Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said that Washington has agreed to stop raids inside Pakistan.

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News reports indicate that 18 people have died and 61 injured because of bomb explosions in the India Capital.

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Pakistani Parliamentarians talk about sovereignty and national integrity. We are always using pompous sounding words, words that have no meaning at all in our particular context. When I read in the newspaper that our parliamentarians have unanimously passed a resolutions calling upon the Federal Government to take all necessary steps in order to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country and in the aftermath of the US attack in the border areas of the country, I could not help smiling.

When our parliament does not want to do anything about an issue and want to give an outward impression that it will take strong measures, it passes resolutions. A number of resolutions have been passed by our parliament without any result. Remember the resolution passed regarding the publication of caricatures of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) in Danish newspapers. Does it have any effect on any country in world? Was the government of Denmark least perturbed by our resolution? Countries have to look upon other countries even for their basic needs have to compromise their sovereignty. This is an established principle in the world. If anyone thinks otherwise, he lives in a fool’s paradise.

The United States has been saying for quite some time now that it will take unilateral action inside Pakistani territory if it has actionable intelligence. The United States has been paying the government of Pakistan for military operation in the tribal areas of the country. It now says that the...

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The Co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Asif Ali Zardari is all set to become the president of the country. He has managed to get the support of the required number of votes in the electoral college. He has already moved in the prime minister’s house and enjoying full security cover and protocol. Seldom a day passes when we do not hear praises for him in the local media. He is being regarded as an icon of democracy. The situation is not the same in the international press. The international media has been highly critical of him. A number of stories have been published which describe his corruption and misdeeds during the past two governments of the PPP.

The Financial Times published a story about his mental health. It says that as recently as last years, he was suffering from acute psychiatric problems giving reference to the document filed by his lawyers in a court.

The widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was diagnosed with a range of serious illnesses including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in a series of medical reports spanning more than two years.

The New York Times published an story about the release of assets worth $ 60 million to Zardari after Pakistani government withdrew corruption cases pending in a Swiss court. The Swiss government had frozen his accounts on the request of Pakistani government in 1997 at the request of Pakistani government. It was alleged that he received kickbacks...

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The judges of the superior judiciary in the country who have been saying that they will fight to the end for constitution, principle and justice are lining up to save their jobs. Eight judges of the Sindh High Court and four judges of the Peshawar High Court have taken fresh oath against their earlier stand. According to news reports some judges of the Peshawar High Court, including its Chief Justice have also agreed to take new oath.

The role of the judiciary in Pakistan has never been exemplary. They have always acted to protect their petty interests and sided with the powerful establishment. The fresh oath by the judges has implicitly accepted the as legitimate the action taken by President Pervez Musharraf on 3rd November 2007. If the action of the president was illegal there would have been no need for a fresh oath and a simple executive order would have been enough.