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
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Pakistan: At war with itself
S Ranjan On the 65th Independence Day of Pakistan there is only one word to define the state of affairs in the country – a total mess, presently the situation is so chaotic that the very existence of the Nation as a geopolitical entity is at threat. In all occasions in the past, when the Nation faced similar challenges, at least some basic institutions and the government, … [Read more...] about Pakistan: At war with itself
The Fai connection: Kashmir for sale
S Ranjan The recently held elections for the so called Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, which is actually Pakistan held Kashmir, have once again exposed the double standards of Pakistan. Democracy in Pakistan is much abused, fragile and fraught with contradictions. It never had any true admirer or elicited any genuine respect even from the people it represented. … [Read more...] about The Fai connection: Kashmir for sale
Pakistan’s financial crisis : The reasons and the remedy
Jasbir Sarai Pakistan is once again in the throes of a financial crisis. Such crisis in Pakistan is never the result of conventional economic activities of recession and boom as in the case of the rest of the world. It is invariably the result of reduction in aid from various donor countries. The present crisis has been triggered by the decision of the US to hold off a third … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s financial crisis : The reasons and the remedy
Pakistan must forget Kashmir; focus on internal problems
Jaibans Singh A Pakistani newspaper, The Express Tribune, in an article dated June, 30, 2011 and titled, ‘Leave Kashmir alone and focus on internal problems: Manmohan tells Pakistan” has stated that the, “Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed hope that Pakistan will “leave Kashmir alone”, as it has its own share of internal problems to deal with”. The newspaper … [Read more...] about Pakistan must forget Kashmir; focus on internal problems