FAHEEM BELHARVI THERE is keen competition among developed and developing countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). This drive to lure investment often extends to the subnational level, with different regional authorities pursuing their own strategies and assembling their own baskets of incentives to attract new investments. Various reforms and strategies have been implemented, with mixed results ...

By Sajjad Shaukat These are delicate hours in Pak-US ties as Pakistan’s diplomats are negotiating a complex issue of resumption of NATO supply routes across the country in wake of the heightening political noise inside the country on one hand and badly needed financial support on the other hand. It is notable that in the recent months, a number of American diplomats including NATO chief visited Islamabad an ...

Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Sherry Rehman has said that Islamabad is looking at 'positive conversation' about reopening of NATO supply routes during the Chicago Summit. Rehman, however, stressed that it would be pre-mature to say when the trucks will resume supply. During an interview with CNN, she also said that 'Pakistan is still demanding President Barrack Obama's apology over killing of 24 soldier ...

Alex Thomas Chicago police and security personal are set for what they seem to believe will be a full scale battle with protesters during this weekends NATO Summit. With numerous protest groups set to launch widespread protests throughout the weekend, the police state is out like never before. In a move eerily reminiscent of the Soviet Union and East Germany, multiple activists were arrested and literally d ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Finding that Pak Army was not mending its ways and continuing to defy Washington’s commands that were against the interest of Pakistan, NATO struck a deadly blow to it at Salala on the night of 26 November and killed 24 soldiers and injured 13. This disgraceful attack was launched to terrorize an ally and to sound the Army that such like unilateral attacks would continue in future if it ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Four years back in 2008, I came across    comments of an American in some blog. In those comments he opined that “the only solution of terrorism is to eliminate Islam and burn the Quran”.  In those days, I thought that it was the opinion of one extremist individual. But today after reading the news in Western and US media, I think, it is by design that US masses and their army is being ed ...

Nazia Nazar Maoists had abducted collector Alex Paul Menon from Sukma district of Chhattisgarh when he was holding a meeting as part of the government’s outreach programme ‘Special Gram Suraj Abhiyan’. Maoists demanded release of eight jailed leaders, including two women in Chhattisgarh and a halt to anti-Naxal operation for the release of Menon. He was released after 12 days but the details of the swap wer ...

Brig (Retd) Said Nazir Mohmand The Pak-US relations have always been oscillating between two extremes. There are different misnomers attached to this relationship, some vague in perspective and some true in retrospect. The hug is so deep and strong that Pakistan is oxygenated to be independent of atmospheric oxygen and the kick is so odd to be embarrassing. The synonyms to this relationship could be that of ...