By Sajjad Shaukat Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Balochistan’s Gwadar deep-seaport is close to the Strait of Hormuz from where more than 17 million barrels of oil passes every day. Its ideal location among three key regions, South Asia, the oil-rich Middle East, and oil and gas-resourced Central Asia has further increased its strategic significance. Its development with Chinese assistanc ...

By  Muhammad Daim Fazil The simmering Big Three row in game of gentlemen, cricket, has turned into possibly the biggest intimidation to the game since the 1970 fiasco when South Africa was barred from playing cricket until 1992. South Africa returned to mainstream of the game because money was not extensively involved at that time. However, contemporary blow is not confined to one nation; rather it has ster ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Throughout the country, in the last 15 days more than 120 people have been killed in various terrorists’ actions. As usually, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took the responsibility of killing innocent people, including persons of security forces. On 13 February 2014, TTP terrorists planted a bomb in the van and blown it off when police bus, carrying commandoes reached near to explosive ...

By Rida Zaheer TTP terrorist planted a bomb in the van and blown it off when police bus carrying commandoes reached near to the van in Karachi. 13 police commandos killed and at least 57 injured at least 57 on 13 February 2014. According the reports the  explosion took place near the exit of the Razzaqabad Police Training Centre in Shah Latif Town area just as a police bus was leaving the premises. The bus ...

by Abu Ezaan [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="418"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption]   Pakistan has undeniably suffered the most with the ongoing Afghan instability, and as mainly prophesied, the trend is not expected to change in the foreseeable future. Notwithstanding the countless sacrifices, Pakistan continues to be projected as the part of problem and pointed finger at for every ...

By  Muhammad Daim Fazil National game hockey, which was once considered the pride and glory of the nation, now has become tarnish on country’s sports. Sixty six years of splendid hockey are over, the team which holds four World Cups and 3 Champions Trophy along with dozens of other unbreakable records, has failed in a bid to even qualify for hockey World Cup of 2014. 3rd place in the 9th Asia Cup was not su ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Past experience proves that the youth played a key role in the nation-building of the developed countries, while pulling them out of any crisis due to their zeal and zest. Unlike the developed countries, Pakistan has been facing multi-faceted problems such as acute financial crisis, poverty, unemployment, so¬c¬ial inequities, lack of security, loadshading of electricity and gas in wake of ...

 By  Sajjad Shaukat From time to time, shift occurs in international politics, depending on the relationship of big countries and their strategic rivalries. In this regard, Pakistan has a strategic geo-political location at the corridor of world’s major maritime oil supply lines, and has close proximity to oil rich Central Asian countries. Its location could influences Central Asia, South Asia and the Middl ...