History is always there to act as a lighthouse for those who have a thirst for knowledge. It has an incredible legacy for our coming generations to learn the sacrifices and bravery of those men in white who sacrificed their today for the better tomorrow of our nation.

The capture of Singapore would provide Japan with a highly valuable military base in the region and it would also greatly undermine British authority in the region. The Japanese commander for the attack on Malaya was General Yamashita.

220 million Pakistanis are only 11 percent of the nearly two billion strong Islamic civilization. China Pakistan cooperation, therefore, is not between two entire civilizations, rather it is a cooperation between one whole civilization under one state and a small but important part of Islamic civilizations.

The Olympic flame has been ignited three times in four years for Asia and the region has wholeheartedly shown support to celebrating the Beijing Winter Olympics, themed "Together for a Shared Future." China is ready to light the Olympic flame once again at its National Stadium

February 4 will see the official launch of Winter Olympics 2022. Beijing has the lone honor of being only city in the world that has hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics.

PM's visit is very important in the perspective of geopolitics when China is being coerced from the West. The US is ganging up and strengthening its alliance against China. The US measures to contain China, counter China, and resist the rise of China, have gained momentum.

The decision to keep Pakistan on the grey list is not taken well in Islamabad as it argues that it is backed by vested political interests and not technical realities. The Pakistani authorities have addressed most of the demands and it is doing much better than many of the countries.

The developing world which was mainly relegated as pawns in the US-Soviet Cold War will play a much greater role and enjoy much greater influence as a result of the Cold War. Globalization and trade liberalization has given some semblance of national power to even third-world countries.

The spark of the violence in Kazakhstan came at the starting of January when the government proceeded with another cut in fossil fuel subsidies, which more than doubled the price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG). It caused widespread anger, especially in the western region of the country,

India is leveraging defense procurement deals to influence French opinion on Pakistan. French Defence Minister, Gerard Longuet, while talking to newsmen, said that France was not selling sophisticated military equipment to Pakistan.

In Europe, the Eastern bloc countries, which only adopted liberal democratic order after the fall of the Soviet Union, became the first few nations to embrace right-wing nationalism. In the last ten years, right-wing nationalism slowly penetrated from Eastern Europe to the Central and Western states.

CPEC will not only benefit China and Pakistan but will have a positive impact on Iran, Afghanistan, the Central Asian Republic, and the region. The enhancement of geographical linkages has improved road, rail and air transportation systems with frequent and free exchanges of growth.