[caption id="" align="alignright" width="224"] A Mukti Bani Commando killing Bihari muslim[/caption] Asif Haroon Raja Going through the political history of Pakistan, one is constrained to learn that till 1956 Pakistan was without a constitution and it banked upon Government of India Act as an interim instrument to govern the country. It cannot be denied that all elections held in Pakistan were rigged. The ...

Ishaal Zehra Hilarious, but true.  Government of Bangladesh, or should I say Shaikh Hasina’s government, intends to arrange the 4th phase of honouring the “Foreign Friends of Bangladesh” who supported the liberation war. The grand ceremony is on 15th December 2012 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre where Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends for their outstanding contributions ...

U.S. to "sell" Israel munitions to renew stock after Operation Pillar of Defense By StephenManual ---------- Israel is one of the largest United States military and civil aid receivers. The US has been providing huge military funds to Israel, besides providing the country with sophisticated weapons and modern gadgets. According to a latest deal, the United States is going to sell munitions worth $647 millio ...

By Mohammad Jamil Renowned anchorperson and columnist Hamid Mir in his column carried by national Urdu daily captioned jasoos idaray aur sahafi (Intelligence agencies and journalists), reproduced what Mariana Babar had earlier mentioned in her write-up: “Two persons from MI came to her residence. After politely introducing themselves, they told her that they were collecting some basic data about journalists ...

By Roger More LONDON: All five members of legendary British pop group The Spice Girls braved sub-zero conditions to greet fans on the red carpet at the opening night of stage musical Viva Forever in London on Tuesday. Geri "Ginger" Halliwell, Emma "Baby" Bunton, Victoria "Posh" Beckham, Mel "Sporty" C and Mel "Scary" B were joined by show creator Jennifer Saunders to meet hoards of screaming fans at the Pic ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat In his second tenure, it was expected that the US President Barack Obama would reassess American controversial foreign policy, especially by ceasing CIA-operated drone attacks on Pakistan. But these aerial strikes continue on Pak tribal areas. It is mentionable that Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam who visited America in August, 2012, emphatic ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Fish play a far more important role as contributors of nutrients to marine ecosystems than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Georgia and Florida International University. In a pair of papers in the journal Ecology, they show that fish contribute more nutrients to their local ecosystems than any other source-enough to cause changes in the growth rates ...

This Mapping Document draws on ten expert papers commissioned under the CIDOB project “Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Perspective” (STAP RP), together with the analytical outputs of project round table seminars and in-region research (September 2011-November 2012); and interviews with a wide range of stakeholders in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe over the same period. The doc ...