By Faheem Belharvi Despite bitter opposition from the US and warnings of economic sanctions, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad on 11 March 2013 officially inaugurated construction work of a delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline. The ceremony, which the President's office described as a 'big event', was held in the Iranian border city of Chabahar. Both Presidents were ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although peace and brinksmanship cannot co-exist in the modern era, yet India seeks to destabilise South Asia through its aggressive designs. In this regard, in its report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) disclosed on March 20, 2012, “India is the world’s largest recipient of arms…India’s imports of major weapons increased by 38 percent between 2002-06 and 2007 ...

By Philip Giraldi "Antiwar"  - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has just completed its annual gala in Washington. A reported thirteen thousand AIPAC supporters reportedly cheered the latest efforts to make Israel America’s most favored nation. A small group of demonstrators was generally ignored though Scott McConnell reports that some protesters were spat upon by those filing in to cele ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch The Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley made   hard hitting remarks, ‘India is being kicked around internationally’ may not be said so lightly and without political reason. Though, Mr.Arun Jaitley must have done so on foreign policy of India to let down the government of United Parties Alliance (UPA) keeping in mind to take the advantage of the coming ...

      By Sajjad Shaukat Although sectarian violence in Pakistan has gradually increased which took the lives of several persons, yet it has become fiercer. The religious minority sects and communities remain under constant threat of bloody attacks from the misguided Sunni extremists and the banned outfits. Besides a perennial wave of sectarian attacks, on March 3, this year, the deadly twin blasts killed mo ...

 Asif Haroon Raja Making an assessment of the Pakistan’s obtaining internal and external environment, it will not be wrong to say that the situation is far more critical than what it had been in 1970-71. At that time it was only eastern wing which was in turmoil. Rebellious Mukti Bahinis were in league with India and Soviet Union was in backup support. But now Pakistan is up against Indo-US-Israel-UK-Afghan ...

Maj. Gen. Kochavi tells Herzliya Conference Syria's president has yet to give order to use the weapons, but preparations for use are advanced; on Iran, says Tehran does not think attack on nuclear facilities is likely anytime soon. By Gili Cohen The head of Israel's military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, said on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing to make use of his chemical wea ...

by Zaheerul Hassan 73% Americans have shown distrust on federal government due to contradictories policies over various national and international issues. In this connection, irc.com has prepared a report that is being published here as it is for the consumption of the readers. According to a new poll shows that 73 percent of Americans distrust the decisions made by the federal government – a number that ha ...