February 2014

While terrorists continue to kill innocent people through their indiscriminate attacks, they now seem to have shifted their focus on silencing the ‘propagandist and apostate’ media for its vilification campaign and failure to accurately project the ‘Jihadi’ activities.

“I will give my life but I won’t bow to terrorists.” The lion of Karachi police and Pakistan’s toughest cop, as termed by ‘Reuters’, SSP CID, Chaudhry Aslam at last ran out of luck. This valiant, dutiful officer embraced martyrdom in a powerful bomb blast — the responsibility of which has been claimed by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Mohamand Agency — …

Many of the long-held tenets of the energy sector are being rewritten. Major importers are becoming exporters, while countries long-defined as major energy exporters are also becoming leading centres of global demand growth.

North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is located between the Khost province of eastern Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been quite successful so far in bringing his allies, India and Iran, closer to bolster multilateral cooperation primarily needed to block the return of the Taliban after the withdrawal of US forces this year. The collaboration also includes wide ranging cooperation in the economy, trade and commerce, and other fields.

There is no doubt that the existing relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are very strong.

Some strategic thinkers and policy makers in South Asia and beyond still believe that Pakistan-India relations are a one-sided game and it is Pakistan that should be more serious in improving its relations with India even on Indian terms.

Iran is a strong and considerate neighbour of Pakistan. Although, at times, the bilateral relationship becomes tense, the relationship is accommodating and genuine.

Turkey has a robust economy with sustained growth rate second to China only. As two functioning democracies, perspectives of the Turkey and Pakistan are marked by a common outlook and shared objectives.

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