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The Plan to Topple Pakistan Military & Chinese direct Economic incursion into Gulf & Africa
Jul 28th
This is not about Musharraf anymore. This is about clipping the wings of a strong Pakistani military, denying space for China in Pakistan, squashing the ISI, stirring ethnic unrest, and neutralizing Pakistan’s nuclear program. The first shot in this plan was fired in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in 2004. The last bullet will be toppling Musharraf, [...]
Musharraf again with Fareed Zakaria CNN
Jan 28th
View CNN Video (here) Read interview below: This is a rush copy and may be updated. Interviewed 8 November 2009. ZAKARIA: As we try to make very clear on this program, you can’t talk about the United States’ problems in Afghanistan without talking about the problems with Afghanistan’s next-door neighbor, Pakistan. Now, for almost 10 [...]
Chris Cuomo interviews Musharraf
Jan 27th
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf sat down for an interview with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Chris Cuomo Sept. 23, 2009. The following transcript of their interview has been edited for clarity. CHRIS CUOMO: Mr. Musharraf, let’s start with you and your future. Have you given thought yet to returning to Pakistan, returning to power? PERVEZ [...]
Musharraf interviewed by SPIEGEL
Jan 27th
7 June 2009 – In a SPIEGEL interview, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, 65, discusses the dramatic situation in Pakistan, where army troops are fighting Islamist extremists in the Swat Valley, his people’s ambivalent relationship with the United States and his country’s failures in combating the Taliban. SPIEGEL: Mr. Musharraf, there’s a bon mot that states [...]
Musharraf with Fareed Zakaria CNN
Jan 27th
CNN (Video-1) (Video-2) (YouTube 1) (YouTube 2) (YouTube 3) Read Full interview below: This is a rush copy and may be updated. 17 May 2009 – FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST, GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE: This is GPS, the GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I’m Fareed Zakaria. [...]
Musharraf with ‘Frost over the World’
Jan 27th
View Video of Musharraf’s Interview Read full interview below Courtesy of ‘Af-Pak’ War Frost: Hello, and welcome to Frost Over the World. Today, in an exclusive interview, we are speaking to the man who ruled Pakistan for almost a decade. Former president Musharraf is with us here in the studio, now. Later we’ll hear about the [...]
Pakistan’s Economic success: Mercy of 9/11 or Macro-Economic Policies?
Jun 17th
Written By: Afreen Baig The 1990’s was a lost decade for Pakistan, mismanagement at its helm and corruption rampant. Formation of failed policies, coupled with sheer incompetence and lack of commitment, kept deteriorating the economy of the fragile Country. Benazir’s era was further characterized by ungoverned manipulation and personal extravagance of her husband Zardari. By [...]
Foreign Polls and Surveys: Reality, Deception and Hidden Agenda
Jun 17th
Written By: Afreen Baig Recently, it had become sort of a fashion, to give reference to Foreign Polls and Surveys while speculating on the future of Pakistan and the popularity levels of our leaders. Later it was Pakistan’s election process and its consequences. The Media religiously quote these Polls & Surveys to pursue their [...]
Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India
May 1st
We removed the lid on the American designs on Pakistan and India. Equally disturbing is the reality that Central Asia, China and Russia are also in the crosshairs of the United States. What we have found is sheer in scope, mind-boggling and frightening. Bifurcate Pakistan.
Benazir’s Theatrics
Nov 11th
She is at least now loyal to her deal, but you could again throw mud at the cake by saying that s…
