By Zaheerul Hassan Japan's Liberal Democratic Party  returnd to power after winning  a landslide victory in national polls on 16 December 2012. Japnese gave almost monopoly  to LDP in Japan's post-war political order until its defeat three years ago. With the LDP's victory, Shinzo Abe, a nationalist and China hawk, is set to become Japan's next prime minister. Together with its parliamentary ally, New Kome ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the past, the conventional forces of a country used to attack on a rival country in order to achieve its strategic aims. But in the modern era of globalisation and technology, a rival country can be invaded through ‘different war’ by employing both lethal and non-lethal weapons of psychological warfare. In this regard, Pakistan has become the target of various attacks such as suicide at ...

Asif Haroon Raja The US and its allies including Britain had initiated war against Afghans with lot of fanfare and had announced victory in December 2001. Having ascertained that Afghan Pashtuns were the real troublemakers in turning Afghanistan into graveyard for invading powers, they were targeted with ferocity with the help of non-Pashtun Afghans. Persecution of Pashtuns was extended to adjoining regions ...

By zaheerul Hssan PAF Air Base and Air Port came under terrorist attack on 15 December, 2012. According to ISPR Pakistan security forces successfully responded and killed five terrorists on the outer parameter. The terrorists failed to enter into the base and airport due to immediate and courageous action of the security forces. However, According to reports, four people have been killed while 42 have been ...

Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan, one of the poorest nations of the world was crushed by Soviet forces for a decade but in the end had to beat a hasty retreat in utter humiliation. Najibullah left behind to protect Moscow’s interests in post Soviet exit era was brutally killed. The Afghan National Army trained and equipped by Soviet military disintegrated within one year of Soviet departure and got absorbed in ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned Pakistani and Indian media anchors including retired high civil and military officials gathered on December 2, 2012 in New Delhi at a seminar to discuss practical solutions to the bilateral issues like Sir Creek, Siachen, Kashmir dispute etc. under the Aman Ki Asha initiative organised by The Times of India and Pakistan’s Jang Group. The move was part of the Confidence Building Me ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="266"] Smelting Project - of Reko Diq Balochistan, Pakistan[/caption] By Zaheerul HassanThe International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputed (ICSID) has allowed Balochistan government and nuclear scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand to do mining in Smelting Project in Reko Diq area.The Advocate General of Balochistan, Amanullah Kinrani, told reporters outside the ...

By Robert Bush New York: Several people, including children, were killed after an unidentified person opened fire in an elementary school in Connecticut on Friday with the shooter now believed to be dead. Reportedly, the shooter was aember of  an   extrmist group of Christian, who used to hate jews. The Hartford Courant reported that the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom at the Sandy Hook Ele ...