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Comment: "Pakistan???not Iran, not Iraq, not North Korea???is now the most dangerous nation in the world." says Newsweek Editor.
We (Pakistanis) can say "It is or it is not dangerous nation in the world? THIS IS THANKS TO THE USA"
Javed Gondal, Barcelona Spain

No body can even dare to harm Pakistan. Pakistan will remain and stand high on the map 0f the world.Inshaallah the World most terrorist state and its co terrorist state will vanish. the days are numbered for the enemies of islam and of muslims. those days are not far when Paksitan will lead the world and eliminate the real terrorists.

i could agree with the matter with out any objection that paksitan is more dengerous than iraq and afganistan . i am saying this becoz as a neclear power country, this country have no stable govt.and a good constitution from the birth itsown.now isi and al queeda both are same only differs in name,in this matter of supplying atomic energy and resources to external countries, not only DR.A Q khan is responsible but also the whole govt. but the govt.blaming and puting responsiblty only on dr.a q khan,and they are trying to hide him from west and i a e a the govt. knows that if dr.a q khan will questioned by any body it will effect the govt. negettively .now we can think if atomic energy is handdling by terrorists and its suporting country it will be a big problem for the whole humanity, i am very surprised about that why the europian and I A E A suporting a terrorist country to fight against terrorism, how it is poosible, it is a contradiction,they are supporting a country which is fighting against there own peoples like balochistan .

sagar ali bahrain

first of all i would like to thank newsweek for this article. yes this is true that pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world. a few reasons are 1.getting money from arabian gulf region by the name of allah to help in spreading islam but spreading its own islam (pakistan stamped terrorist islam) and jihad (not the reall which means struggle to fight evil but pakistani isi backed jihad to scare and kill the innocent people). 2. getting money from usa and europe to fight against terrorism but spending money to train the terrorists (most terrorist acts linked with pakistan) secretly talibanizing the illiterate people of pakistan to be against the evil (in pakistan evil means west). 3.getting funds from international community to help the needy people but by these funds pakistan (with the help of isi ) abusing , killing and brain washing the people. 4. to get more funds from usa and other international communities pakistan it self produces talibans fake evidence with the help of its millitary and then cheats and kill them to make west happy and get more funds. There are thousands of reasons which can prove yes pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world . its a threat for human kind. wake up international community specially the west to help mankind and fight against evil (pakistan).....Thanks once again newsweek.

aj baloch

first of all i would like to thank newsweek for this article. yes this is true that pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world. a few reasons are 1.getting money from arabian gulf region by the name of allah to help in spreading islam but spreading its own islam (pakistan stamped terrorist islam) and jihad (not the reall which means struggle to fight evil but pakistani isi backed jihad to scare and kill the innocent people). 2. getting money from usa and europe to fight against terrorism but spending money to train the terrorists (most terrorist acts linked with pakistan) secretly talibanizing the illiterate people of pakistan to be against the evil (in pakistan evil means west). 3.getting funds from international community to help the needy people but by these funds pakistan (with the help of isi ) abusing , killing and brain washing the people. 4. to get more funds from usa and other international communities pakistan it self produces talibans fake evidence with the help of its millitary and then cheats and kill them to make west happy and get more funds. There are thousands of reasons which can prove yes pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world . its a threat for human kind. wake up international community specially the west to help mankind and fight against evil (pakistan).....Thanks once again newsweek.

first of all i would like to thank newsweek for this article. yes this is true that pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world. a few reasons are 1.getting money from arabian gulf region by the name of allah to help in spreading islam but spreading its own islam (pakistan stamped terrorist islam) and jihad (not the reall which means struggle to fight evil but pakistani isi backed jihad to scare and kill the innocent people). 2. getting money from usa and europe to fight against terrorism but spending money to train the terrorists (most terrorist acts linked with pakistan) secretly talibanizing the illiterate people of pakistan to be against the evil (in pakistan evil means west). 3.getting funds from international community to help the needy people but by these funds pakistan (with the help of isi ) abusing , killing and brain washing the people. 4. to get more funds from usa and other international communities pakistan it self produces talibans fake evidence with the help of its millitary and then cheats and kill them to make west happy and get more funds. There are thousands of reasons which can prove yes pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world . its a threat for human kind. wake up international community specially the west to help mankind and fight against evil (pakistan).....Thanks once again newsweek.

