Spearhead Research

Q4 - 2007

S. No. Title Author Description Link
001 Project Report: US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Dr. Peter Lavoy and Ms. Rebekah Dietz  Project Report: US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue

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002 Political elite: poverty of thought Kamran Bokhari To a great degree, the pathetic performance of the political parties and the divided nature… PDF Document Download Link
003 Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues Paul Kerr and Mary Beth Nikitin Pakistani and some U.S. officials argue that Islamabad has taken a number ofsteps to prevent further proliferation... PDF document download link
oo4 The Plan To Topple Pakistan's Military Ahmed Quraishi This is not about Musharraf anymore. This is about clipping the wings of a strong Pakistan military. PDF document download link
005

Letter from Pakistan: Resisting Feudalism?

OPINION By SABIHA SUMAR and S. SATHANANTHAN

But for Musharraf, Pakistan's national interest comes first. He refused to go along with Bush on Iraq. That was the first fissure PDF document download link
006 Swat and Counter-Jihadist Opeations STRATFOR Pakistani troops reportedly seized a key mountain eak Nov. 27 and shut down pirate radio station operated by a jihadist group... PDF document download link
007 Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's Speech On His Election as First President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Mr. M. A. Jinnah Black-marketing is another curse. Well, I know that black-marketers are frequently caught and punished. Judicial sentences are passed, or sometimes fines only are imposed. PDF document download link
008 Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah's Speech at a Public Meeting at Dhaka Mr. M. A Jinnah I need hardly say that it gives me the greatest pleasure to visit East Bengal. East Bengal is the most important component of Pakistan, inhabited as it is by the largest single bloc of Muslims in the world.

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009 Pakistan: The Military Sans Musharraf STRATFOR Pakistan leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf finally stepped down as military chief... PDF document download link
010 Building Confidence in
Pakistan’s Nuclear Security
Kenneth N. Luongo
Gen. (Ret.) Naeem Salik
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s
decision last month to declare a national
emergency and suspend the constitution has
ratcheted up concerns about the safety and security
of that country’s nuclear arsenal.
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011 Painful Economic Decisions Await New Government Khaleeq Kiani, The News Those who have followed the country's economic policy closely believe that for nearly the past two years, decisions were led by ad hocism and political pressure rather than prudent economics. PDF document download link
012 Iran's Nuclear Programme - Vol. 13, Issue 10, Dec 07 The International Institute For Strategic Studies The new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which represents the analysis of all 16 US intelligence agencies, contradicts a 2005 NIE assessment that Iran was ‘determined to build a nuclear weapon’. PDF document download link
013 Terror Shadows loom large Wilson John, ORF The nature of threat has changed so much that the 'barrier- approach' of prevention could lull the security agencies into a false sense of security PDF document download link
014 ANP Manifesto & Renaming NWFP

Yasmeen Ali

Frontier Post

Pakistan since 1947, is a culmination of many different races, each representing a different culture and heritage PDF document download link
015 Thoughts on "Conditionality" in the New U.S. Aid Bill Kashif Zafar By virtue of their actions, the Congressional Democrats have fired a clear warning shot to remind President Musharraf and military top brass in Pakistan PDF document download link