The Iranian Election

The Iranian people voted President Ahmedinijad to office for a second term. The expectation, mostly in the US, was that his main rival the moderate Mousavi would win and usher in a new era of a cooperative relationship with the West. Post elections there are unprecedented...

THE TERROR TRAIL

Last night a bombing attack destroyed the Pearl Continental Hotel—located in a high security zone and Peshawer’s only five star hotel. Before that the ISI ‘s provincial headquarters in Lahore had been bombed and in between there was the suicide bombing of the Police...

Iran And The Us

by Rupali Gaurav Israel thinks that Iran poses an existential threat to it. The various statements by the Iranian President and the Iranian quest for a nuclear capability are the obvious reasons for the Israeli determination. The US agrees with Israel but it also thinks...

Beating the Odds - Spearhead Analysis

By Jehangir KaramatSeveral significant recent events need to be flagged. As a sequel to the US attack on a Pakistani post on June 11, 08, Karzai’s threat to invade FATA and President Bush’s endorsement of the Karzai threat--- the implementation of Mr Gates’s suggestion...

India: On The Edge of Obscurity

By Rohit Kumar This season, India, with an assortment of bearings packed in one gigantic wheel (Chakra) would have us in a tizzy over a series of unyielding skirmishes. A din of at least thirty languages, six main religions and copious ideologies worn on one another as in...

Operation Pathway

Pakistan's stock was never so low in the international community as is now. The country is a favourite target of media, NGO's and the official circles in Europe and the US. The refrain is that Pakistan is a sanctuary of terrorists, an epicentre of terrorism and a direct...