The news of execution of 23 Frontier Corps soldiers shocked everyone who were made hostage in 2010 by the Tehrik-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Even the members of TTP’s negotiations Committee were dumbfounded by this brutal act at a time when hope of success of peace dialogue was prevailing. Surprisingly, TTP’s main spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid is coming up with lame excuses to justify gruesome slaying of soldie ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Two Suicide bombers and 4 others terrorists hit the capital just after the announcement of cease fire by TTP. The terrorists started the attack at 09:15 am and kept on playing with the lives of innocent people for about 40 minutes but none of the local security elements reached to the scene and responded the militants.   During this terrorist action 12 killed and 26 injured. The dead incl ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Every one knows that besides facing multi-faceted problems like acute financial crisis, unemployment, so¬c¬ial inequities, lack of security, lack of sound educational base, least technological prowess, loadshading of electricity and gas in wake of continuous acts of terrorism, Pakistan is also coping with external intrigues which are posing serious challenges to  the people as well as the ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                                 After the continued aerial strikes by the Pakistani jets and helicopters which have bombed militants’ hideouts including bomb-making factories in some tribal and surrounding areas of North Waziristan, killing several terrorists, on March 1, this year, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has announced a month-long ceasefire with the government for resumption of ...

By Zaheerul Hassan According to the media reports an Indian soldier has killed five of his colleagues before killing himself in Indian-administered Kashmir. The killing of soldier took place on night February 26, 2014 at a military camp of the Rashtriya Rifles paramilitary force in Safapora village in Ganderbal district about 20km (12 miles) north of the city of Srinagar.  The military authority ordered the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While disagreeing with the past thinkers who say that human nature is aggressive, which radicalizes the youngsters, modern sociologists and psychologists agree that a number of factors such as historical background, cultural setup, education etc. play a key in putting the youth on right direction by deradicalizing them. They opine that these factors including some other ones are essential ...

By Edward Wong and Andrew Jacobsfeb A top American military commander said Saturday that the United States Army was working to start a formal dialogue and exchange program with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army before the end of the year. The commander, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the Army chief of staff, told reporters at a news conference in Beijing that the program was aimed at expanding cooperation and ...

By Gill Plimmer in London and Victor Mallet in New Delhi India imported $1.9bn of military kit from the US last year, making it the biggest foreign buyer of US weapons, according to research from IHS Jane’s. The US, which remained the largest exporter of military equipment, displaced Russia as India’s biggest arms supplier. In total, the US exported $25.2bn of military equipment in 2013, compared with $24.9 ...