Jaibans Singh In the seven decades since partition, Pakistan has proved to be a most intractable neighbor for India. It has adopted a posture of conflict, created issues where none exist and simply refused to see reason. Four full fledged wars against India, which resulted in ignoble defeats for Pakistan, have not deterred that country’s leadership from pursuing a policy of … [Read more...] about Indo-Pakistan relations: Converting response dynamics from reactive to proactive
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Pakistan’s Kashmir policy: Changing contours
Farooq Wani Pakistan is eliciting a renewed, more inimical and more negative interest the affairs of Kashmir of late. There have been a series of incidents in the last couple of months starting with the killing of Indian soldiers in Poonch sector, followed by the attacks on Sanjuwan in Jammu region and Karan Nagar in Kashmir. These incidents have clearly established the … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Kashmir policy: Changing contours
Catch the Pakistani bull by the horns
Jaibans Singh The terror machinery operating from Pakistan has reactivated itself in a big way. The fallout has been concerted ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, mainly with the objective of facilitating infiltration. Terrorist activity in the hinterland of the State is also being orchestrated in … [Read more...] about Catch the Pakistani bull by the horns
Radicalisation of youth in Kashmir: Pakistan’s gift to India
Farooq Wani Ever since it has come into existence, Pakistan has played out a diabolic and concerted plan to radicalise the Kashmiri society. A society that has existed for many millenniums as a secular entity based on an enlightened Sufi couture. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been in the grip of a destructive and violent separatist movement sponsored by Pakistan for many … [Read more...] about Radicalisation of youth in Kashmir: Pakistan’s gift to India
Pakistani repression: Local protests in Gilgit-Baltistan merit global attention
Dr. Simrit Kahlon Gilgit-Baltistan, is once again witnessing a public insurgence against the repressive Pakistani regime. For more the three months now, since early November 2017, the local people, especially traders, are out in the streets in protest against the “immoral and unlawful” taxes being imposed upon them by the Government of Pakistan. Complete shutdown and public … [Read more...] about Pakistani repression: Local protests in Gilgit-Baltistan merit global attention