by Franklin Lamb [caption id="attachment_3391" align="alignright" width="326"] Middle East[/caption] BEIRUT — Congresswoman Illena Ros-Lehtinen will have her hands full as she makes the political and social rounds at this month’s Republican National Convention.  Illena is the only female committee chair in the House of Representatives and arguably Israel’s most ardent agent.  She is a constant thorn in the ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Obama and Romney in their last debates agreed to the existing policies of war against terror. They decided to continue with the ruthless drone attacks in Pakistani border areas of FATA. It would not be wrong in saying that the last president anal   debate of U.S. candidates caused disappointment in Muslim Ummah. Both the candidates are not realizing, that drone attacks are counterproducti ...

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_3363" align="alignright" width="313"] Chief Justice of Pakistan hearing the Case of Missing Persons of Balochistan[/caption] Amidst the murky environment in strife-torn Baluchistan, sudden appearance of Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader Akhtar Mengal from his self-imposed exile since 2009 was a surprise for many. He is relatively moderate and wants to settle gr ...

 by Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3335" align="alignright" width="322"] Grossman - Hina Rabbani Khar[/caption] Pakistan has convincingly taken up the issue of cross-border attacks from Afghanistan with US special envoy Marc Grossman, and sought his help in persuading the Afghan government and ISAF to quell insurgents’ infiltrations into Pakistan side, diplomatic sources said on Sunday. “The civil ...

Letter to Editor According to an exclusive report published in leading daily, the Taliban have threatened various top-ranking working journalists and TV anchorpersons to either stop spitting out venom against them or get ready for the consequences. That means: (a) the war on terror has further expanded; (b) the threat is not restricted to security forces personnel or general masses but it is now out to take ...

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_3321" align="alignright" width="286"] Great Pakistani Balochistan[/caption] Balochistan despite being the richest province of Pakistan in terms of natural resources has remained backward and neglected. There have been sporadic spurts of violence unleashed by the Baloch nationalists who are convinced that their resources are being plundered by other provinces and reso ...

[caption id="attachment_3269" align="alignright" width="178"] US President Obama[/caption] Letter To Editor Criticism against America is coming from within and outside. Former President Jimmy Carter’s latest tirade against the Obama administration is worth mentioning. "The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights." Carter added: "Revelations that top officials are targetin ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat The barbaric and cowardly attack by the Taliban on teenager Malala Yousafzai, a child educator and National Peace Award winner critically injured her in Mingora town of Swat, while she was returning home from school on a van on October 9. Two of her school friends were also injured in the assault. Malala’s campaign for right of women’s education continued during a two-year Taliban insurg ...