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• Re-Setting the Button

  Special Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Samia Aftab

  Was the US-Russia summit in Moscow merely an exercise in public relations or will it bring greater dividends for the world at large. President Barack Obama is said to have pressed the reset button with Russia during the bilateral summit in Moscow ...

• New Rebellion, old Cause

  Special Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Sana Ehtesham

  With all its economic might and enviable prosperity, China still has quite a few malcontents in the midst of its teeming millions, as the recent upheaval in its Xinjiang province has shown. The recent disturbances in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjian...

• Swiss humanitarian Assistance in South Asia

  Special Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: SAO

  Switzerland's activities in the realm of cooperation with the South Asian countries are coordinated by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The SDC is responsible for multilat...

• Beyond the Horizon

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Aisha Tahir

  For once, Pakistan's managers of trade and commerce have stepped out of the box and embarked on an ambitious 3-year trade development plan.This time Pakistan has announced a Trade Policy that stretches over 3 years - from 2009 to 2012. By giving...

• Translators turned Unwilling Soldiers

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Jason Straziuso

  As a part of its new thrust in southern Afghanistan, the US government is sending in hordes of Pashto-speaking civilian translators who are required to move with the troops into sensitive battlefield areas. Josh Habib, a 53-year-old engineer from ...

• Citizens of Nowhere

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Daud Islam

  Pakistanis stranded in Bangladesh since 1971 are fast becoming a forgotten people whom no country wishes to own. The 250,000 Pakistanis stranded in 66 camps in Bangladesh have been described as the 'most forgotten people of the world.' These are t...

• Motherhood Redefined?

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Tahera Sajid

  Commercial surrogacy is gaining pace in India and in other countries but many ethical questions still remain unanswered.  Are all alternative arrangements to human limitation justified? ...

• A Cup of Tea

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Reem Hyder

  Travel through the lush valleys, enjoy the warm hospitality, pick your own tea leaves and make tea … you are in the world's best tea country. Sri Lanka's most stunning natural beauty, the Nuwara Eliya district, popularly known as the 'tea coun...

• Hope for the Ignored

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Hina Nazeer

  In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has called for equal citizenship rights and opportunities to be extended to all transvestites in the country. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has observed that being equal citizens of Pakistan, her...

• Death in Ignorance

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Hafsa Ahsan

  In Pakistan, maternal mortality is on the rise and priorities for action cannot be identified without properly assessing the causes and providing workable solutions. Much has been said and written about the health sector in Pakistan. However, the co...

• ...killing of women is like killing a bird in Afghanistan today.

  Features

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Malalai Joya

  Despite tall claims that conditions have improved for women  in Afghanistan, they continue to suffer in various ways. Afghan parliamentarian and women's rights activist Malalai Joya returned to Afghanistan in 1998 after having spent most of her...

• Another Spending Spree

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Moonis Ahmar

  Both India and Pakistan would do better if, instead of allocating a good portion of their financial resources to defense spending, they could direct some of the money towards social upliftment.  ...

• The Cost of War

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Farzana Shah

  Pakistan has been embroiled in the US-initiated War on Terror for the past eight years, but at a huge cost that will have far-reaching impact.After eight weary years, it is evident that the War on Terror has become a black hole that has engulf...

• Afghanistan Elections 2009

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Huma Iqbal

  Is this war-torn country all set for a free and transparent election process involving the entire electorate? This is a question mark that hangs heavy on the forthcoming elections in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is all set to carry out its national el...

• Poverty in South Asia

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Farzana Shah

  There is a clear disconnect at the planning, implementation and execution level of poverty alleviation programs across South Asia. South Asia currently faces many challenges due to diverse political situations across the region. As a whole the r...

• The Looming Water Crisis

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Neha Ansari

  India's highhandedness in distribution and storage of shared water resources could become another volatile flashpoint in its relations with Pakistan if timely corrective action is not taken on both sides.The war on terror, operations in Swat and Waz...

• The Menace at High Seas

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Gibran Ashraf

  Piracy prospers off the coast of Somalia and is now reaching further south, seriously threatening some of the world's busiest sea lanes. The world woke up to a rude shock when an Ukrainian ship carrying armored vehicles, tanks and other modern...

• Rim around the Coin

  Regional

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Faisal Shah

  Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra has been out in the woods since 2001but he could still prove to be a force to reckon with.Despite the end of its centuries old monarchy and advent of democracy, Nepal is still mired in political wrangling that has ...

• Is Pakistan a Failed State?

  Cover Stories

  Created: August, 2009 Author: S.G. Jilanee

   Today's Pakistan looks more like a failed state, beset with crises, foremost among which is the crisis of identity. There are several definitions of a failed state. One defines a failed sate as “a state whose central government is so weak or ...

• Jinnah's Pakistan is the Answer

  Cover Stories

  Created: August, 2009 Author: Syed Jawaid Iqbal

  Six decades on, the Pakistani nation still fumbles in the dark. What is needed is a new beginning and this will only be possible if a paradigm shift is made in the national outlook. In its 62-year history, Pakistan has faced some of the most u...