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Welcome to Palestine Mr. President of the United States of America Jad Kanaan Jadallah Tawil   On my behalf as a son of this land, and as a Palestinian-American, I welcome you to Palestine. I was born in the Holy … Continue reading →

“NO TO DRONES AND MILITARY OPERATIONS” VOICES FROM TRIBAL AREAS MUST BE HEARD     Officials promoting Obama’s drone programme continue to churn out the same old rhetoric of how grateful those in the Tribal Areas are every time a … Continue reading →

UNITED STATES OF ASSASSINATION: PEACE ACTIVISTS DISRUPT BRENNAN AND ANGRY VETERANS ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS In a week where CIA director nominee John Brennan was questioned on and defended US drone strikes and ideas of … Continue reading →

PESHAWAR: TRIBESMEN PROTEST KILLINGS AT BARA, BODIES OF THE DEAD CARRIED TO GOVERNOR HOUSE   Today, much to my concern I awoke to the following message on my Facebook from a journalist friend in Peshawar which read, “18 dead bodies … Continue reading →

US DRONE STRIKES CONTINUE … WHAT WILL BE THE BACKLASH?   At the start of 2013, the US government continues to bombard Pakistan and Yemen with deadly drone strikes using its self -approved “licence to kill”. The American Civil Liberties … Continue reading →

During another week of extreme violence in Pakistan where bloody images of mutilated civilians, soldiers and militants dominate the media, one image stood out for me. It was of a man in a smart grey suit administering a polio vaccine … Continue reading →

LORD GILBERT DROPS A BOMBSHELL: SUGGESTS BRITISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD DROP A NEUTRON BOMB OVER BORDER AREA OF AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN Labour peer, Lord Gilbert dropped a bombshell on the House of Lords on Friday when he suggested nuking the border area of … Continue reading →

DRONES: SETTING UP A REGISTER, THE POWER OF TRIBUNAL AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS One of the remarks often levelled at foreign journalists and human rights activists is the lack of reporting on drone victims in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. This … Continue reading →

DRONES: HARASSMENT, HIGH COURT ACTION AND THAT IMRAN KHAN “INQUISITION” A lot can happen in a week in the world of drones and I am pleased to say that there is now much more media interest in reporting the many … Continue reading →

THE SCHOOLGIRL AND THE TALIBAN A friend of mine Yasmeen Ali, a lawyer and Professor at Beaconhouse University in Pakistan has recently had her book published “A Comparative Analysis of Media & Media Laws in Pakistan”. I noticed an excerpt … Continue reading →