2013

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Nationalizing the International Law on Counter Terrorism Financing The debate that the recent wave of terrorism is a byproduct of international politics is not new in Pakistan; though many tend to disagree with this point of view. If the legislation of a country is any measure, the recent Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2013 (ATA) and Anti-Terrorism (second amendment) Bill 2013, passed …

In an unlettered society where one rarely comes across people genuinely into writing or reading and where books are sold not by content but by weight as a waste paper commodity and where bookstores are disappearing fast, getting converted into video shops or burger stands, the arrival of every single new book by a Pakistani author is freshening expression of …

The economy has survived austerity thus far this year thanks to housing, but the sequester’ could change that. What is Sequester? Sequester is a procedure in United States law that limits the size of the federal budget. It involves setting a hard cap on the amount of government spending within broadly-defined categories; if Congress enacts annual appropriations legislation that exceeds …

On 12 March 2013, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence the worldwide threat Assessment of the US intelligence community. The text below is the excerpts of the statement of the record which relates to the Iranian regime. TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME TERRORISM IRAN AND LEBANESE HIZBALLAH The failed 2011 …

An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership is called capitalism. There is ‘capitalism’ and then there is ‘really existing capitalism.’ The term ‘capitalism’ is commonly used to refer to the U.S. economic system, with substantial state intervention ranging from subsidies for creative innovation to the ‘too-big-to-fail’ government insurance policy for banks. The …

Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, who died on March 7, was a charismatic and prograessive leader, whose idiosyncratic brand of socialism gave hope to the poorest people in the Latin American country. Mr Chavez was born on July 28, 1954 in the state of Barinas. The Chavez family were of Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and Spanish descent. His parents, Hugo de …

The gateway of Islam in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent, Sindh is the second largest province of Pakistan. It is home to the Indus Valley Civilization that is one of the earliest urban civilizations in the world. Geography East     Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan West    Indus River and Balochistan North    Punjab South    Arabian Sea Sindh forms the lower Indus basin …

Pakistan is inching closer to the new elections and people of Pakistan will soon elect their representatives for the next five years. At this point, let’s take a look at the past elections held in Pakistan. ELECTIONS OF 1970 In the General Elections 1970, twenty-four political parties contested for 300 National Assembly seats; 13 were reserved for women. Parties were …

Netanyahu insulted the president, backed Romney, and hasn’t moved the peace process. Now, White House should not reward behavior like that, not even from an ally. Iran is accelerating its nuclear program, Syria’s gruesome civil war is beginning to bleed across its borders, Two years after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egypt’s political transition is, at best, dicey and yet according to …