US Says Iran Fired on US Drone Over Gulf

By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says an Iranian military plane fired upon, but did not hit, an unarmed U.S. drone aircraft a week ago in what a spokesman said was international airspace over the Persian Gulf. Pentagon press secretary George Little disclosed the incident was disclosed Thursday. Little said the drone aircraft was performing "routine surveillance" and was about 16 miles off ...

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Israel security officials against Iran attack

Israel’s prime minister ordered the military to go on high alert for a looming attack on Iran’s nuclear program two years ago, but backed off following strong objections from senior security officials, a respected Israeli news program reported The report exposed a deep rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top security officials over the wisdom of attacking Iran but also indicated that Isra ...

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Pakistan Defence Exhibition-2012

By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan’ 7th Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) opened at Karachi Expo Centre Wednesday show casing locally manufactured military equipment. Some of the major indigenously developed products being showcased in IDEAS-2012 include main battle tank Al Khalid, JF 17 Thunder fighter aircraft, jet trainer aircraft and UAVs in addition to other armaments and communication equipment. While i ...

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Obama or Romney: Who will Win?

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan If either Romney or Obama dominates the Electoral College the race could be called at 9:00 pm Central Time (CT), or 10 pm Eastern Time (ET) when the polls have closed in Colorado, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin and Texas. However, given the close nature of the race according to the polls, the more likely “call time” for the race will be 10:00 pm Mountain Time (MT) or later when poll ...

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U.S. Presidential Elections: Public Opinion

By Jude Fernando The outcome of the United States Presidential elections is too close to call. Yet, three presidential debates reinforced the perception among informed voters that Mitt Romney is both a weak and most unpredictable candidate.  He does not grasp the complexities of the economy—a failing he obscures by refusing to be clear about his policies. His continual self-contradiction and his appeal to t ...

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Misguiding the Baloch People

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_3455" align="alignright" width="244"] Hanna lake snow Quetta[/caption] After taking cognisance of the general pardon announced by the Pakistan government for the Baloch separatist leaders, and favaourable hearings of the  Supreme Court of Pakistan about the missing persons of the province of Balochistan, holding Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligen ...

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Obama and Romney Debate: Disappointed Muslims

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 ...

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Fazlullah group behind attack on Malala

  [caption id="attachment_3360" align="alignright" width="253"] Malala being transfered to UK[/caption] Asif Haroon RajaAttack on 14 years old Malala Yousafzai in Swat was a hideous act which has rightly been condemned by great majority. It generated an extraordinary sympathy blitz both in Pakistan and rest of the world and also evoked vociferous denunciation against the perpetrators. She captured atte ...

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