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Indo-Bhutan relations

By Afshain Afzal • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom of 635,000 people, geographically located between China and India, has one of the highest per capita incomes in South Asia at over $2,000. Bhutan is a very peace loving and friendly country and its people are happy and prosperous. On November 6, 2008, formal coronation of 29-year-old Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar [...]



India Must Rethink Its Policies Towards Its Neighbors

By Isha Khan • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Politics

For the past 63 years - the life span of most countries of this region, South Asia has remained in a state of tension. The eight SAARC countries* that make up this geopolitically sensitive region, where a major chunk of the humanity lives, do not enjoy the kind of friendly and harmonious relationship with each [...]



South Asia’s `Tragedy of Errors’

By Ibn-e-Rehmat • Dec 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Any political analysis on Indo-Pakistan relations is like zodiac horoscope, most o which is prediction and the rest is prejudice. Within these limits, we can learn enough from the chain of events, to respect or share one another’s delusions. On the other hand, when Europeans study Indo-Pakistan reviews, they smile at our follies, for our [...]



RAW’s Game Plan

By Isha Khan • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

On 61 national day of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse expressed that shadows of terrorism have almost been wiped out with the last remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cornered in a patch of jungle in the island’s northeast. He further stressed while saying “I am confident that the Tigers will be [...]



Pakistan Elections - 2008: Need For A Positive Approach

By The Pakistani Spectator • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

By Swaraaj Chauhan
The national elections generate special excitement in any country…and Pakistan is no exception. Next week the Pakistanis would be lining up the polling booths to decide the future leaders of their country. It is expected that a large number of people would turn up to exercise their power to cast their precious vote. [...]