The Plan To Topple Pakistan Military

"Pakistan has no quarrel with Afghanistan’s Taliban."?

this in sum is the crux of the article!!

dayumn....masadi..I owe you an apology...this guy is way out of your league..

surely this guy can't be real...if he is, then al-lah created him solely for the mocking pleasure of the horrible hindoos

http://www.ahmedquraishi.com/article_detail.php?id=92

Why Pakistan Needs To Avoid South Asia

ISLAMABAD— Pakistan adjusted its identity and national security direction at three crucial times in its history; first after Pakistan’s independence; second, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; and third, after 9/11.



And in each time, the Middle East and the United States were the common denominators. Our interests overlapped with Washington’s and, at the same time, our umbilical cord with West Asia was further emphasized.



After each one of the three historic events, Pakistan became more integrated with its Middle Eastern and Central Asian roots. Moreover, those events unintentionally helped deepen and broaden the definition of Pakistani nationalism that would have otherwise been exclusively centered on India.

Islamabad should change its official line gradually and quietly. Pakistan is not part of South Asia. Instead, Pakistan is a borderline state between West, Central, and South Asia. Pakistan’s historic, cultural and ethnic ties to West and Central Asia must be vigorously emphasized and given priority over any ties to South Asia.



Pakistan’s state television should take the first step in that direction. Weather bulletins must not show Pakistan as an extension of South Asia. A better replacement could be a map showing the country as an extension of West and Central Asia.

Nuts!

Seriously pakis? who's being fooled...the US has already bombed pakis on paki soil..what's the point of expressing outrage when you can't do jack squat?

Bush could send troops into Pakistan to strike Bin Laden

* Pakistan terms such action ‘unacceptable’ and ‘counter-productive’

ISLAMABAD: The US would send troops into Pakistan if intelligence was received enabling a strike at Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, AFP quoted US President George W Bush as saying on Wednesday.

Pakistan angrily reacted to the US president’s remarks he made in an interview to CNN, by saying, “such concerns have been expressed on a number of occasions. We have made it clear that any such action would be unacceptable.”

Bush reaffirmed his confidence in President Musharraf’s commitment in the war against terror and also acknowledged the difficult situation in combating terrorists along rugged mountainous areas bordering Afghanistan. Bush said he is thankful to Pakistan for its key cooperation in the fight against terror, reported APP.

About Musharraf, Bush said, “He has been an absolute reliable partner in dealing with extremists and radicals, and it’s a tough situation in the remote parts of Pakistan. But there are many examples of where the Pakistanis have, in cooperation with the US, brought to justice members of Al Qaeda’s hierarchy. And I’m thankful for that.”

Troops unacceptable: Foreign Ministry spokesman Muhammad Sadiq told a private TV channel on Thursday that any direct action by US troops would be counter-productive, NNI reported.

Sadiq said that Pakistan and the US were partners in the anti-terror war and the positions of both are well defined and understood.

He said Pakistan’s own forces had carried out operations against Al Qaeda and other ‘terrorist entities’ and that they would pursue the same policy in future.

Last year, Bush caused uproar in Pakistan when he made a similar declaration.

When reminded of the declaration and asked in the interview about his current views, the US president said his stance had not changed. agencies

My theory is that Ahmed Quraishi's articles are being included on chowk to make masadi look rational...

this dude is bat-shit crazy..

Quraishi Sahib, you just missed a fine point in your nonsense conspiratorial propagandistic rhetorical anti-US gibberish written article, and that is the overwhelming influence peddled by KSA. If you consider that Pakistan is free from the clutches of KSA, just evaluate what happened to Musharraf’s last visit to KSA, where he pleaded King Abdullah not to allow Nawaz Shariff to return back to Pakistan. As reported the King kicked Mush’s behind, and ordered him to allow Nawaz Shariff back in his home country. That is the power of KSA’s wealth that the lap dancer’s of Pakistan’s military are now used to for all these years since Zia. Open your mind and see what is happening behind the scene, and face the facts. Pakistani ruling elite have sold Pakistan to the highest bidder, and the highest bidders are the petro-dollars.

Warning: The following may be offensive to professors of Poultry Science and or Sexology at minor American colleges.

The author gives too much credit to Indians in the attempts to topple Musharraf.

The Indian Cabinet of Ministers regularly meets to conduct circle-jerks after which it recesses promptly and goes to Sonia Gandhi's house to get permission to engage in the same activity again.

If Manmohan Singh does not participate fully in this, that is because he was neutered long ago. Nevertheless, he is a hanger-on and an accomplice.

Please do not give too much credit to people who normally run around like a chicken with its head cut off, to quote Ambassador Ronen Sen.

Even when their heads were firmly attached to their bodies, these people were bested in any intellectual exercise by chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, partridges, quail, Cornish game hens or other fowl.

was not paki military toppled in a racecourse ground a few decades back?

Great piece on the anguished life of an army brothel -- I am glad Chowk published it as a 'balancing' view from the 'other' side.

Even a praciticing prostitute is entitiled to dream -- once a while -- about celibacy self respect and self esteem -- after servicing the 9/11 clients day and night for 9 years going into 11.

very refreshing!

So all of this is a smoke screen to cut the army down to size?


It appears from the author's write up that the army is asking for another $10 Billion to allow Benazir to sit on the throne
(that she was almost killed while sitting on another throne recently is another point....)

The author lets the cat out of the bag at the end when says:

"The Americans have been telling everyone in the world that they have paid Pakistan $10 billion dollars over the past five years. They might think this gives them the right to decide Pakistan’s destiny. What they don’t tell the world is how Pakistan’s help secured for them their biggest footprint ever in energy-rich Central Asia.

If they forget, Islamabad can always remind them by giving them the same treatment that Uzbekistan did last year."

Ahmed Quraishi needs to smoke some really good stuff - or he is cribbing the good stuff has stopped coming in from Afghanistan.

Qureshi sahab,

Please get into some drug rehabilitation program before its too late.

I am sure that US is not an angel, and as far as the their intentions are concerned, they might be the same as you say, but who the hell gave them the chance to interfere in the matters of Pakistan.

Why BLA popped up? Are we doing justice to Baluchistan since independence? So don't blame them for BLA; its natural reaction. And yes, any bloody enemy will take benefit of your internal strife; this is called taking benefit from opportunity; remember we supported Khalistanis. But again why you allowed this internal problem to pop up at the first place.

As great Arabic poet Abul Alaa Mu'arry is depicted as saying in one of Iqbal's poem, "hay jurm-e-zaeefi ki saza marg-e-mafajaat". So buddy wake up.... If they are upto something then its your fault and no one else to blame for it. And yes, which is the institution that governed Pakistan for more than half of its age. Shouldn't you blame them...........

Good enough story for a bollywood movie.

But

This is a crap article. I could not go on beyond 3 paragraphs. Qureshi is certainly not a journalist. He is a propagandist. A new low for Chowk...

Qureshi, wake up and smell the coffee!!! We have a civil society in Pakistan that is demanding independence of institutions. Do not tivialise our aspirations.

If you want to support a dim-wit DICTATOR that is your prerogative, but respect your opponents.

There is no doubt that Chowk is the BS Central of the world but this article is the king of all BSs. Jeez