S Ranjan The Kashmir valley has, for long, been a forefront victim of the global terrorism being perpetrated, quite erroneously, in the name of religion. This is the only place in the world which witnessed proliferation of an armed insurgency by international Islamic warriors alongside a, extremist Islamic resurrection in Afghanistan. Pakistan being in the centre of both … [Read more...] about Salafi extremism: the emerging threat to peace in the valley
India’s engagement with a dismantling Pakistan
S Ranjan Indian Foreign Minister, SM Krishna, proceeded on a three day official visit to Pakistan on Friday, 07, September. A major agenda for the visit was announcement of a new visa regime. While speaking about the new regime to a leading Pakistan daily, The Express Tribune, Krishna is reported to have said, "it seeks to introduce or considerably improve visa facilities … [Read more...] about India’s engagement with a dismantling Pakistan
Balkanisation of Pakistan and its aftermath
Prabhakar Gupta Recently the media was agog with reports of US and Pakistan considering a joint campaign against the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban. This startling revelation was made by none other than the ISI chief, Lt General Zaheer-ul-Islam, in his interaction with the head of the CIA, General Petraeus. Islam reiterated that Pakistan now recognises that the … [Read more...] about Balkanisation of Pakistan and its aftermath
Terrorism breeds corruption and misgovernance
Baldev Singh Some year back while passing through a remote village in J&K, I happened to go past a primary school. A group of small children was prancing around and a teacher perched on a plastic chair was looking after them. I was happy to see that even under the terrorist threat to close down all schools this teacher was bravely performing his noble task. Terrorists had … [Read more...] about Terrorism breeds corruption and misgovernance
Do Kargil martyrs have no value for JK Government?
Sant Kumar Sharma On July 13, 1931, there was firing by troops in Srinagar city on a large gathering of protestors and around two dozen people died. On July 13, 2012, there was a public holiday in memory of the `martyrs’ of that event as the state has been observing that day as ``Martyrs’ Day’’. In fact, July, 13 is a Martyrs’ Day in Jammu and Kashmir for the past several … [Read more...] about Do Kargil martyrs have no value for JK Government?