Pakistan’s acquisition of military nuclear technology was a gigantic step in the right direction whereas the failure to develop nuclear power generation simultaneously was an equally gigantic neglect. Especially so when the base for this had been laid as far back as 1971 when KANUPP was made operational. Thereafter, efforts at developing nuclear power generation
Way back in the 1960s Pakistan was truly on the move. The early Ayub years gave us the “Green Revolution” because of the construction and commissioning of dams such as Mangla and Tarbela. Barrages were erected all the way down to the Guddu near Hyderabad. These dams and barrages gave birth to an efficient network
While some parts of the country are being endangered by militancy the rest of the country is far from peaceful. It is extremely hard on the Army to be fighting endless pitched battles deep within the country resulting in the displacement of over two million people. The state’s writ has to be re-established over large
No country can be at ease with itself when hundreds of thousands of its citizens are displaced from their homes and are placed in refugee camps. Estimates put the figure at around 1.5 million. Housed in ill-managed refugee camps these Pakistanis, all of whom happen to be Pakhtuns, face a bleak future for months, and
These days Pakhtun women and elderly men carrying heavy loads on their backs and the beautiful bewildered children of the Pakhtuns looking into the prying eye of television cameras leaving their mud huts behind while fleeing violence-stricken areas is a common sight on our television screens. The forlorn look on the face of a child
NOTE: The following media is in the Urdu language and NOT in English. Former DG IB (Director General Intelligence Bureau) Masood Sharif Khan Khattak shares his views regarding the current security situation in Pakistan with PKPolitics. The questions were based on several concerns raised recently by members in the comments on PKPolitics and we will
The new US policymakers led by President Obama must now shelve the messy canvas that was left for them by George W Bush. That canvas is in shreds and beyond repair. In order to redeem the image of the great American nation in the eyes of the world the Obama’s administration will have to carve
The American drone attacks and other ill-advised offensive policies have acted as force multipliers for the Pakistani Taliban. But it must be said that Pakistan cannot put all the blame on the Americans because Pakistan itself has allowed the situation to get out of hand. Pakistan could have avoided being in the situation that it
Having started a few years ago the ring of the alarm bells for Pakistan has been getting louder by the day but it does not seem to have reached a pitch that is loud enough to penetrate the well-padded eardrums of the Pakistani nation. The country stands devastated and is being ruthlessly ravaged. Yet, complacency
NOTE: The following media is in the Urdu language and NOT in English. ABN Exclusive Presentation : Interview with Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, former VP Pakistan Peoples Party, Ex-DG Intelligence Branch. He was on our show to discuss the recent political turmoil that Pakistan is facing. [ca_audio url=”https://www.sharifpost.com/Audio/misc/ABN_Chicago_2009_04_05.mp3″ width=”500″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”] http://abnchicago.org/2009/04/05/uncategorized/452009-abn-show-with-masood-sharif-khan-khattak/ Usually your college