News: Nawaz Sharif visited Iran from 11th May to 12th May 2014 after an interval of sixteen years. It was his first official visit of Iran after assuming Office of Prime Minister of Pakistan last year. Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan and Iran would work jointly for peace and security in the region. He termed Pakistan-Iran ties as special in nature because of their common traditions and history. Iran and…

News On the 11th of May, the Wall Street Journal reported that "the plight of Myanmar's stateless Rohingya minority was absent from official discussions during a biannual summit of Southeast Asian leaders this weekend, despite growing concern of the issue's regional implications". Comment The ASEAN Summit gathers regional leaders to discuss common issues of security, economic and social concern, and ASEAN includes three countries with a predominantly Muslim population that…

News The former commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance (ISAF), Gen. John Allen has said that ‘corruption' is the worst threat to the future of Afghanistan, even more than the Taliban-led insurgency.While speaking to a subcommittee of the US Senate, Gen. Allen said, "For too long we focused our attention solely on the Taliban as the existential threat to Afghanistan. They are an annoyance compared to the scope and…

News: On 5nd May 2014, Women News Network (WNN) reported that the marginalized position of women and the lack of health services is leaving many women affected by the conflict with nowhere to go for support or employment when their husbands are killed. There are an estimated 3,000 widows in the region. Many are struggling with trauma. According to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), a military unit in charge…