After four arduous months, proceedings of the Memo Commission finally concluded at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday. During the final proceedings, the commission directed the foreign office secretary to brief it in-camera regarding secret funds used by former ambassador Hussain Haqqani during his tenure. This decision was taken after Mansoor Ijaz’s counsel Akram Sheikh claimed to have information th ...

Alex Thomas Chicago police and security personal are set for what they seem to believe will be a full scale battle with protesters during this weekends NATO Summit. With numerous protest groups set to launch widespread protests throughout the weekend, the police state is out like never before. In a move eerily reminiscent of the Soviet Union and East Germany, multiple activists were arrested and literally d ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Finding that Pak Army was not mending its ways and continuing to defy Washington’s commands that were against the interest of Pakistan, NATO struck a deadly blow to it at Salala on the night of 26 November and killed 24 soldiers and injured 13. This disgraceful attack was launched to terrorize an ally and to sound the Army that such like unilateral attacks would continue in future if it ...

Ring of Fire Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light. It's been almost two decades since a "ring of fire" eclipse was visible in the continental US. To celebrate the end of that drought, nearly three dozen national park ...