The Pakistani Spectator

India established its diplomatic relations with Israel in 1993 but kept their bilateral ties secret till 2003, when Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited India to formally expose the relationship. Since then economic, diplomatic and especially defence cooperation, which includes military hardware, nuclear and intelligence sharing, between the two states is deepening with each passing [...]

Prices of local equities fell on Wednesday as cautious investors booked profits at higher levels amid worry about the economic cost of devastating floods which the government said would hurt growth, dealers said.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share index ended 0.17 percent, or 16.64 points, lower at 9,875.68on turnover of [...]

In 2001, Afghanistan turned into the main theatre of US’ war against terrorism; however, Pakistan did not leave the Afghan people in the lurch and welcomed the refugees who got affected by the war.
Over time, Afghanistan has completely lost its infrastructure and technical professionals because of years of conflict, economy is in total collapse, a [...]

There is a consensus among political experts that the world’s future wars will be fought over water, not oil. Experts say it would be the era in which rivers, lakes and aquifers become national security assets to be fought over, or controlled through surrogate armies and client states. Surprisingly, where the whole world is fortunately [...]

In the year after the Taliban fell, international forces numbered a modest 12,000 or so. Today that figure has swollen to well over 100,000 and will approach 140,000 with the latest troop commitments. There are also 100,000 Defense Department contractors supporting the military effort. The insurgency has mushroomed in equal measure.
According to a recent report [...]