it is all jewish propog anda to blame Pakistan to be most Dangerous country in the world..They cant comphrahened that there should be a Nueclear Islamic State.I have just read on Times of India.com.
How Israel and India were planing to bomb Kohata in 1988.They were only stoped by Pakistani Retaliation
on Indian Sites and USA threat..So please don't call Pakistan A Dangerous place.See what is happening in your on backyard,innocent school childern are killed by maniacs everyday.STOP BEING PREJUDUICE Agains Islam..
sam @ 10/29/2007 18.59.

I can recall conversation between Pakistan's top stock exchange broker in Karachi just less then a year ago, who was convincing a foreign investor from Switzerland, to invest in Pakistan due vibrant and cheap market. He shown to him a report of Mary lynch, which said, sell in India buy from Pakistan. Despite all odds and volatile situation even foreign investor was convinced that political situation would remain stable and nothing is going to happen in Pakistan.



One wonder, what has happen in just span of less then a year Pakistan credit rating has gone down, all international (particularly US) focus is on Pakistan.



To my view it is just because of Pakistan's nuclear programme which always remained under suspicion just because Pakistan is Muslim nation. The other threat which united state is rightly or wrongly presuming is ever expanding nuclear arch in Asia, begging from China, entering India crossing Pakistan, and now may be completing in Iran.



Continuation of nuclear programme by Iran has further put pressure on west and United States to present in Pakistan so that its nuclear programme could be put under pressure.



Look at the statements of recently returned benazir bhutto who came here after striking deal with general musharf, with the backing of united states. Though suicide attacks on her caravan that killed 140 people and scores were injured, but she is confident and putting responsibility on those against whom united states too have complaints.



She is persuading those policy which had always been negated by her father zufiqar ali bhutto, for instance he r father was vocal for unity of Muslim countries, he began Pakistan's nuclear programme, but she want to hand over detained scientist dr qadir to foreign hands, she want to allow IEAE inspectors to visit Pakistan's nuclear facilities, which never remained a policy or manifesto of her party.



Entire Pakistani nation is now facing terrorism and suicide attacks just because Pakistan is front line state against the war on terror, threats that may not be faced be westerners or Americans what every Pakistani is facing through those who were brought here by westerners and by Americans to be used against soviet union in Afghanistan



So that is why Newsweek is terming Pakistan as one the most dangerous country. Again a hidden agenda may be for oil or?



Great game with small players.



Asmatullah Niazi

Pakistan

if this is so, can you justify why your embassador visited karachi recently?
what about iraq and afghanistan sitiuation?
we would be happy if you highlight our genuine problems. like army rulers' corruption and cheating USA in afghan war encouraging extremists,forexample. why in islamabad before musharaf only 7 madrassas existed now 41 are working. would you like to ask our rulers why in northern areas(swat,mardan and malakand) mullah fazalullah was running 70 fm radio stations under the umbrella of whom? promoting extremism. our 21 army generals and musharaf would never want that war against terrorism finish. their survival, financially and politically, depends on it.
in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but silence of our friends


Dr. rubina rashid

Dear Editor
If the criteria of a dangerous state are access to weapons of mass destruction, an evangelical determination for pre-emptive strikes and a trigger-happy administration then it makes US at the top of the list not Pakistan.

I only see this article as a small part of a very large and aggressive campaign to malign and discredit Pakistan. It seems it is not enough that our troops are in a full-scale conflict with their own people and that the military so far has suffered more that 700 casualties by conservative estimates and that many Pakistanis of the Northern Areas are displaced in their own country because of this conflict. I think Newsweek has set a new low for itself in the form of this story.

