By Stephen M. Walt My colleague Nicholas Burns has a smart column in today's Boston Globe, where he makes the obvious but important point that "the United States should do all it can to avoid war" with Iran. His central theme is that war is not in the U.S. national interest, and that Washington should seize the diplomatic initiative and not allow itself to get buffaloed into a war by Israel. In his words: " ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2585" align="alignright" width="194"] Kamra Air Base[/caption] Nine armed terrorists equipped with guns and rocket launchers attacked Pakistani air force base before dawn (2:00 Am) on 16 August 2012. Air Force commandos successfully countered and killed all terrorists. The base is known as home to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex that assembles Mirage and, with Ch ...

By Sajjad Shaukat A Gallup survey for the UK international official body, Department for International Development (DFID) conducted on July 20, this year, revealed that the vast majority of the Baloch people oppose the idea of an independent Balochistan. According to the survey, 67 percent of the people of Balochistan including Baloch and Pashtuns, oppose independence and support greater provincial autonomy ...

ATTOCK: Seven heavily armed militants stormed the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra during the early hours of Thursday, sparking an intense gun battle lasting almost five hours. The militants were said to be armed with automatic weapons, grenades and suicide vests. Intense exchange of fire between militants and security forces ensued after the attackers infiltrated the base, located in Atto ...

Posted  By : Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2570" align="alignright" width="226"] Syria[/caption]   A NUN who has been superior at a Syrian monastery for the past 18 years has warned that media coverage of ongoing violence in that country has been “partial and untrue”. It is “a fake”, Mother Agnes Mariam said, which “hides atrocities committed in the name of liberty and democracy”.   Supe ...

  "ROBBED" SIKH NATION, "annexed" TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, ON 15th AUGUST DAY, 1947, THE BLACK DAY FOR THE SIKHS & MINORITIES [caption id="attachment_2566" align="alignright" width="153"] Sikh Nation Faced brutality in June 1984[/caption] Awatar Singh Sekhon (Machaki)*   Just before the end of 15th August, 1947, the "annexed" Sikh Nation, PUNJAB to the British Empire on 29th March, 1849, the Sik ...

 by Umar Hayat The strategic importance of Pakistan is unique as it bridges important regions like Middle East, CARs, South Asia and Southeast Asia having common borders with China, India, Iran and Afghanistan. It also bridges energy abundant Middle East and Iran and energy wanting China and India. China. Pakistan offers the shortest route of 2600 kilometers as compared to Iran (4500 kilometers) or Turkey ( ...

[caption id="attachment_2556" align="alignright" width="264"] Pakistan Aircraft[/caption] By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistani nation has celebrated its 66th Independence Day on 14 August, 2012 with full enthusiasm. Every Independence Day always infused new spirit in me. Last midnight of 13-14 August, rounding up of Lahore city with the family in the company of  82 years old Squadron Leader, Retired Abdul Ali Shauk ...