Obama is certainly stretching his global goodwill to its limits. After critiquing the US invasion of Iraq when out of power, he has upped the military ante with the surge in Afghanistan; refocused on the military centric approach in Pakistan with a massive increase in drone attacks against Pakistani civilians (just so much “collateral damage” [...]
India has not ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Yet, it has been exempted from nuclear restrictions imposed on non-signatories. The West has accorded preferential treatment to India ostensibly in consideration of her `immaculate’ nuclear safety record.
India’s Nuclear Power Corporation boisterously claims: “NPC engineers have shared their expertise internationally by participating in safety reviews and inspection [...]
At least a right step in the right direction. Energy sector at last has received some attention from the government, which seems at loss and vision less over the power crisis. Oil marketing companiesa are also to be commended in this regard. PSO will set up 30 E-10 filling stations in various cities of the [...]
First, a brief comment on the Obama address, since much has already been written about it. Certainly, for a US president, the address was a major shift in approach but it was sad to see how he referred to the 3,000 plus innocent victims of 9/11, but not a word about the well over one [...]
During the last century world population increased near four folds and the energy usage multiplied about twenty times. According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), one of the foremost challenges Pakistan will be facing in future is the supply of adequate energy. According to Vision 2030 of the Planning Commission, [...]
As Israel is preparing for a military strike on Iran through the air with the help of United States, Iran also prepares for a retaliatory and mouth-shattering response.
The pretext of US to attack Iraq was Weapons of Mass Destruction and in case of Afghanistan it was Al-Qaeda. Now in case of Iran, it is the [...]
Last year there were impressions in Washington that Pakistan was unraveling. In November, the Pakistani Ambassador Durrani hired a public relations firm named Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide by paying $45,000 per month for damage control which was result of the mess created with the firing of the Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftkhar Chaudhri (Ch).
In those [...]
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s Atomic Program is a real national asset and a national hero, who is adored by billions of Pakistanis across the country and who are genueinly ashamed and embarrased for all these months over the house arrest of Dr. Qadeer Khan.
Now as the government of Pakistan has decided [...]
Both Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim Leauge Nawaz, the major coalition partners in the new setup have shown their clear and not-so-clear stances on the issues like judiciary, economy, war on terror and the fate of President Musharraf.
Another issue which hasn’t got any light from both the parties is of Dr. Qadeer Khan, the [...]
I am not talking about any person in the services of the government of Pakistan where there is a requirement to wear uniform. Every Pakistani who has been on the front and been successful is a soldier in terms of the title of this article.
Talking about the man who ensured the safety, integrity and defense [...]
