Posted by Belharvi Sir Creek, a 96km narrow piece of water between India’s Gujarat state and Pakistan’s Sind province, is a contentious issue, which has plagued the two nations for decades. Historically, Pakistan considers it to be its sovereign territory because when a dispute arose between Sind and the Kutch Durbar, in 1914 a settlement was made on the basis of a compromise; the Sind government foregoing ...

Posted by Belharvi EXTREMISM is one thing as a debatable philosophy, and quite another in its barbaric, physical manifestation. Two examples of the latter, as the world exited 2012, were particularly blood-curdling. The Pakistani Taliban killed the 22 Levies they had abducted, and in Nigeria, Boko Haram marauders slit the throats of a number of men, women and children. The Taliban and Boko Haram both claim ...

Posted by P Mukherjee Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - Nothing new or unusual happened on the night 16th December 2012 at a busy road of Delhi as it is a routine affair. But, another daughter of India namely Nirbhaya, a 23 years physiotherapy student belonging to lower caste “Dalit”, was tortured along with her colleague for complete 35 minutes after which she was raped by six persons. Her internal organs were ...

By Stephen Kinzer January 01, 2013 "The Guardian" --  What do Nebraska and Iran have in common? Not much – but enough to cause big trouble for former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, whose possible nomination to be secretary of defense is being challenged by the powerful bomb-Iran-yesterday lobby. Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, ...

Posted by Belharvi On December 20, 2012, Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a fair trial legislative bill, authorising the state to intercept private communications to identify and apprehend terrorists, and consequently officially or legally pave the way for the government to tap phones and use text messages and emails as evidence in courts. With this, the concerned authorities can now intercept emails, SM ...

Posted by Tommy Francis Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - Talking to media, Defence Secretary Lt General (R) Asif Yasin Malik on Friday said: “The United States and Britain are against Pakistan’s nuclear programme and the CIA uses ‘foreign agencies’ for its operations in Pakistan. He also claimed that they had ‘complete information’ of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents working in Pakistan, and US had p ...

Posted by Sumera Sani Iran is slowing down uranium enrichment efforts, signalling that it wants to avoid direct confrontation over its nuclear programme, the New York Times has reported. Some powers, including the US and officials in other Western countries, believe Iran is now interested in a deal to end the standoff with West. According to the New York Times, the action has led some analysts to conclude t ...

Professor  Ali  Sukhanver While going through the details of suicide attack on Asadullah Khalid, the Intelligence Chief of Afghanistan, one feels that Khalid was strolling somewhere in a public park or enjoying a cup of hot Afghani Qahwa in a café along some deserted highway; he was not at a guesthouse used by the National Directorate of Security in a heavily guarded area of the capital Kabul. How could it ...