By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_3149" align="alignright" width="393"] Pakistani COAS inspecting Guard in Russia[/caption] Recently, Pakistan’s analysts made misperceived speculations about the postponement of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scheduled visit to Islamabad. He had to participate in the summit, comprising Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, which was also cancelled. Some ...

Asif Haroon Raja I had the opportunity of meeting Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne in his office who was among my bright students in 1982 Command & Staff Course Quetta. It was indeed heartening to note that unlike so many others, power and pelf had not intoxicated him. Despite his shoulders laden with four stars and the aura of his powerful appointment; he was co ...

By David Wood [caption id="attachment_3132" align="alignright" width="312"] Search of IED's[/caption] david.wood@huffingtonpost.comWASHINGTON -- In more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the United States military has failed to defeat the insurgents' main weapon -- the IED, or roadside bomb -- and has been unable to prevent the spread of a deadly new Taliban tactic, the so-called "insider" attacks by Afg ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3128" align="alignright" width="357"] Sikhs Gathering in US[/caption] All India Sikhs Students Federation (AISSF) has approached Sri Akal Takhat Sahib urging to issue directive declaring November 01 as "Sikh Genocide Day" and asking the community to commemorate the same internationally. In a request submitted to Sri Akal Takhat Sahib victims of November 1984 ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3122" align="alignright" width="270"] Pakistan Reached into T20 Semi Final[/caption] India beat South Africa by one run Tuesday but still crashed out of the World Twenty20 as Pakistan went through to the semi-finals by virtue of a higher run rate. Pakistan will meet host Sri Lanka in the first semi-final in Colombo on Thursday while Australia, who went through on r ...

Speakers and participants of a seminar were unanimous in an interaction with a delegation of US anti-war activists visiting Pakistan at the Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad that US drone strikes in Pakistan were a clear violation of international laws, human rights and depict an absence of conscience among the strategy leaders in both US and Pakistan. Senior member of the delegation and former US army ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Indian Army (approx. 1,380,000)   is the second-largest standing military in the world whereas the United States of American Army (477800) is not even half of it. However according to international media   Indian Army is on the top in global crimes list  due to its insolvent in  bribery, sexual harassment, war crimes, killing, injuring and raping  of innocent Kashmiries, Sikhs, Maoists, C ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Quoting some top US officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on September 26, this year that the US has Pakistan’s tacit consent for the CIA-operated drone strikes. While showing contradiction, the Journal elaborated that over these strikes, Pakistan “government’s silence and clearing of airspace interprets acquiescence as a green light.” The Journal added, “Top legal adviser Harold Koh ...