By George Friedman The U.S. military for years has debated the utility of counterinsurgency operations. Drawing from a sentiment that harkens back to the Vietnam War, many within the military have long opposed counterinsurgency operations. Others see counterinsurgency as the unavoidable future of U.S. warfare. The debate is between those who believe the purpose of a conventional military force is to defeat ...

Letter to Editor Reports are that the US has agreed to pay $1.18bn of CSF arrears. Last week, Pak ambassador Sherry Rehman succeeded in persuading Congress to drop an amendment that would have made it difficult to continue to provide financial assistance to Pakistan. This success seems to bringing only a temporary relief as another amendment is to be dealt as the Congressmen demand release of Dr Shakil Afri ...

Abid Latif Sindhu Recently the American society of psychology came to two conclusions, one that in most of the cases the problems are of social nature which are diagnosed as psychiatric pre conditions, secondly the children require attention for their tantrum. After coming so far still the knowledge is lacking in tackling the basic questions. This also leads to the fact that technology and advancement has i ...

Maimuna Ashraf The Nato Summit that held in Chicago ended last and a forceful debate about its achievements has been started afterwards. Though affirmed by and large that it went without its goal being achieved however this statement should be examined more specifically than generally. Pakistan was invited and she participated but the media reports which were before more focused on Pakistan’s participation ...

[caption id="attachment_1316" align="alignright" width="380" caption="AVELAUNCH IN SIACHEN"][/caption] Letter to Editor What an achievement and progress that hard earned freedom from the yoke of British imperialism and Hindu domination is once again at stake after 64 years of our existence. National perspective stands blurred and successive governments have brought the nation to an edge of an abyss. The vis ...