Posted by Faheem Belharvi Monday, March 04, 2013 - United States has its fixed policies and objectives, which always revolves around its national interests. This is irrespective of the fact that who guards the White House; Democrats or Republicans. In the context of South Asia or Subcontinent, there is yet another misperception that some officials within the US administration are either pro-India or pro-Pak ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja   Apart from hostile eastern border which has remained a chronic security concern for Pakistan since its inception, Pakistan’s western border has also remained a source of constant irritation and anxiety. To begin with, settled issue of Durand Line was willfully converted into a dispute and Pakhtunistan stunt was played up with the help of former NAP later renamed as ANP. Khan Brothers ...

By Sajjad Shaukat A recently released video by Washington Free Beacon pointed out that the US new Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel disclosed during a speech at Oklahoma’s CameronUniversity in 2011, “India has always used Afghanistan as a second front” and “has over the years financed problems for Pakistan on that side of the border.” Earlier, the then NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. McChrystal had revea ...

By Felix Imonti March 01, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - "OilPrice" -  Russia is back.  President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains a global power.  He is making his stand in Syria. The Soviet Union acquired the Tardus Naval Port in Syria in 1971 without any real purpose for it.  With their ships welcomed in Algeria, Cuba or Vietnam, Tardus was too insignificant to be de ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Friday, March 01, 2013 - Despite a long drawn and contentious nomination process, twice wounded Vietnam War veteran Chuck Hagel has finally been confirmed by the Senate as the new US Secretary of Defense, succeeding Leon Panetta. Chuck Hagel’s narrow 58 to 41 vote confirmation came about after delays because of objections to his views on Middle East security and the administration’ ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Supports grand jirga efforts for promoting peace in FATA   APC calls for immediate peace talks with Taliban Friday, March 01, 2013 - Islamabad—The All Parties Conference (APC) organized by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) has issued a declaration which backs efforts of the grand jirga for promoting peace in FATA. “Pakistan’s government should take immediate ...

By: Sikander Shaheen Hallmarked with renewed commitments, reprioritised relationships, invariable highs and sinking lows, Pakistan’s defence sector had been the centre-stage of dramatic turn of events in the year 2012. Not only the external strategic pressures but the challenges from within as well predominantly marked the chronology of happenings on the defence side. With the standoff between Islamabad and ...

IT WAS 34 years ago that Park Geun-hye left Cheong wa Dae (the “Blue House”), South Korea's presidential mansion. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was the autocratic strongman who led the "miracle on the Han river" in the 1960s and 70s. From 1974 until 1979, when he was assassinated, his daughter served as his first lady. Since she won a perfectly democratic election in December 2012, she returned to the Blue Ho ...