In today’s date suicide bombing is a curse familiar to all and is being used to terrorize people psychologically. Suicide bombing first originated as a political tool in the 1980s,in 1982, radical elements of the Shiite resistance in southern Lebanon joined together in the Bekka Valley to form Hezbollah. After that the trend picked up popularity among many terrorist groups as a way to achieve their m ...

[caption id="attachment_1950" align="alignright" width="133"] Nato Supply Routes through Pakistan[/caption] Amina Mazhar On the 4th of July 2012 the cabinet endorsed the decision of the DCC to reopen the NATO supplies that were closed for the last seven months when the US apologized for the Salala check post attack, which resulted in the martyrdom of our troops. This decision can have far reaching consequen ...

CHAMAN: The first truck carrying supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan has crossed the Pakistani border after a seven-month closure of the supply routes by Pakistan ended earlier this week. The reopening is a rare bright spot in relations between the US  and Pakistan, which had closed the routes in retaliation for American airstrikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani border troops. Disagree ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With the formal apology from the United States, saying “sorry” as expressed by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in relation to Salala incident which killed 24 soldiers on November 26, last year at Army outpost in Pakistan, Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on July 3, allowed reopening of the NATO supply route across Pakistan to Afghanistan. In this regard, Pakistan’s Foreign ...

Sajjad Shaukat After the second visit of the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan General John Allen at Islamabad in a week, Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on July 3, this year allowed reopening of the NATO supply route across Pakistan to Afghanistan after it accepted US apology over the Salala incident which killed 24 soldiers on Army outpost in Pakistan, last year. But there is no guarantee ...

Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 3, 2012 This morning, I spoke by telephone with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. I once again reiterated our deepest regrets for the tragic incident in Salala last November. I offered our sincere condolences to the families of the Pakistani soldiers who lost their lives. Foreign Minister Khar and I acknowledged the mi ...

Eschmall Sardar, Pakistan and the US looked close to a breakthrough as the meeting of Defence Committee of Cabinet came to on the heels of overnight talks between top Pakistan and US officials to narrow down their differences. It was the second time in less than a week that the ISAF Commander, John Allen, landed in Pakistan to help break the impasse on restoration of NATO supplies. He, along with US deputy ...

Zaheerul Hassan US coming elections are influencing Khaleeji politics and also pressurized to European allies to put embargo on Iranian oil shipment to the other countries. In this connection, European Union restriction on Iranian oil imports came into effect on First day of July 2012. In this response, the Iranian parliament drafted a bill to block oil shipments to countries cooperating in punitive sanctio ...