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BrassTacks is a Pakistani weekly Defense & Strategic
political show, hosted by a defense and security analyst Zaid Zaman Hamid telecast by News One. It is aired on
Sundays at 8 p.m.
Background
BrassTacks offers a strategic analysis of the current
geopolitical and security situation in
Pakistan by Zaid Hamid. The program is hosted by Zaid - resident of
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The Program is Directed and Produced by
Hassan Durrani .
DVD
release
At the bookshops of Islamabad and Rawalpindi DVD's of First 8
programs have been released. These DVDs cover US grand strategic
plans in world, concept of greater Israel and their threat to
Pakistan, US war on terror, Pakistan's debacles in Afghan policy
and Religious and Sectarian Terrorism in Pakistan. The next in line
would be the two special editions of spiritual forces programs.Then
to be followed by Economic Terrorism which is ongoing and would
take few more programs.
All the programmes, along with additional and related material
is present on this site
Criticism
Some sections of Pakistan’s liberal & left-wing press have
severely criticized Zaid Zaman Hamid. It accused Hamid of
distorting facts relating to Islam, Pakistan and the West and
forming a “cult of denial” around himself. Journalists like Fasi Zaka of The
News International, Nadeem F. Paracha of Dawn Newspaper and Daily Times’ Najam Sethi have been Hamid’s leading
critics. [1] [2].
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