The Philippine government has filed inciting to rebellion charges against Senator Antonio Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, both facing criminal charges for the failed coup attempt, along with scores of junior military officers, who stormed the Oakwood condominium in Makati City several years ago. On November 29th, the same group staged another attempt to […]
Real Face of Extremists
Critics of General Parvez Musharaf are of the opinion that Lal mosque episode, unrest in Waziristan and Swat are a part of deliberate strategy of his government to delay elections and extend his rule in the country on a plea that for elections peaceful environment is a prerequisite and currently the country is facing […]
The Waning Image of the Indian Soldier
Many years ago, I began my working life with the Indian Air Force. At that time, the armed forces were the pride of the nation and people looked upon servicemen with a rare respect and honor. It was the dream of many young mean to be part of the Armed Forces as officers or as […]
Roots of Lal mosque confrontation
Pakistan’s leadership during 1980’s were convinced that Islamization means imposition of harsh punishments, welfare aspect of Islam was ignored, though system of Zakat was introduced to help needy and the poor section of society, but due to moral degradation of society in general and ruling elite of that time in particular was resulted in […]
Iraq gov’t needs political will
Accept it or not, but the fact is the present leadership in Iraq is becoming more like a lame duck government. Despite the billions of funds and the manpower that the U.S. government poured into Iraq, it seemed nothing much had transpired, but observations of intensive bombings and sectarian violence that already killed thousands and […]
Overpopulation needs immediate attention
The world’s population right now is exploding. The United Nations predicted that from 5.3 billion people today, the world’s population is expected to swell to 9.2 billion in 2050, assuming that global fertility among women will drop from 2.05 to 2. Worldwide, the population is growing at 75 million people per year. From 2000 to […]
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