Kashmiri girls participating in a youth festival in January. The IRIIS survey says the young in Kashmir spend more time listening to music and watching Hindi movies and also watching cricket. SRINAGAR: Kashmiri youths are increasingly leaning towards non-violence and also moving away from Pakistan. So says a survey by a New Delhi-based research body. The survey by the Institute for Research on India... 

WASHINGTON: Despite a slew of disputes, most Americans view China as a friendly nation although they are divided in their general attitude toward the rising power, a poll showed Tuesday. Major US polling company Gallup, in a survey conducted with the state-run China Daily, found that Americans under age 35 held more favorable views of China and that those who follow news closely were more likely to... 

I don’t know how the Swiss do it but somehow, every single time, they get away with everything but murder. Just about every bloodthirsty, hate-mongering, genocide-loving piece of work seems to have found his haven in the hamlets and half-cities that dot the Alpine mountain range. And what image do the Swiss manage to export? Lindt, skiing and Tissot. It is not just a brilliant marketing exercise,... 

LONDON: The Pakistani security services are secretly helping Afghanistan’s Taliban, who assume their victory is inevitable once Western troops leave, a secret NATO document says, according to reports on Wednesday. The leaked “State of the Taliban” report — seen by the BBC and The Times newspaper — was compiled from information gleaned from insurgent detainees and was... 

Let’s stick with the facts, Mr Prime Minister Troubled relations have given way to calmer times between Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gaillani and the army leadership. Good for them and for us all. But before we say why this is potentially good let us remind you, Mr Prime Minister, of a key fact that you have surprisingly forgotten. Or maybe decided to! In the heat of your oration in Lahore you... 

Premier’s counsel says president need not seek immunity from court, as implied by NRO judgment author. LAHORE: The face of the lawyers movement in 2007, Aitzaz Ahsan, scathingly dismissed on Monday Justice (retd) Khalilur Rehman Ramday’s public statements on the presidential immunity issue, in a rare statement against a member of the judiciary. Referring to the retired judge’s statements on... 

T An interview with Tom Kiely, US political correspondent A prominent political analyst says that most Americans are out of touch with US politicians who have a history of hiding the truth in domestic and foreign matters. Press TV has conducted an interview with Tom Kiely, a US political correspondent, to further discuss the issue. The following is a transcription of the interview. Press TV: What... 

Top leaders of Pakistan Army decided in a meeting last week that they would make no compromises on ‘national security’, and according to reports, also promised to provide protection to Mansoor Ijaz – the man who said the army “breeds hatred among Pakistan’s Islamist masses and then uses their thirst for jihad against Pakistan’s neighbours and allies to sate its hunger for power”. Mansoor...