by Zaheerul Hassan Majlis-e-Wehdat-e-Muslameen (MWM), Unity Council of Quetta, Shia Ulema Council, All Pakistan Shia Action Committee have called for an end to the nationwide protests and sit ins condemning the Quetta bombing on Tuesday. The Shia leader Allama Amin Shaheedi made this call while addressing the media alongside Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.   Kaira was heading a six member government mission to ...

By Simon Denyer IMPHAL, India — Tens of thousands of Indian troops are deployed to these remote borderlands, their mission to fight a decades-long armed separatist rebellion. But for years, residents here have alleged that security forces have also waged a separate war of rape and murder of civilians, one they continue with impunity because federal law virtually prohibits the prosecution of soldiers in conf ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - According to Daoud Sultanzoy, a former member of the Afghan parliament and political analyst, “The U.S. political climate is such that the administration has to show some sort of good news to justify [the troop exit], and that is dictating what is being shown in terms of progress, even if there isn’t any.” President Obama has repeatedly announced tha ...

Staff Reporter Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Port to remain property of Pakistan, It will become regional hub of trade: Zardari Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - Islamabad—A signing ceremony was held were Monday to hand over Gwadar Port to a Chinese company. The Chinese company will fully assume the responsibility of Gwadar Port. The port will remain proper ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Friday, February 15, 2013 - As US President Barack Obama ponders his second-term foreign policy, he faces jihadists spreading across North Africa, Syria dissolving into chaos, Israelis and Palestinians further apart than ever, Iraq trending toward civil war, Afghanistan mired in corruption and Iran relentlessly accelerating its nuclear program. That may turn out to be the easy stuf ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Monday, February 11, 2013 - This year, ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ was observed under peculiar circumstances. Recent violations of ceasefire have brought the Kashmir conflict under renewed focus at the international level. This dispute has been on the agenda of the UN for more than six decades, it is indeed an unfulfilled obligation of the UN. The government and people of Pakistan con ...

By Rosey Just days after his name appeared in suspected killer Christopher Dorner's manifesto, Charlie Sheen is reaching out to the ex-cop. In a short video, the Anger Management star urged Dorner to contact him, saying, "You mentioned me in your manifesto, so thank you for your kind words. I am urging you to call me." Anderson Cooper receives package from suspected killer Christopher Dorner "Let's figure o ...

By Andrew P. Napolitano After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas – even Americans – claiming the research was so sensitive and so secret that it could not be revealed without serious consequences, the government sent a summary of its legal memos to an ...