By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal The withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan in 2014 certainly has decisive impact on both Afghanistan’s domestic situation as well its relations with its neighboring states. Afghanistan’s internal political environment will inescapably transform, once the foreign troops depart from the country. The makeover of new Afghan ruling elite would determine and chalk out Kabul’s forei ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja   Apart from hostile eastern border which has remained a chronic security concern for Pakistan since its inception, Pakistan’s western border has also remained a source of constant irritation and anxiety. To begin with, settled issue of Durand Line was willfully converted into a dispute and Pakhtunistan stunt was played up with the help of former NAP later renamed as ANP. Khan Brothers ...

IT WAS 34 years ago that Park Geun-hye left Cheong wa Dae (the “Blue House”), South Korea's presidential mansion. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was the autocratic strongman who led the "miracle on the Han river" in the 1960s and 70s. From 1974 until 1979, when he was assassinated, his daughter served as his first lady. Since she won a perfectly democratic election in December 2012, she returned to the Blue Ho ...

New analysis from Environmental Working Group shows carcinogenic chemical lurking in nation's public water  - Andrea Germanos, staff writer When you pour yourself a glass of tap water or even take a shower, you may be among over 100 million Americans exposing yourself to carcinogenic, "toxic trash." Chemicals linked to a range of health problems including bladder cancer and birth defects have been found mun ...

Asif Haroon Raja Creation of Pakistan on August 14, 1947 broke the century old shackles of bondage. Although a moth-eaten and truncated Pakistan, yet it was the largest Muslim nation in the world. Seventy million hearts of Pakistanis throbbed and pulsated with rapturous excitement and joy. The unfurling of the green and white banner raised their heads with pride and their jubilation knew no bounds. Their re ...

ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, 25 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ (ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਹਿਕ): ‘‘ਭਾਰਤੀ ਨੀਊਜ਼ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਪੀ.ਟੀ.ਆਈ. ਵਲੋਂ ਅੱਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਅਤੇ ਨੀਊਜ਼ ਚੈਨਲਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਸ. ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਦੀ 16-02-2013 ਵਾਲੀ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਜੋ ਉਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਮੀਡੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਰੀ ਕਰ ਦਿਤੀ ਸੀ ਜਿਹੜੀ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਪੰਥ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਲਿਖੀ ਗਈ ਸੀ, ਉਸ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਨੂੰ 8 ਦਿਨ ਬਾਅਦ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੁਣ ਗ਼ਲਤ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਮਰਾਹਕੁਨ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।’’ ਭਾਈ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਦੀ ਭੈਣ ਕਮਲਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਸਪੋਕਸਮੈਨ ਨੂੰ ਦਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਸ. ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਅਫ਼ਜ਼ਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਨੂੰ ...

By Rodger Baker Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned Beijing that Tokyo is losing patience with China's assertive maritime behavior in the East and South China seas, suggesting China consider the economic and military consequences of its actions. His warning followed similar statements from Washington that its patience with China is wearing thin, in this case over continued Chinese cyberespionage a ...

By Franklin Lamb Iran is expected to meet with other world powers in Astana, Kazakhstan to discuss its nuclear program. Discussions that the occupiers of Palestine fervently hope will not be successful. It is toward this end that their key demand this week to the US Congress, the White House and the European Union is “to cast responsibility on the Iranians by blaming them for the talks’ failure in the clear ...