By Sajjad Shaukat When during the Musharraf regime, Pakistan government initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in the Balochistan province in March 2002 with Chinese assistance, a siren went off in the capitals of the United States, India and Israel. The US took it as a threat to its global plans, and India felt that it threatened its integrity. Israel also took it as a greater threat from an Isl ...

Sherry Rehman In 2008, the people of Pakistan were successful in their struggle for democracy, even though we lost our leader, Benazir Bhutto, in the campaign against terrorism and extremism, as she bravely led the way to representative government. As I fielded the rush of global messages condoling her death, I will never forget that the highest number came from the U.S. Congress extolling her lifelong, cou ...

By Brian Fung Tokyo officials are relying on retirees and aging ships to fill a temporary shortfall in coast guard manpower -- a move that reveals the broader limits of Japan's capabilities. As China keeps extending its interests abroad, some predict that neighboring countries will form a coalition to counter it. Any of three states could take the lead on building such an alliance: India, South Korea, or Ja ...

Mars Rover Curiosity Explores 'Yellowknife Bay' After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River." Snake River is a thin curving line of darker rock cutting through flatter rocks and jutting above sand. Curiosity's science team plans to get a closer look at it before proceeding to other nearby ro ...

 By Roohi Davi India skipper MS Dhoni is in doubt for the inconsequential third ODI against Pakistan because of a sore back, sources told CNN-IBN before BCCI confirmed the news in a media release. The match, to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday, is a dead rubber after Pakistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Dhoni, who has been India's only in-form batsman in the two match ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan There was drama at former Army Chief General VK Singh's residence in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon when a Signals Unit reportedly went to remove the army exchange and lines at his house in Mandir Marg at Delhi Cantonment. Sources told CNN-IBN that the General Singh's wife objected to the removal of the devices without any notice and in deference to this request, the team returned ...

By Patrick O’Connor Marking the first US drone attacks of 2013, the Obama administration ordered two separate missile bombardments in Pakistan and Yemen on Wednesday and Thursday. The latest attacks demonstrate that the drawdown of US-led occupying forces in Afghanistan will be accompanied by an expansion of illegal drone operations across the Middle East. At least 16 people were reported killed, all allege ...

Book Review: Kavneet Singh M.K.Dhar a Bengali Brahmin of East Pakistani extraction tells his tale of 29 years of serving in the India’s Intelligence Bureau while being a field operator. Armed with a degree in Journalism Dhar joined the Indian Police service in 1965. He eventually got inducted into the Intelligence Bureau (IB) based on his professional service. Chapter 1-9: Dhar in these several chapters wea ...