Shibani Mahtani European Pressphoto Association Protestors in hold banners and shout slogans during a protest against Myanmar’s treatment of the ethnic minority Rohingyas in Karachi, Pakistan. Myanmar is no stranger to criticism from Western nations and human rights groups, some of whom still approach the once-reclusive nation with caution despite major economic and social reforms there over the past year. ...

By William Byrd The Tokyo meeting on Afghanistan of July 8 exceeded expectations in terms of both the total civilian aid funding indicated by donors ($16 billion over four years, or $4 billion per year on average) and the commitments agreed to by the Afghan government. This favorable outcome in turn has generated expectations for the future.  "Mutual accountability" is the framework for implementation estab ...

[caption id="attachment_2438" align="alignright" width="399"] Officials Signing Restoration of NATO Supply[/caption] Asif Haroon Raja Closure of NATO supply routes by Pakistan as a reaction to Salala attack slumped Pak-US relations to all time low. It looked that if Pakistan further stretched the blockade, the agitating US might lose its patience and go for another unilateral military action, or completely ...

 Seven  people have been killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple in the US with the suspected gunman shot dead by police. The shooting took place on Sunday morning at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, outside the city of Milwaukee. Police said five [caption id="attachment_2459" align="alignright" width="223"] Individual from a Sikh family sitting sad after attack[/caption] were found dead inside the temple and th ...

SajjadShaukat                                                                  During his three-day visit to the United States, the DG of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam met CIA Director David Petraeus and senior American officials including lawmakers, especially emphasising upon them to halt drone attacks on Pakistan’s tribal region. It was his first official visit and of any ...

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor UN Security Council   23 April 2012 Posted By : Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2451" align="alignright" width="244"] Israel Flag[/caption] Thank you, Madame President. Let me begin by thanking you, personally, for your outstanding leadership of the Security Council this month. Churchill once said, “In the time that it takes a lie to get halfway around the world, t ...

By Zaheerul Hassan A 23 former Air hostess of domestic a private airline has reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Ashok Vihar in North-West Delhi. According to the reports late Gitika Sharma has named Haryana minister Gopal Kanda in her suicide note. The police have registered a case of abetment of suicode against the minister.  Notably, Gitika was working for MDLR Airlines wh ...

 Asif Haroon Raja Before the attacks on Kabul on 13 September 2011 and murder of Burhanuddin Rabbani on 20 September by the Taliban, the US was counting on Pakistan for a breakthrough in talks with Haqqanis led by Sirajuddin. Some meetings between Sirajuddin and America Officials Signing Restoration of NATO Supplyn officials had been arranged by ISI in some Gulf States to arrive at a political settlement. B ...