB). It would be nice to read the whole thing in the book, which Dr. Abid Bahar intends to publish, especially as the articles have already aroused both interest and support, and have been acclaimed by many. Seeking Bangladeshi identity: Bangladesh was created in the name of Bengali nationalism. However the Hindu Bengalis who had opposed... Read Full Story

Dubai was overrun by Indians. THey used it as a base to attempt to spread India Inc to the Middle East. Now the chickens have come to roost. Dubai provided about 20% of the GDP of the Bharati (aka Indian) state of Karela. With many businesses going bankrupt in Dubai the migrant workers are headed back home. Other nationalities are also affected, but most of the Pakistanis were in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia etc. A large section of the population of Dubai was Indian. Dubai has very strict bankr... Read Full Story

Bharati (aka Indian) analysts are increasingly worried about the growing nexus between Pakistan and China–increasingly called as “Chipak” on the pattern of “ChiAmerica”. Many analysts are beginning to see the world divided among the two superpowers China and America (ChiAmerica) and the regional force in at least West and South Asia being ChiPak. With the US increasingly looking after the Americas and Europe, it would be natural to give China the areas in which i... Read Full Story

Mr. Pervez Hoodbhoy should read this letter before pontificating to the Pakistan nation. Open Letter to Indian PM: Can he bring peace to Asia? He should listed to Maleeha Lodhi’s advice on Afghanistan. He should scrutinize RAW-An instrument of Indian imperialism–A Bangladeshi perspective. Mr. Hoodbhoy is either a certified lunatic who doesn’t believe the Pakistani interior minister, the Pakistani Prime Minister’s statements, the Pakistani Armed services reports, and th... Read Full Story

Mr. Pervez Hoodbhoy should read this letter before pontificating to the Pakistan nation. Open Letter to Indian PM: Can he bring peace to Asia? He should listed to Maleeha Lodhi’s advice on Afghanistan. He should scrutinize RAW-An instrument of Indian imperialism–A Bangladeshi perspective. Mr. Hoodbhoy is either a certified lunatic who doesn’t believe the Pakistani interior minister, the Pakistani Prime Minister’s statements, the Pakistani Armed services reports, and th... Read Full Story

Mr. Pervez Hoodbhoy should read this letter before pontificating to the Pakistan nation. Open Letter to Indian PM: Can he bring peace to Asia? He should listed to Maleeha Lodhi’s advice on Afghanistan. He should scrutinize RAW-An instrument of Indian imperialism–A Bangladeshi perspective. Mr. Hoodbhoy is either a certified lunatic who doesn’t believe the Pakistani interior minister, the Pakistani Prime Minister’s statements, the Pakistani Armed services reports, and th... Read Full Story