Faisal Farooq
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Articles By Faisal Farooq

Well, the former Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is going to let the cat out of the bag. Former Chief of Army Staff General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Baig couldn’t possibly have expected his former spymaster Maj. Gen. Asad Durrani to have spoken out against him in the Supreme Court. In his recent statement, the latter […]

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif reiterated his stance about Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, saying they do not accept him as premier and would not allow the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as per the wishes of the government. While an interview, the PML-N chief said the incumbent could not bear the opposition’s demand […]

Apparently the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seems to have suddenly come back to life after a period of inaction. In what appeared to be a shock to many, the NAB formally launched an investigation against Sharif Brothers in a money laundering case worth $32 million. In the meantime, Director General Balochistan’s NAB said they were […]

Former Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani refused to return home, saying that such a scenario was not possible until the atmosphere cooled for him. While interviewing to CNN he stated, “I will not go back to Pakistan for the moment. Purely because there are elements there who have been threatening my life”. […]

President Asif Ali Zardari is unlikely to meet US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of annual NATO summit in Chicago. According to the media reports, Tom Donilom, the Nation Security Advisor to Barack Obama said the Pakistani president will attend the Chicago summit, with a final deal apparently close on reopening crucial NATO supplies. […]

The public-sector schools for the lower and the lower middle class mostly offer Matriculation. These institutions are mostly in a neglected and ruined state and students aren’t even facilitated with basic necessities including books, furniture and in some cases clean drinking water. With sorry to say that the teachers in public sector schools come just […]

Undoubtedly, education is the gateway to a country’s success, which enlightens and boosts its economy, sovereignty and progress. Malaysia is an admirable example that has dragged itself into the category of the developed. Literary rate has flown up to 95 percent due to wisely formation of educational policies. That is the reason their economy and […]

Hearing Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan’s petition, the Supreme Court of Pakistan sought a notification pertaining to the foundation of a political wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s regime. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, issued the directives during a hearing of the petition […]

At least four people were killed and four others sustained injuries when two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) light aircrafts collided mid-air on Thursday. The Mushshak planes were on a routine training mission collided and fell on nearby houses in the Risalpur area of Nowshehra, the northwest of Islamabad. Of the four people killed, two were […]

In quite a surprising revelation, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh claimed that the Ministry of Water and Power had no mechanism of load shedding in the country. He also further stated that the ministry failed to evaluate actual quantum of load shedding and the gap between scheduled and unscheduled power outages. His disclosure left […]
May 17 2012 | Posted in
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In quite an expected move, the US Department of Defense officials have indicated that there might not be any official apology on the Salala incident by the United States (US). The statement comes at a time when many in Pakistan were anticipating for a breakthrough in the bilateral ties between Pakistan and the US after […]
May 17 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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General John Allen, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday termed Pakistan’s indication on resumption of NATO supplies as encouraging and positive. He, however, clarified that their mission was not affected by the blockade of land route for NATO forces. Welcoming the signals given by Pakistan’s cabinet on restoration of NATO supplies, […]