Posted By Zaheerul Hassan According to the media reports , Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment plant, the UN nuclear watchdog says, a defiant step which will worry Western powers ahead of a resumption of talks with Tehran next week. In a confidential report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said 180 so-called IR-2m centrifuges and empty centrifuge casin ...

ISLAMABAD - Voicing support for the continuity of democratic process in Pakistan, the military has dispelled the reports that it favours the postponement of the forthcoming general elections. “Pakistan Army puts its weight behind the democratic process in Pakistan,” said Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa during an informal interaction with a select group ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of Pakistan. By virtue of its location, it acts as a strategic bridge for Chinese and Central Asian States down south to the warmer shores of north Arabian seas and beyond. However, the Gilgit-Baltistan remains vulnerable to spill-overs of India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir, US war in Afghanistan and Indo-US connivance to thwart Chinese influe ...

The doings in the US Senate over the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense are illustrative of many things, not all of which are what they seem to be at first glance. We have a few days now before this plays out, and therefore an opportunity to reflect on the dynamics at work here. By Alan Sabrosky February 20, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  I won't bore everyone with a b ...

 Asif Haroon Raja The sudden demise of Quaid-e-Azam on September 11, 1948 left the nation stricken with grief and added to the travails of Pakistan but provided an opportunity to India to put its plan to undo Pakistan into motion. Hardly had he closed his eyes when the hidden demented forces of hate and greed who had remained suppressed under the awe-inspiring personality of Quaid, surfaced and started to d ...

 Asif Haroon Raja When the US and its allies failed to impose a military solution, and its sinister plan to pitch Taliban against Al-Qaeda, or to divide Taliban by categorizing them as good and bad Taliban and making them fight against each other also failed, and morale of ISAF troops started sinking because of prolonged stay in battle zone, home sickness, rising battle casualties, suicide cases and psychia ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Thursday, February 21, 2013 - Given that Afghanistan has been in a state of war for nearly 35 years, only a broad-based reconciliation can resolve the fighting. Peace talks are a vital part of that process. Here are five factors necessary to achieving a sustainable peace in Afghanistan. (1) All Afghans need to be represented in peace talks, whether those participants be the governm ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Nationwide demonstrators, strikes and sit-in protests by the Shias enveloped various cities and towns of the country for four days in reaction to the deadly suicide attack which killed more than 100 persons of the Hazara Shias in Quetta at Kirani Road, Hazara Town, on February 17, this year. Even, leaders of the Sunni political and religious parties strongly condemned the incident, express ...