S Ranjan Come September and Pakistan gets into a frenzy of nationalism. The reason is the well nurtured belief that in this month the Pakistan Army defeated the Indian army in the war of 1965. The defence of Lahore against a much superior and larger Indian army on September, 06 1965, is celebrated as ‘Defence Day’. This charade has been going on for decades despite its … [Read more...] about Eating the nation from within: Pakistan army at work
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Pakistan Occupied Kashmir dreads a revisit of the 1990 era
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
US-Pak Relations: Strained to the point of breaking
Prabhakar Gupta Post the, by now, famous pre-dawn strike in Pakistan’s Abottabad, US-Pakistan relations have become so strained, that they are slowly reaching a breaking point. Pakistan is at a stage where the Madrasa culture has caught the nation by the throat, a culture that will not allow an inclusive democracy to survive. Hardcore Sunni tenets, as ordered by the Al … [Read more...] about US-Pak Relations: Strained to the point of breaking
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