[caption id="attachment_2790" align="alignright" width="241"] Map of Pak-Afghanistan[/caption] By Brig (R) Sher Shah Mr Zahid Hussain’s, article “Conspiratorial Paranoia” in Dawn of August 28, is a good piece of reflection of our confused hypothesisation of internal threats. Mr Zahid has made three points; firstly, the retired army generals while on talk shows profess more of foreign hands in militant threa ...

By Zaheeul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2759" align="alignright" width="334"] Brave Pak Army[/caption] On August 14,  2012 Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as Chief guest addressed a large number of people from all segments of society ,  senior serving and retired civil and military officials in parade ground of  Pakistan Military Academy  at the occasion of sixty fifth Independenc ...

  [caption id="attachment_2756" align="alignright" width="254"] COAS -Pakistan Army[/caption]           By Sajjad Shaukat An article by Khaled Ahmed under the caption, “General Kayani’s War”, published in The Express Tribune on August 26, 2012 is no more than a fictitious story against Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. While showing illogical approach, the writer has tried to ...

By Scott Malone and Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Isaac's swirling winds, rain and storm surge could pose a major test of New Orleans' new flood control systems and reinforced levees. Forecasts ...

 By James M. Dorsey [caption id="attachment_2714" align="alignright" width="169"] Tarir Square Egypt[/caption] Synopsis The rise of Islamist forces in the complicated post-revolt transition in the Middle East and North Africa may have an impact on post-Soviet states in Central Asia, that are still struggling with transition to democracy or have yet to experience popular revolts. Commentary Two years ago, th ...

  by Maeve McClenaghan [caption id="attachment_2660" align="alignright" width="275"] Israel inhuman actions[/caption] Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel are being issued with documents changing their nationality, allowing them to be removed from the country or imprisoned. A Sudanese woman is arrested with her children, after being issued with South Sudanese papers. (Credit: RonG LevyZ) The Bureau has id ...

        By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2541" align="alignright" width="195"] DG ISI Visited US[/caption] Since the DG of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam returned Pakistan, both foreign and our media analysts have been misguiding the general masses regarding the outcome of his trip to the US. Initially, false reports had already started by some of US so-called think t ...

By Brendan O'Brien and James B. Kelleher [caption id="attachment_2502" align="alignright" width="137"] Grieved Family of Sikh[/caption] OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The gunman who killed six worshipers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was identified as a 40-year-old U.S. Army veteran and authorities said they were investigating possible links to white supremacist groups and his membership in skinhead rock ...