Mian Nawaz Sharif (63) made a triumphant return as Pakistan's Prime Minister for an unprecedented third stint on 5th June, calling on all parties and stakeholders to be on the same page for tackling the country's massive political and economic
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory at the May 11th election has surprised not only Pakistan people, especially young people and media but also overseas. Pakistan has emerged as the fifth largest democracy in the world.
President Obama, Indian
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Japan has recently announced its new defence guidelines, considering the threat from nuclear North Korea and assertive China.
Japan needs to focus on the rise of China and not the Cold War threat of Russia in defining its security goals, according
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Japan’s population statistics is showing a declining trend for quite some time now. Country’s shrinking population; however, is a long-predicted outcome of which demographic experts had been warning since early 1990s when a series of in-depth research initiatives were undertaken
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
There is no denying to the historical fact that Japanese culture has been strongly influenced and enriched through its assimilation with Chinese and Korean cultures at the very early stage of emergence of Japan as a nation state. There is
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has started his remarkable second run as head of the government with an all out assaults on a number of fronts. In the beginning it was China that his rhetoric was targeted to. He even
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Japan’s southern-most island prefecture is known for being a part of the country troubled by heavy US military presence. For years people of Okinawa are demanding that at least part of that heavy burden should be moved out of its
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Japan’s general election held on December 16 produced stunning results paving the way for not long disgraced Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to return to power with a sweeping majority. The party suffered a humiliating defeat in the previous election of
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Kyoto is not only Japan’s ancient capital. The city also rightfully claims a leading role in cultural excellence of Japan in various ways. It was in Kyoto where the first novel in world literature was written more than a millennium
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Little over three years ago in the summer of 2009, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) cruised to an easy election victory thirteen years after the party was established. It was also for the first time in 54 years that Japan’s
Friday, December 21st, 2012
