Wednesday, March 19, 2025

From The Editorial Desk (April-2016)

Dear Readers, Last year the "Swiss Leaks", a veritable "Who's­ who" of over 100000 clients globally holding 30000 accounts with HSBC in Geneva revealed massive...

American Elections

Following Senator Ted Cruz’s much expected defeat of Donald Trump in the 5 April Wisconsin primary, Trump’s goal of winning the majority of delegates...

An Effective Seaward Defense

Alfred Mahan and Sir Halford Mackinder were both highly respected geopolitical theorists and contemporaries in the 19th century. While Mahan is better known for...

Present Through the Prism of Past

General John W. Nicholson Jr. took command of U.S. troops in Afghanistan on 02 March 2016. His father General John Nicholson also served as...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (April-2016)

Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide bombings A teenage suicide bomber killed at least 17 people, including six women, two children and two Policemen, and injured 23...

Corruption is Treason

Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani was so upset at Musharraf leaving the country, he asked Parliament to amend the Constitution and undo Article 6 pertaining...

Barbarians inside the gates!

Explosives packed with ball bearings, nails, iron filings, etc. ripped through the families gathered in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore to celebrate Easter Sunday...

DAESH

IntroductionThe global threat to world security in the first half of the 20th century emanated principally from the European powers and Japan as they...

Tagging the Corrupt

The quality of the lives of the “great silent majority” has deteriorated substantially even as a privileged few have become rich beyond compare. The...

The New Year and the western Indian Ocean

For much of South Asia and the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, the New Year began on an inauspicious note. The respite following the...