Jaibans Singh India’s sustained assertion that Pakistan has not relented from its diabolical pursuit of exporting terror into India through the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir has found further corroboration from an unexpected source. The residents of the scenic Neelum Valley in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) have, since the last few weeks, been registering a strong … [Read more...] about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir dreads a revisit of the 1990 era
Irom Sharmila should espouse the larger cause of her people
Jaibans Singh Irom Sharmila Charu is a woman of substance, a rare human being who possesses an iron will and the capacity to tread a difficult path for the sake of her people. She has chosen to follow the Gandhian route of non-violent political protest and has been on a hunger strike since November, 05, 2000 for realisation of her demand of repeal of the Armed Forces Special … [Read more...] about Irom Sharmila should espouse the larger cause of her people
Azad Kashmir: Neither Azad nor Kashmiri
Jaibans Singh With the swearing in of Sardar Mohammad Yaqub Khan as President of the so-called “Azad Jammu and Kashmir” (AJK), which is more aptly termed as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has, in accordance with tradition, established its stranglehold on the region. Historically, it is always the ruling party, or a Pakistan Army … [Read more...] about Azad Kashmir: Neither Azad nor Kashmiri
The threat of a nuclear Pakistan
Jaibans Singh “If India develops an atomic bomb we too will develop one, even if we have to eat grass…”. When Pakistan’s late Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, spoke these words, sometime after having suffered a humiliating defeat in the hands of the Indian Army in 1971, he would not have realised their prophetic significance. Today, exactly four decades later, Pakistan is … [Read more...] about The threat of a nuclear Pakistan
Army officers to join IPS; despite shortfall in the service itself
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The Prime Minister’s Office has opened the doors to allow Captain and Major-rank defence officers to sit for limited departmental examination to join the Indian Police Service to bridge the shortage of IPS officers. The Union Public Service Commission is expected to hold the limited competitive examination for assistant commandant and deputy … [Read more...] about Army officers to join IPS; despite shortfall in the service itself