Plus there are contradictions in the article, on one side there is a fierce rivalry between the Pakistani government and the Jihadis and on the other hand a virtually John Doe Taliban commander is quoted as 'saying a prayer' and most conveniently was killed a while back in an American assault.

Quite an amateur's work Jon and if you really plan to continue to print garbage like this, I suggest you make sure that you do it right. This article might be good for bigots and mindless flag wavers but you are not fooling anyone with even a hint of a grasp on the subject.

Compliments from Karachi

DOESNT THE HUMAN LIFE HAVE ANY VALUE FOR YOU PEOPLE UNLESS ITS WHITE AMERICAN?
dear meaowsroar simple answer there is no value for life which is not white and american. simple examle, afghanistan, iraq and the racial discrimination in US

Saj- alex, DEARIE, u fail to understand why ppl feel this article is hateful along with many other things in life (i bet). This article along with the cover story is a personal attack, on Pakistan on a very flimsy basis. You buy everything your media tells you, and i don't blame you, ppl can only understand when they have the capacity to. The people who are ranting in the comments... very rationally actually, so let's not call it ranting (though i personally believe this newsweek issue deserves ranting and raving!) ... these people are mostly Muslims, Pakistanis!..... we live in this country so know THE REAL SITUATION... and for some one to think they could lie about it on an international scale...... while the AMERICAN GOVT. ITSELF IS MANIPULATING the pAkistani government (or the exuse for a governement we have) ..... manipulating us.... attacking us in the media..... making us responsible for the mistakes of the US...... USING US TO ATTACK OUR OWN PEOPLE....... who are not ALQAEDA, ... i won der if some alqaida was WHITE AMERICAN and had a BASE IN WASHINGTON, would the US BE okay with attacking washington with air bombs? and then calling the many innocent civilians who are injured as simple "COLLATERAL DAMAGE"...???? PPL like you, are misguided, and it;s okay, but just use some logic, and god given intelligence, look at the situation objectively... the statistics of people dying here in pakistan, in our northern areas, becauseof the US paranoia.... rather than using another strategy was such CARNAGE the only option? DOESNT THE HUMAN LIFE HAVE ANY VALUE FOR YOU PEOPLE UNLESS ITS WHITE AMERICAN?

dear saj_alex the only point that we are trying to make here is that the level of evidence and the type of evidence here was not at all conclusive or sufficent to labell Pakistan as the most dangerous. such careless interpresations and one sided reportings promote hate so yes there is hate in the article becase it is surely not helpful in promotion of peace, please se my previous post for a vague idea of how to fight terrorism at the same time secure a long term aim of making the world a more peaceful place. the aim should not be to bomb a few black listed countries destroy them so that security is established in one continent of the world.
i wish i would counter half of the evidence in that article but i would really like to know the so called unidentified sources. there is a big question of authenticity of thoes statements. you cant expect me to buy anything you say simply on the basis that some unidentifies hot shot said that. i fail to understand how did the editors of newsweek accepted this article??
i would really like to know the basis on whch they allowed the publishing of such doubtful hearsay...

I honestly don't see where the "hate" in this article is. I can see how people would feel tha the article doesn't fairly portray their home as they know it. But where is the hate? Bias and cynicism perhaps, but hate no.
Name calling, and ranting and raving - rather than a reasoned rebuttal - will only serve to reinforce some people's impression that the central thesis of the article may in fact be true. Criticism of the U.S., which may be valid, are often beside the point. Reason, coherence, objectivity and relevance will play better in the court of public opinion - to the extent that matters.

I am truly puzzled as to why people feel the article is "hateful". I can understand why people may feel that the picture portrayed does not accuratley portray their country as they know it. But where is the hate ? Bias perhaps but hate, no.
Overreaction, and ranting and raving - rather than reasoned rebutal - only serve to reinforce some people's impression that the central thesis of the article may in fact be true. Criticisms of the U.S. may be valid, but are often beside the point. Reason, Objectivity, Coherence, and to the point, Please ! This will help much more in the court of public opinion -to the extent that matters.