By By Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch The Sikh Vichar Manch did agree with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as to how and the way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) planned to arrange Election Expenses moderately, though it is a difficult task in the manner to face the corrupt nexus of politics-related parties in India. No-doubt, donations are must for a political party, but the expenses should not be for meant to corrupt ...

By Ernesto Londoño April 12, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"Washington Post" - North Korea probably has a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm that comes amid growing alarm over Pyongyang’s warmongering. The conclusion by the Defense Intelligence Agency said the weapon would have “low reliability,” but the disclosur ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja An influential lobby in Pakistan at the behest of detractors of Pakistan has all along been critical of armed forces and its defence expenditure. It sells a mischievous misperception that but for 60% of national budget getting consumed in defence; Pakistan would have become a prosperous state. Maulana Fazlur Rahman alleged that ‘one day’s Army budget is the combined annual budget of edu ...

By  Rida Zaheer President Barack Obama has cleared the way for the US to provide military assistance to Somalia as it rebuilds itself following years of conflict.  He  issued a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry saying it would "strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace". The move now gives Mr Kerry the option to provide defence aid to Somalia. Last month, the UN Security Counc ...

By Jim Marshall Term limits preclude Hamid Karzai from seeking re-election in the Afghan presidential election slated to occur one year from today (parliamentary elections will follow in 2015). So, for the first time since 2001, Afghanistan will soon have a new chief executive along with a new parliament, a leadership transition that has immense implications for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, yet one that ...

By Hussain Nadim "Sooner or later the Americans are going to leave the region. The problem isn't that they will just leave, but that they might abandon the region altogether. That will leave us alone with these thousands of militants to deal with without any international support" This bold statement about Pakistan's militancy problem was given to me by a recently retired military officer in the Pakistan Ar ...

Rida Zaheer The first female prime minister in her country's history, Thatcher came to embody a turn toward a free-market political program that sought to unleash economic dynamism through an aggressive program of privatizations and tax reductions. Thatcherism -- as her political program became known to both her supporters and detractors -- would throw off the heavy hand of the state and seek a Britain with ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With the acceleration of propaganda campaign by the external elements against Pakistan and its army, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid who has pro-Indian tilt has also been maligning Pak Army. Unfortunately, some prominent persons of our country also speak in the tone foreign anti-Pakistan entities. In this regard, unlike the past years, this time a ceremony was held in Dhaka ...