Prabhakar G The fact that US-Pakistan relationship is on a downward spiral has been known for some time now. Now, the American Congress is finally biting the bullet; in what is seen to be a renewed bid to pressure Pakistan to meet its benchmarks, it has set conditions on the award of billions of dollars in security assistance. A Wall Street Journal report reveals that Pakistan … [Read more...] about US-Pakistan confrontation and India’s options
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Eating the nation from within: Pakistan army at work
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
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