Asif Haroon Raja After occupation of Afghanistan in November 2001 by US led western forces and Afghan Northern Alliance force, the US inspired constitution and democracy was pushed down the gullets of Afghans. Ground was prepared for elections and the US spent huge amounts in winning over the loyalties of warlords and to make the elections successful. The first presidential election was held in 2004 which e ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - INDIAN Foreign Minister’s statement stubbornly rejecting third party intervention for the resolution of Kashmir issue soon after the publication of the news quoting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying that he had, in 1999, sought US role in resolving the lingering issue, indicates that New Delhi is not ready to listen to the voice of reason. The statement ...

Posted By Javed Iqbal Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - THE Government, on Sunday, issued yet another ordinance in an attempt to tighten noose around the neck of terrorists and those involved in heinous crimes. The new Ordinance enhances the level of sentences and also envisages establishment of special Police Stations to handle cases relating to terrorism and other crimes of serious nature. It also seeks designa ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Although 27th of October is celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947, yet the issue is still alive due to continued struggle of the Kashmiri people. During the partition of the Sub-continent, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) which comp ...

By Owen Bowcott Deploying drone strikes as a form of global policing undermines international security and will encourage more states and terrorist groups to acquire unmanned weapons, a UN report has warned. The study has been submitted to UN general assembly by Christof Heyns, a South African law professor who is the organisation's special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Alth ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Shining India is losing its shiny finish and its rapidly surging economy has begun to plummet. The ruling Congress is roiled in mega corruption and sex scandals and so is the Indian military. Rape is in high fashion with New Delhi in the lead. Senior Army officers are involved in sex scandals and corruption. Besides frequent cases of rape, wife swapping and group sexes were reported by I ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat  At this critical hour when Pakistan’s internal and external crises have intensified, the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the United States and meeting with the President Barack Obama at the White House on October 23, this year is of great significance in wake of rapidly changing scenario in this region. In the recent years, Pak-US ties have passed through various ups and downs, a ...

By Abu Ezaan Halford Mackinder's concepts have assumed classic status in the world of political geography today. One of the most significant ideas of Mackinder, which is often referred to, states that control of Eastern Europe would bring command of the ‘Heartland,’ thus control of the ‘World-Island’ (Eurasia), and ultimately the ‘World’. The South Asia, particularly Pakistan and Afghanistan being part of t ...