Toll rises to 38 in the suicide attack by burqa-clad bombersLilo wrote:Two Explosions in Kohat: toll rises to 25
Cant seem to discern the aim of the blasts.
What an a**h**e who think stupidly to cooperate with Iran setting up infrastructure in pukistan. I mean it is like thinking about a cow walking on moon. Day dreams nothing else. These guys first learn how to think on where to start thinking. Total BS, IPI, power gen. what are they thinking morons.arun wrote:X Posted. Iranian press article reporting among other energy related issues about India sourcing electricity from Iran via an HVDC transmission line running through the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:
Iran, India reach electricity deal
Seems like this scheme reported in the Mint on February 02, 2010 has been resurrected:
Future looks dark for NTPC-Iran 6,000MW project
Pakistan and the US concluded their first round of talks under the auspices of the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington last month.
Did the delegation take anything substantial home?
The highlight of the visit was said to be General Kayani’s PowerPoint presentation, which he made at several places. The Americans seemed impressed with the presentation – and the fact that he operated the slides himself. The crowd did not ask him too many difficult questions
Both Admiral Mike Mullen and General David Petraeus are impressed with General Kayani and believe that Pakistan’s armed forces have taken a U-turn as far as fighting terrorism is concerned. Consequently, the queries were relatively less tough, except at the armed services committee meeting where there were some probing questions to which the Pakistani general responded in his usual nonchalant manner – but he did hold out some verbal assurances.
The army chief seemed to be in charge, with the foreign minister being strategically kept away from the secret parleys at the Pentagon and left to field political questions.
It was not surprising then to see Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, seemingly changing sides, swinging from Asif Zardari to General Kayani. The army chief, who, otherwise, presents a cold demeanour, was seen warming up to Haqqani, which could be an indicator of the fact that the ambassador has managed to save his job. After all, Haqqani, with his tremendous insights into life on Capitol Hill and his amazing contacts, is a valuable asset. {Really difficult to understand the Pakistanis. This Haqqani guy pretended to be a firm supporter of democracy and an exposer of the PA-jihadi nexus through his writings and speeches. Now, he has changed tack. The same thing happened with BB, Nawaz Sharif et al. No wonder, the PA absolutely rules the country.}
At the end of the day, the writing on the wall was clear: the army chief is in charge of strategic matters and Asif Zardari will now be left to donating his body parts.
SSridhar wrote: Lilo, it appears that the refugee camp wasfor refugees from the Orakzai agency. These could be Shi'a refugees.
Sridhar ji ,now it appears the attack along with the sectarian angle was a case of collective punishment meted against an erring tribe by the talibunnies. The brits made these laws sanctioning for collective punishment on erring tribes (of NWFP). Now these are implemented by both the pakbarian army and the talibunnies with equal fanatic vigor onlee.Burqa bombers kill 41 at Pakistan camp - AFP
Body parts of the bombers were recovered and most of the victims were members of the Mani Khel and Baramad Khel tribes who had gathered for registration after fleeing fighting in their home district of Orakzai, he said.
“The two tribes raised a lashkar (tribal militia) to fight Taliban in Orakzai,” he said adding that security forces suffered no casualties.
What Iraqi oil you are taking about? When you claim something you have to back it up by providing some stat. I haven't seen the evidence. Oil import from Iraq is less than 3% of the total import.CRamS wrote:Dipanker:
Iraqi Oil.
.The Governor of Punjab and influential Pakistan People's Party leader Salman Taseer has appealed to India to take a big-hearted approach and put the past behind by engaging in dialogue with Pakistan.
The Pakhtuns are subservient and loyal citizens of Pakistan and yet there is no dearth of fellow Pakistanis who doubt their loyalty to the state the moment they refer to their ethnic identity. They are not even welcomed to celebrate the belated state recognition of their right, i.e. their ethnic identity being reflected in the name of their province. Politicians and news analysts have condemned the ANP for the celebrations. Rana Sanaullah, provincial law minister Punjab, holds the ANP celebrations over the renaming of the province responsible for the protests in Hazara. There are also those who cannot even tolerate the celebrations and have killed tens of Pakhtuns in Timergara by attacking the celebration rally. The media and politicians of Pakistan have forgotten the martyrs of Timergara, but continue to criticise the Pakhtuns who celebrated the renaming. What kind of state-citizens relationship is this where the Pakhtuns cannot even express joy?The ANP has already announced to welcome a separate province in Hazara through constitutional means. Now the PML-N must show the grace to accept the Seraiki demand of a separate province in south Punjab.
I am afraid peace is not going to come to the Pakhtun land as along as our fellow Pakistanis in Punjab are caught up in fear of the Pakhtun identity. They have to get rid of their paranoia for a durable peace in Pakistan
My last world on this, less than 3% import of Iraqi oil and 97% from other sources (80% from non middle east sources) does not support your claim.CRamS wrote:Dipanker:
My last post on this as this is the TSP thread. Its not about physical consumption of Iraqi oil alone, although that will be coming too, but the control of oil politics. With Iraq in US pocket, and its oil reserves essentailly under US control, US gets to play a big role in the oil market downstream. Enough said. If you believe gang raping of Iraq by US/UK was with the benign motive of bringing democracy and had nothing to do with oil, we then, I guess we live on different planets
SSridhar wrote:Toll rises to 38 in the suicide attack by burqa-clad bombers
Lilo, it appears that the refugee camp wasfor refugees from the Orakzai agency. These could be Shi'a refugees.
