Jaibans Singh July, 03, 2012, the newly appointed foreign secretary of Pakistan, Jalil Abbas Jilani, arrived in India to hold a meeting with his Indian counterpart, Ranjan Mathai. A fact deliberately and tacitly downplayed was that this very person, in February 2003, when he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Pakistan High Commission in India was told to pack his bags and leave the … [Read more...] about Kashmir: perpetrators of disruption are still at large
Weaknesses in the rehabilitation process are being exploited
Jaibans Singh Salamudin Khatana, Muhammad Haneef and Shakeel Ahmad Tass are three Kashmiris who answered the call for Jihad and crossed over to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) during the times of peak insurgency and terrorism. It is possible that, after training, they were re-inducted for spreading terror in Jammu and Kashmir; they may have come to Kashmir a few times and … [Read more...] about Weaknesses in the rehabilitation process are being exploited
Pakistan’s support to Kashmiri separatists is preposterous
Jaibans Singh Jalil Abbas Jilani, the foreign secretary of Pakistan is expected at New Delhi to hold a meeting with his Indian counterpart, Ranjan Mathai, on July 4 and 5 as a part of the ongoing dialogue. The meeting was to be a precursor to talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries scheduled in the latter half of July in Islamabad. The said talks, however, has … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s support to Kashmiri separatists is preposterous
Grandiose exuberance is not good policy for Kashmir
Jaibans Singh Kashmir is thronging with tourists; air fares have hit the roof, a recent query for going by road led to an advisory to add a few hours to the journey period since the roads a choked with traffic. The situation is likely to become even more chaotic once the Shri Amarnath Yatra begins on June, 25. This is one of the rare occasions when chaos is good news in the … [Read more...] about Grandiose exuberance is not good policy for Kashmir
Siachen: A look beyond the hype
Jaibans Singh Siachen will come up in the secretary level talks between India and Pakistan scheduled on 11-12, June, 2012. The last parley was held almost a year back on May, 30, 2011; at that stage, the two countries failed to agree on the modalities for demilitarisation while agreeing “in-principle” to the need to demilitarise. The talks in May 2011 were held after a gap of … [Read more...] about Siachen: A look beyond the hype