Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com As we start a new year, consider the miserable plight of the average Pakistani electricity consumer. With about 50 per cent less electricity generation capability than the actual demand, Pakistan’s National Grid is facing more than a 5,000-megawatt shortfall in power generation, [...]
Disastrous Friendly Fire Event in Pakistan Could Grind the U.S. Afghan Campaign to a Halt
December 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By. John C.K. Daly of http://oilprice.com NATO recently literally shot itself in the foot, imperiling the resupply of International Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan by shooting up two Pakistani border posts in a “hot pursuit’ raid. Given that roughly 100 fuel tanker trucks along with 200 other trucks loaded with [...]
KARACHI, BEIRUT OF SOUTH ASIA
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN Karachi stands in danger of turning into another Beirut of the 1970s and 1980s if the Government of Pakistan does not wake up in time to the implications of the unending clashes between the Mohajirs and the Pashtuns, between the Barelvis and the Deobandis and between the Shias and [...]
INTROSPECTION IN PAKISTAN: WILL IT ENDURE?
June 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The anger and humiliation caused in Pakistan by the unilateral raid by US naval commandos on the residence of Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad on May 2,2011, and by the inability of the Pakistani Army and Air Force to prevent the raid have had two significant effects. 2.The first [...]
LINKS BETWEEN HARKAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN (HUM) & BIN LADEN/ AL QAEDA
June 26, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 730 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The Harkut ul-Mujahideen (HuM), also known as the Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), the Jamiat-ul-Ansar (JUA) and Al Faran, is reported to have denied a report published by the “New York Times” on June 24,2011, alleging that it had links with Osama bin Laden and was part [...]
PAKISTAN: Schools Rise From the Rubble
June 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Jun 26, 2011 (IPS) – Violence in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan has kept students away from school, in some areas for at least two years. Now, officials are trying to make up for lost time by holding classes even under tents or [...]
POST-ABBOTTABAD PAK SULKING HAS HAD NO IMPACT ON OBAMA
June 23, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 729 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By B.Raman Pakistan’s post-Abbottabad sulking and partly-real, partly-manufactured anti-US anger have had no impact on President Barack Obama’s counter-sanctuary emphasis in his counter-terrorism strategy. 2. It was this counter-sanctuary emphasis that enabled the successful extermination of Osama bin Laden on May 2,2011, by US naval [...]
PAKISTAN: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Feared in Balochistan
June 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) – The pain and anger in 25-year-old Rukhsana Langho’s voice could be heard over the telephone line from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, 700 kms north of the port city of Karachi. "We hate Pakistan and we want freedom," [...]
SPECULATION REGARDING ZARDARI
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The “Dawn News” of Karachi has reported as follows: “President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday (December 6,2011) arrived in Dubai for a medical check-up. According to presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar, the President has traveled to Dubai along with his team of doctors for an extensive medical examination. He added [...]