The demonstrations of the IED Mubarak variant of the IEDology of Pakistan by burqa clad suicide bombers at a registration centre for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kacha Pakha area of Kohat has been claimed as targeting Shia Muslims by the Punjabi Taliban outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami.arun wrote:^^^ The absence of a sectarian or ethnic motive in today’s demonstration of the IED Mubarak variant of the IEDology of Pakistan at Kohat is indeed perplexing. You are pretty likely to be correct that this will turn out to be a case of Muslim on Muslim sectarian violence with Sunni Muslim’s taking a swipe at Shia Muslims.
See this report in DTLilo wrote:Sridhar ji ,now it appears the attack along with the sectarian angle was a case of collective punishment meted against an erring tribe by the talibunnies.SSridhar wrote: Lilo, it appears that the refugee camp wasfor refugees from the Orakzai agency. These could be Shi'a refugees.
From the link posted by 'arun' above,The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Al-Aalmi group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the bombings, and cited the presence of Shias at the IDP camp as the reason for the attack.
A dreaded militant organisation of Punjabi Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami, has claimed responsibility for the two consecutive suicide attacks in Kohat.
“We claim responsibility for the two Fidayee (suicide) attacks in Kohat. The Shia community was in fact our target that our two Fidayeen (suicide bombers) achieved,” explained a caller, who introduced himself as Usman Haider, a spokesman for the outlawed outfit.
The government advocated for trade instead of aid during talks with the United States and European Union leaders, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday.
Today’s vehicular borne suicide attack on the Police Station in Kohat completes a hat trick of demonstrations of the IED Mubarak variant of the IEDology of Pakistan.shravan wrote:Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan's northwest
KOHAT, Pakistan April 18 (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed seven people and wounded 26 in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwestern Kohat town on Sunday, police said.
linkTaliban chief Omar ready for talks: UK paper
The supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has indicated that he and his followers may be willing to hold peace talks with western politicians.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, two of the movement’s senior Islamic scholars have relayed a message from the Quetta shura, the Taliban’s ruling council, that Mullah Omar no longer aims to rule Afghanistan. They said he was prepared to engage in "sincere and honest" talks.
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Oh, we are a secular country onlee.arun wrote:After his “Hinduon ki zahaniyat hi aisi hai” comment on Pakistani television, why on earth did our Government give Sohail Tanvir a visa to visit India ?:
Tanvir hopes to play in IPL in future
I might have been as sanguine as you had Sohail Tanvir said “Christianon ki zahaniyat hi aisi hai” , but then he did not. He specifically said “Hinduon”.Gagan wrote:Tanvir hopes to play in IPL in future
This ch**tiya and his uncouth type needs a G***d mein baans, plain and simple.
Anyhow, no IPL team is going to accept this SOB. His fate as far as IPL is concerned is closed.
It is because of our big heart and bigger stomach that we dump 28000 tonnes of human excrement(pakhana) and 2900000 litres of urine( pishaab) down the jhelumGerard wrote:Salman Taseer for revival of India-Pakistan dialogueThe Governor of Punjab and influential Pakistan People's Party leader Salman Taseer has appealed to India to take a big-hearted approach and put the past behind by engaging in dialogue with Pakistan.
Afterall this is the favorite food of pigs living downstream in Pigistan err Paki-satanMahendra wrote:
It is because of our big heart and bigger stomach that we dump 28000 tonnes of human excrement(pakhana) and 2900000 litres of urine( pishaab) down the jhelum
Jeez, how more greedy can the Bakis get?
Boss, lets be honest. Its not that we are secular, we are cowards onlee. Imagine an Indian cricketer, if he had the guts that is, said the same thing about Pakis, let alone against Muslims, whate are the chances he would be alive today?SSridhar wrote:Oh, we are a secular country onlee.arun wrote:After his “Hinduon ki zahaniyat hi aisi hai” comment on Pakistani television, why on earth did our Government give Sohail Tanvir a visa to visit India ?:
Tanvir hopes to play in IPL in future
Bizarre comment by NSA that Afghan Taliban trained 26/11 gang. Implication is that Pak had nothing 2 do with it. Sharm-el-Shek syndrome
Gagan wrote:Tanvir hopes to play in IPL in future
This ch**tiya and his uncouth type needs a G***d mein baans, plain and simple.
Anyhow, no IPL team is going to accept this SOB. His fate as far as IPL is concerned is closed.
KKR with SRK as the team manager! Perish the thought. SRK is not that crazy. SRK will not touch that idiot. SRK is all about sekoolarism, and a muslim abusing hindus is one thing that he will NOT tolerate - at least someone as busted as Tanveer.Manu wrote:If no one else, KKR will always have a place for him. He was said to be here for Sania's wedding with the fruit juice seller look alike from Sarojini Nagar - that was in Hyderabad. What was he doing in Kolkata then? Is that on the way back to Bakistan?
If I understand correctly most of the threats to sue at least in India go unexercised. Wonder what happens in Pakistan. Oho, he is not in Pakistan. Well I hope when in UKStan he does like UKStanian.Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf may sue members of the UN commission that probed the assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto for holding him responsible for her killing, one of his aides has said.
"In the report, Musharraf has not been accused personally but it has been mentioned that his government failed to protect Benazir Bhutto," Chaudhry Fawad, a lawyer for Musharraf, told 'The News' daily.
During a news conference, a member of the UN commission mentioned Musharraf's name while responding to a question.
See http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 11#p857811 - apparently they were trained in "Al Qaeda" camps in Afghanistan - which could mean with people like Ilyas Kashmiri and David Headley. That is not implausible, IMHO. Pak was involved, but it would not be surprising if UK-US agencies were also aware of what was happening.Hari Seldon wrote:Swapan dasgupta tweet. Can anyone confirm if this is indeed true that our NSA made such a statement???
http://twitter.com/swapan55Bizarre comment by NSA that Afghan Taliban trained 26/11 gang. Implication is that Pak had nothing 2 do with it. Sharm-el-Shek syndrome
