By  PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER  The General Elections 2013 shall give a new colour to the history of Pakistan. Now-a-days one could feel a great hustle and bustle among all political sections of society in Pakistan because it is the very first time that a politically elected democratic government successfully completed its tenure. The results of the upcoming elections would show, up to what level, the previous ...

By Alex Lantier Over the weekend, US officials continued to threaten North Korea with war, demanding that China cut off its support to the regime in Pyongyang. This comes after weeks of US threats aimed at Pyongyang’s nuclear program, during which Washington flew nuclear-capable bombers to Korea to demonstrate its capacity to wage nuclear war against the North. Last week, US officials revealed that these mo ...

By Jim Marshall Term limits preclude Hamid Karzai from seeking re-election in the Afghan presidential election slated to occur one year from today (parliamentary elections will follow in 2015). So, for the first time since 2001, Afghanistan will soon have a new chief executive along with a new parliament, a leadership transition that has immense implications for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, yet one that ...

By Hussain Nadim "Sooner or later the Americans are going to leave the region. The problem isn't that they will just leave, but that they might abandon the region altogether. That will leave us alone with these thousands of militants to deal with without any international support" This bold statement about Pakistan's militancy problem was given to me by a recently retired military officer in the Pakistan Ar ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Regular campaign for election 2013 has been commenced just after the nomination of Mr. Justice (Retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. As per substantiated views of political analysts, flourishing of democratic system will ultimately bring stability, prosperity. Truly speaking, the democratically elected political leadership will be capable to protect natio ...

Rida Zaheer The first female prime minister in her country's history, Thatcher came to embody a turn toward a free-market political program that sought to unleash economic dynamism through an aggressive program of privatizations and tax reductions. Thatcherism -- as her political program became known to both her supporters and detractors -- would throw off the heavy hand of the state and seek a Britain with ...

Rajesh Roshin  The most awaited event in India this year so far, the opening ceremony of Indian premier League 6 (IPL 6) happened in an ostentatious manner in the gigantic Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata. The event had tremendous crowd pulling performers from Bollywood likeShahrukh khan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and the international star rapper Pitbull. Event comprised of Bollywood stars performing for ...

Rajesh Roshan  Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone has logged a complaint against actor-filmmaker Kamaal R. Khan for misquoting her attributing a controversial rape comment to her on his Twitter page. Recently, we had reported what a big mistake Sunny Leone had made, after she took to Twitter and made acontroversial comment on rape. Soon after Sunny’s tweet, Kamal tweeted, “Ye lo… Sunny Leone says, Rape is ...