Posted By Zaheerul Hassan November 26, 2012 "Jerusalem Post" - November 22, 2012  - -Hamas leader says he'll move to a peaceful path contingent on the "end of the occupation" and Palestinian statehood. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared a position on Palestinian statehood that is nearly identical to that of his Fatah rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in an interview with CNN aired Wed ...

Posted by Zaheerul Hassan Ialamabad:  Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack on Senior journalist Hamid Mir and warned of more attacks on anyone pursuing the secular agenda.Yesterday a bag of explosive has been found pasted in Hamid Mir Car. Govt offered full security to the journalist. Pakistan massed have demanded that govt should take serious ...

bY Rasul Bakhsh Rais There are many ways leaders of a nation can isolate themselves from the rest of the world. It is not mere geography, terrain or lack of communication facility but a mindset. Afghanistan has been historically isolated for some of the above reasons, but today, doing so voluntarily or under foreign coercion would work against self-interest. No rational, practical leaders in the contemporar ...

Asif Haroon Raja Although the US has failed to win war in Afghanistan, it has to an extent succeeded in weakening Pakistan from within through covert war to be able to denuclearize it. As against the advice of India, the US desisted from applying direct strategy due to Pakistan’s nuclear capability. The US and its strategic partners therefore embarked upon a well-thought plan to gradually weaken Pakistan an ...

By Ali Gharib With the ceasefire in Gaza holding, despite some early hiccups, Israeli and American officials are spinning the brief war by porting its lessons over to a potential conflict with Iran. The comparison was made most poignantly in a New York Times article on Friday where officials from Israel and the U.S. described the recent fighting as "something of a practice run for any future armed confronta ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Islamabad: Pakistan's teenaged rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for standing up against the terror outfit and pushing for education for girls, has been ranked sixth by Foreign Policy magazine in its top 100 global thinkers list. Aung San Suu Kyi, who continues her struggle for democracy in Myanmar, is ranked first on the list which also features former ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan DHAKA, Bangladesh — According to New Yarks times report thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers staged angry protests on Monday, demanding justice after at least 112 people died over the weekend in a fire at a factory on the outskirts of Dhaka where labor advocates found the charred remains of clothing brands sold at global retailers like Walmart. In fact Bangldesh Prime minister ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan MUMBAI – The 14th Mumbai Film Festival ended here with an awards ceremony that honored such movies as U.S. film Beasts of the Southern Wild, Mexico's Here and There, Denmark's The Hunt and India's Miss Lovely. Mexican immigrant drama Aquí Y Alla (Here And There) won the award for the best film by a debutant director in the international competition category. The film was honored wi ...