By Sajjad Shaukat Malpractices and scandals in connection with the Indian civil officials have already come to surface from time to time, but these are not confined to them, even Indian armed forces are also plagued with corruption. Although lower-ranking officers of the Indian Army were found involved in various kinds of malpractices, yet involvement of the highest-ranking officers like generals, particula ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India's government faced fierce criticism by the media and the opposition on December 30, 2011, after it failed to push through its flagship anti-corruption law in the upper house of parliament. In this regard, the Indian Express daily said that the ruling coalition had "egg on its face", while the Mail Today indicated that the law was now "in cold storage." Recently, the opposition accuse ...

By Dr Raja Muhammad Khan The colonial America fought for its independence from 1775 to 1783, from Great Britain, a super power of the time, which had colonized most of the world. In American history, this war is known as the 'American War of Independence', or else, the 'Revolutionary War'. Since there was no world body like UN at that time, therefore even in the absence of any global rule or a defined chart ...

By Faheem Belharvi At the beginning of the new millennium, we gather here in Boao, Hainan Province, in the People's Republic of China to review the economic and social challenges facing Asia. We recognize the importance of developing Asian perspectives on emerging issues and challenges facing Asia. We further recognize the need for sustained efforts to promote greater interdependence and economic integratio ...

By Sajjad Shaukat At this critical hour, when joint session of the Pakistani Parliament is debating over the 40 recommendations, made by the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) to review country's foreign policy in general and the new relationship with the United States in particular in the backdrop of deliberate attacks on Salala outposts which killed 24 Pakistani troops on November 26 last ...

By Rida Zaheer A long awaited campaign against stealers of intellectual property has been launched by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The countrywide crackdown on corporate users of unlicensed computer software would defiantly curb the menace of piracy and also attract foreign financiers to invest in the speedy growing IT field. It is an established fact that manufacturing companies in Brazil, Russia an ...

By Zaheerul Hassan After tabling resolution on Balochistan Issue on February 17, 2012, by US House of Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and supporting undercover NGO's mission at the occasion of 19th session of United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), have left no doubt that US and her ally India are making serious efforts to create an 'Independent Great Balochistan" (comprising of Iranian, Paki ...

Modern India is economically and strategically buoyant, and has every reason to feel confident as the 21st century progresses. So it's strange to think that this same confident place is developing an inferiority complex over China's military power. Never mind that New Delhi just announced a hefty 13 percent defense budget increase for 2012-13, or that the country is now the world's biggest importer of milit ...