Posts Tagged ‘Governance’
Afghan-Taleban Statement on the Forthcoming Jirga
Voice of Jihad | 1 June 2010 Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Regarding the Convening of the So-called Consultative Jirga in Kabul The holding of the so-called National Consultative Jirga under the name of peace is a part of the failed efforts of the invading Americans and their surrogates in Afghanistan. The idea for [...]
IMF-Imposed VAT Will be Disastrous for Pakistan
Afpakwar | By Arshad Zaman | 31 May 2010 A well-known authority on public finance, Richard Musgrave, used to say that taxation is the art of plucking the maximum feathers, with the minimum squawks. The proposed value added tax (VAT) in Pakistan has already created more squawks than any other budget proposal, and is unlikely to yield any [...]
New Marjah Chief is a Convicted Murderer
Denver Post | By Deb Riechmann and Kirsten Grieshaber | 7 March 2010 Afghanistan: Marjah chief's crime record will be investigated KABUL — Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed criminal record in Germany [...]
U.S. Takes Torture — of Americans — Seriously
Times of India | PTI | 3 February 2010 US takes seriously torture of its detained nationals in Pak: State Department WASHINGTON: The United States has said it has taken seriously the reports about torture of five young American Muslims now detained in a Pakistani jail. "We take seriously all reports of abuse and torture and raise such [...]
Is there a Sindh card?
The News | By Ameer Bhutto | 1 February 2010 But is there a Sindh card? The writer is vice-chairman of Sindh National Front and a former MPA from Ratodero. He has degrees from the University of Buckingham and Cambridge University. This government is being sustained in power by three main factors. Firstly, unbridled corruption which [...]
Afghan-Taleban Statement on the London Conference
Voice of Jihad | 28 January 2010 Statement of the Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regarding the London Conference The world knows that America brutally and illegally attacked the Islamic Emirate and our nation after 9/11 under the pretext of the so-called War on Terror, occupying our dear country. This global crime [...]
Osama bin Ladin’s Letter to the Americans (6 October 2002)
Jump to Start of Post, or to Osama bin Ladin’s Letter: 1. Why are we fighting and opposing you? 2. What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? 3. Conclusion With the recent release of an—almost certainly fake—"Osama bin Ladin" voice recording, "experts" are being quoted to attribute motives and interpretations to the [...]
Text of the Secret Eikenberry Cables Advising Against the Surge in Afghanistan
New York Times | Undated (Probably 25 January 2010) Ambassador Eikenberry's Cables on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Jump to: Start of Post | Cable 1: COIN Strategy | Cable 2: Looking Beyond COIN In November 2009, Karl W. Eikenberry, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan and retired Army lieutenant general, sent two classified cables to [...]
Text of the Detailed Judgment on the NRO Case Released
Late on the evening of Tuesday 19 January 2010, the Supreme Court of Pakistan released the detailed judgment of the so-called "NRO Case," in which the constitutionality of the NRO had been challenged. The detailed judgment records the reasons for the the Short Order delivered on 16 December 2010. With this step, only the disposal of the [...]
Democracy in India (and the War in Kashmir)
Outlook India and Tomgram | Essay by Arundhati Roy What Have We Done to Democracy? Of Nearsighted Progress, Feral Howls, Consensus, Chaos, and a New Cold War in Kashmir The war in the Kashmir valley is almost 20 years old now, and has claimed about 70,000 lives. Tens of thousands have been tortured, several thousand have "disappeared," women [...]
