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URGENT: India Pays Baitullah Mehsud To Attack Pakistan’s Nuclear Sites, Plan Deployed

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:24:27 +0000

The Indians working with their allies in the Karzai government have designed a foolproof plan to attack Pakistani nuclear sites using hired terrorists. They think they can pull it off and permanently damage Pakistan’s standing internationally and hasten calls for denuclearizing Pakistan. Any attack on Pakistani nuclear sites in the coming days will be taken as a declaration of war by India and will be dealt with equal force. There should not be confusion on this.

By AHMED QURAISHI

CONNECTING THE DOTS: General McChrystal is the New WARLORD in Afghanistan

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:03:04 +0000

By: Faisal Awan

Author is an opinion leader of Pakistan First. Author can be reached at faisal@pak1stanfirst.com

On the frigid and rainy morning of November 04, 1979, hundreds of Iranian students amassed outside an embassy in Tehran and seized it. The nucleus of this adventure was Embassy of United States and sixty six Americans were taken hostage by the Iranian students. The demand of the students to USA was the return of exiled autocrat Shah to Iran who was in USA at the time of seizure, presumably under treatment for cancer. Other demands to USA included the release of Iranian assets in USA and an apology from USA to Iran for overthrowing democratically elected Prime Minister Musaadeq’a government in 1953 and subsequently empowering an autocrat Reza Shah Pahlevi on Iranians until an Islamic revolution closed his chapter of arrogance. USA immediately refused to accede to those demands and instead planned an ill-fated, star-crossed and inauspicious rescue mission “Eagle Claw”. The mission involved several helicopters and a C-130 plane to be utilized for the rescue of the American hostages. But the rescue mission was aborted by the mission commander due to bad weather in the desert and failure of helicopter equipment. On the return of aborted mission a U.S. helicopter collided with the C-130 at the refueling point in Iran resulting in the death of eight American soldiers, subsequently forcing Jimmy Carter, the American President then, to accept the failure of his endorsed mission. Another mission was planned later but could not be executed due the technical failure of the equipment during its demonstration. Ironically the hostages were released after the Algiers Accord on January 20, 1980, few minutes after Ronald Regan was sworn in as America’s President.

The Future of Pakistan?

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:34:12 +0000

By: Romesa Khalid

Author is an opinion leader of Pakistan First. Author can be reached at romesa@pak1stanfirst.com

If the youth of Pakistan is the future of Pakistan, then the future doesn’t look very promising to me. Let’s analyse the people on whom Pakistan’s future depends, shall we? I think we can safely place the age range of the youth as 18 to 30 years. Maybe we should even lower it to 25, hence considering the students of Pakistan.

At every gathering I attend, some uncle or the other is always ranting on about how the youth needs to mobilise, how they need to take active part in politics, how they need to do this, do that, and on and on.

Enter uncle’s son. Baggy jeans twice the size of his legs, pants nearly falling to the floor with beta dear barely managing to cling on to them, sunglasses in the darkest of rooms, bling the calibre of a rich bride’s dowry.

Quaid's portraits removed from President House : GEO NEWS

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:35:36 +0000

Courtesy: Geo News

Saturday, June 27, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The portraits of Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah have been removed from the Prime Minister House and Presidential House, Geo News revealed Saturday.

Two days ago, President Asif Ali Zardari hosted a reception in the honour of national cricket team on winning the ICC Twenty20 World Cup title. On this occasion, the team players and officials had a group photo with President Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

There are pictures of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Bilawal Zardari Bhutto and President Zardari without any picture of founder of Pakistan are seen hung in the backdrop of photo.

Similarly, an Internship Award ceremony was held with PM Gilani in chair on Friday. On this occasion, the stage was decorated with the pictures of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, President Zardari and PM Gilani; however, there was no picture of Quaid-e-Azam.

In a similar photograph, President Zardari was administering oath of Federal Mohtasib to Dr Shoaib Suddle; however, the backdrop flashed with a picture of Quaid-e-Awam sans any photo of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah.

Similarly, in a meeting with US delegation, no photograph of Muhammed Ali Jinnah was visible.

Under law, to hang the portrait of Quaid-e-Azam at offices of government officials, President and Prime Minister is compulsory.

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The Editor's Show: Youth of Pakistan or Hope of Pakistan? An Exclusive Discussion!

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:47:28 +0000

Youth of Pakistan, we think, is the hope of Pakistan. With over 28% of population this generation has intelligence, intellectual and dreams. Today we talk to one of the youngest published poet of Pakistan, Ms Zareen Zubair. She not only represents the youth but also a young class of girls who believe in changing Pakistan. Let us see what she believes in!

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Indian Weapons In Swat & FATA

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:11:16 +0000

While the Pakistani government is reluctant to confront the Americans about the activities of America’s Indian allies, the Pakistani military has given the Americans solid evidence about the activities of Indian intelligence in Pakistan’s tribal belt and Swat. These activities appear to be facilitated by the Karzai regime and the U.S. military and intelligence. The latest discovery of Indian weapons inside Pakistan is the Indian army standard issue Vicker-Berthier light machine gun.

A AhmedQuraishi.com Report

General Kayani onboard a PAF F-16

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:08:30 +0000

A handout picture released by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shows Pakistan’s Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar (R) shaking hands with Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani, after he had a surprising sortie over the Swat region in a two-seat F-16 jet aircraft, at an operational base of PAF, in Pakistan on 15 June 2009. General Kayani on 15 June, flew a fighter jet F-16 with a co-pilot to take part in an air operation against militants in the country’s northwest.

For the first time in the history of the country, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani flies F-16 and targeted militants’ hideouts. The Air Chief Marshall Rao Qamar Suleman was also accompanied with COAS. Later, Air Chief Rao Qamar Suleman see off General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from operational base.

Baitullah Mehsud exposed and denounced by Afghan Taliban!

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:07:25 +0000

“Activities within Pakistan led to differences with Baitullah Meshsud, we are Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan and we have nothing to do with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan” – says Qari Zainuddin, representative of Afghan Taliban in an interview to a local news channel today.

India Wants To Fight In Afghanistan Until The Last American

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:04:13 +0000

After months of arrogant behavior, the United States is conceding to some of Pakistan’s demands, like unconditional aid and a check on Indian terrorist activities against Pakistan using Afghan soil. But does Washington know that India wants a war in Afghanistan until the last American soldier?

By ZAID HAMID

Exclusive: Calm before the storm in Pakistan

editor@pak1stanfirst.com (Pak1stanFirst.com) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:44:08 +0000

By The Editor

A PakistanFirst.com Exclusive

While most of us would not agree with the topic of this article keeping in mind the current situation because there is everything in Pakistan but ‘calm’. Cities like Lahore, Islamabad are shaken by the suicide bombers. In the northern regions of Pakistan like Swat, Malakand, Buner and probably in the near future, South Waziristan Agency will be shaken by Pakistan Army’s artillery and Pakistan Air Force’s A2 bombers based in Peshawar. While the army is wrapping up the current operation, “Raah-e-Raast”, the political parties are as usual preparing for another ‘drag-race’. What will they be dragging this time? People of Pakistan.