Pakistan is hit by the worst floods in its history. According to rough estimates around 200 million people are affected by it. Official death-toll figure hovers around the 1,500 mark while the actual number is feared to run in several thousands. Many areas are still cut off from the main cities and the only way to reach people is through the air. In such a catastrophe, the response of the…

The European Union-once coveted by European elites as a rival to America's global hegemony- is fast teetering on the abyss of disintegration. Three recent events have fused to unleash irrepressible nationalistic forces that have hurtled the Union towards this earth-shattering moment of truth. Europe's failure to fashion a durable response to the volcanic ash crisis that temporarily grounded airplanes across the continent, exposed deep fissures amongst European countries, as national…

A very high-level delegation from Pakistan is currently visiting Washington for what has been termed as the "Strategic Dialogue" - a new US foreign policy gimmick. The delegation consists of Federal Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaque Kiyani, Chief of Inter Services Intellegence (ISI) and Federal Secretary of Foreign Affairs among other high officials. The talks will be chaired by US Secretary of State…

On March 14, 2010, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at the Jaintapur frontier in Sylhet District which officially left 15 (unofficially 30) Bangladeshi Muslims injured. Prior to that, Indian BSF equipped with heavy firearms occupied a Bangladeshi village named `Mondir Tila', and fired about 1000 rounds. The people at the border area of Jaintapur were forced to leave their villages due to the sudden attack by the…