Vikas Khanna An attack on an airbase in the border town of Pathankot by Pakistan-based terrorists poses a serious challenge to immediate engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad. The siege, which continued for more than 72 hours, left seven Indian soldiers dead and scores others injured. The January 15 foreign secretary level talks seem to be in jeopardy. That National … [Read more...] about Ping-Pong in Indo-Pakistan talks needs a pause
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Gilgit-Baltistan must figure predominantly in Indo-Pakistan talks
Mehtab Karan Singh There is positivity in the air so far as relations between India and Pakistan are concerned. Concerted efforts to resurrect the broken relationship are being made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. These are bearing encouraging results, despite the political constraints imposed on the Sharif by the Pakistan Army. All eyes are … [Read more...] about Gilgit-Baltistan must figure predominantly in Indo-Pakistan talks
Dormant India-Pakistan ties need a jolt
Vikas Khanna It was not a surprise stopover when Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Lahore from Afghanistan to meet and greet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his 66th birthday. It was the visit shrouded in secrecy. Since the PMO has taken over reigns of foreign affairs with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at the helm, diplomacy has acquired a new meaning. … [Read more...] about Dormant India-Pakistan ties need a jolt
Pakistan should restructure relationship with non-Muslim citizens
Jasmine Brar The Hindu community in Pakistan has dwindled from 15 percent at the time of partition to less than two percent (1.6%) now. Pakistan has a mere two million, Hindus even as India has a Muslim population larger than that in Pakistan itself. The decline came by due to engineered pogroms of persecution that included forcible killings, conversions, kidnapping of Hindu … [Read more...] about Pakistan should restructure relationship with non-Muslim citizens
Why Sharif agrees to disagree with President Barack Obama?
Vikas Khanna Hours after committing in a joint statement with President Barack Obama to take effective action all militant groups, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a U-turn by telling a think tank that he could not be expected to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table "and be asked to kill them at the same time." This was the real Sharif who spoke from his … [Read more...] about Why Sharif agrees to disagree with President Barack Obama?