German Chancellor Angela Merkel's bid to lure the centre-left Social Democrats into a new grand coalition government has plunged the SPD into turmoil that ultimately could imperil the 150-year-old party's…
After the Russian-brokered Syrian commitment to hand over its chemical weapons, and the US being prevented from invading Syria, an editorial in the September 21 edition of The Economist regretted…
When Juan Antonio Cabrero started to create a small solar power station in Spain, he did so because he believed the government's promise that the future lay in solar energy.…
The Syrian crisis dominated debate at an international conference last week in Stockholm that reviewed a range of global strategic issues. Organised by the London-based Institute of Strategic Studies, the…
When Premier Li Keqiang showcased China's plans for more market economic reforms and a reduction in the role of state sector at a recent global forum, he highlighted a proposed…
The Rangers-led ‘targeted operation’ to restore peace to the city under the direction of the Sindh government commenced on a low-key level – a number of ‘suspects’ taken into…
The hate syndrome, deliberately whipped up by successive governments and hawkish elements both in India and Pakistan, has almost become visceral and whenever somebody tries to advocate a break from…
In setting his priorities at the outset of his tenure Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif emphasized that the economy and energy crisis would receive his urgent attention, as would the removal…
On September 9, 2001, twelve years ago, a gruesome and heinous crime against humanity was committed in New York - wanton attack on twin towers of World Trade Center symbolising…
The oft-postponed visit by Secretary John Kerry had been eagerly awaited in Islamabad. According to the pre-arrival briefing provided by State Department officials to the press team which was accompanying…
