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 [...]
Maldives is a small country comprising of 1191 tiny islands in the Indian Ocean. The population of Maldives is around 300,000 excluding 100,000 workers who are not Maldivians. The Maldivian people are predominately Sunni Muslims.
US interests in Maldives has brought the country in the limelight. US Ambassador to Maldives, Robert Blake who is presently doing [...]
October, 1999 Capt Sarwat of Pakistan International Airlines Airbus-300, an old buddy, and I had gone to Colombo, Sri Lanka for Airlanka Golf classic tournament. On the 10th October, after returning from the 18th hole (towards the finish of the game) that I saw General Pervez Musharraf (chief of Joint staff and Chief of the [...]
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. [...]
