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Punjab Inspector General of Police Faisal Shahkar has been selected as Police Adviser to the United Nations Department of Peace Operations by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, becoming the first officer from Pakistan to have this prestigious position. Faisal Shahkar is the only police officer of IG rank who qualified for the slot from Pakistan. [Extracted from the article]

The article report that the China's expanding presence and influence in Latin America is widely recognized by political and business leaders and security professionals. Topics discussed include China-based defense companies such as the NORINCO group have sold or given a broad array of equipment to the region's security forces; and China's approach has been fundamentally rooted in exploiting the mutually reinforcing relationship between its leverage.

The article presents information on the on-going violence between Loro Sae and Loro Mono, natives of Comoro. Catapults made with rubber bands, cloth slings, bows and arrows have been used as weapons in the violence. Thousands of demonstrators set a rally from the countryside in Dili, East Timor, protesting the violence. The government of East Timor has been accused of the ongoing violence and the protesters demanded the resignation from the government. The government has been trying to resolve the situation with U.N. troops and has shifted the people to refugee camps for security purposes.

The article reports that China is planning to overhaul its defense structure in 2016. Topics discussed include announcement made by the Chinese President and People's Liberation Army leader Xi Jinping to shed 300,000 troops in armed force; development of space-operations division by China and plan to reduce seven military regions to four theater commands; China would devote 8,000 troops to United Nations peacekeeping operations; and plan to commission Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in air force.

The article reports on the deployment of a Franco-Italian-led United Nations task force to Lebanon. The deployment could profoundly modify perceptions of Europe in the international security arena, and Italy's stature within the European defense structure. The force, known as Unifil 2, is intended to stabilize the political situation in southern Lebanon and avoid the flare-up of further clashes between Shiite Hezbollah militia and the Israel Defense Forces.