A word of thanks needs to be offered to Washington for facilitating and broking Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) but there are certain clauses that would be not in the Pakistan’s interest. If we recall, Pakistan and Afghanistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Washington in May 2009 to begin talks on a new [...]
An average Indian citizen is unaware of the things cooping up in the Centre by the Indian agencies against foreign nations as well as own people of the troubled states. The ingress of Indian agencies in the affairs of Indian government has reached to a danger mark while the political government is mere a symbolic [...]
“Either you are with us or with the enemy” it was urged by former President of US to Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf, who nonetheless on the spot decided to standby the US and hence a very important phase of ‘the new great game started. Pakistan was initially asked to provide maximum logistic support to [...]
A study conducted by Oxford University researchers, compiling poverty profile in 104 countries for the prestigious UNDP Annual report, has revealed more poor people living in eight states of India compared to 26 countries of sub – Saharan Africa. According to the study more than 410 million people live in acute poverty in the Indian [...]
Whenever educational system in Pakistan is discussed, an alarming situation is presented as if in the last 63 years nothing has been done in this sector. Generally speaking, many studies highlighted Pakistan’s educational system as deteriorating which fail to equip students with skills necessary for modern economy. I have not yet come across any western [...]
July 9, 2010 is the date, up to which Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja extended judicial custody of Ms Madhuri Gupta. The allegations against her were that she passed classified information to Pakistani intelligence officers. Interestingly, the issue of passing information to Pakistan has acquired a secondary place and much focus is being given to [...]
There are many questions which need their answers but apparently, no one is sure about them. While reading a leading newspaper, I came across similar question; Is America our friend, our ally, our partner, our temporary lifeline or what? One wonders why we are not satisfied with defining our relation with America as “good cordial [...]
Nepal is going to elect its new Prime Minister on July 21, 2010. Interestingly, in the matter of just two years, Nepal would be electing its forth Prime Minister. Girija Prasad Koirala became the first Prime Minister when Nepal emerged as republic two years back in 2008. He was followed by Maoists’ Party Chairman Pushpa [...]
Indian authorities are unable to decide on a strategy to tackle the Maoist guerillas, who killed 26 paramilitary soldiers on June 29 in an ambush.
On May 17, the Naxalites had killed 35 people, including 24 civilians and 11 policemen. The top Maoist leader, Ramanna, had claimed responsibility for the attack on a passenger bus at [...]
The basic principles of the Indian foreign policy claim that India will keep faith in maintaining good relations with neighbors as well as all other countries round the globe, non-interference with the sovereignty of all nations, non-partisan outlook towards world powers with stress on non-alignment and resolution of conflicts between nations through peaceful negotiations.
However, the [...]
