Jaibans Singh It is said that if a person has something in the back of his mind he tends to blurt it out unwittingly in the course of a conversation. Something of this sort happened with the foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi. It seems that deep down he is convinced that Pakistan's is unjustified in demanding revocation of the Indian decision to abrogate the … [Read more...] about Pakistani leadership must reconcile with India; focus on resurrecting its country
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Politico-Army nexus is proliferating endemic corruption in Pakistan
Hardeep Bedi The February 2021 report of Transparency International, a Berlin based Non-Government Organisation with an agenda to combat global corruption, ranked Pakistan at a very low 124 out of 180 countries on the corruption index. The institution uses a scale of zero to 100 to rank nations with zero being very corrupt and 100 being very clean. Pakistan’s present index … [Read more...] about Politico-Army nexus is proliferating endemic corruption in Pakistan
In resolving issues with India Pakistan needs to think out of the box
Jaibans Singh In a panel discussion recorded a few days earlier by Brighter Kashmir (a Kashmir based daily newspaper), this columnist while speaking about the recent initiative on "resolution of issues" between India and Pakistan had observed that there have been many earlier occasions when tall leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Dr. Manmoham Singh, LK Advani and others have … [Read more...] about In resolving issues with India Pakistan needs to think out of the box
India-Pakistan: Nuances and structure of “dispute resolution”
Onkareshwar Pandey Pakistan has made a strong pitch for "resolution of issues" with India. The diplomatic rhetoric commenced in early March, a little after re-commitment by the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGsMO) of the two countries to uphold the ceasefire agreement and protocols of 2003. This initiative was followed by a number of other actions that indicated … [Read more...] about India-Pakistan: Nuances and structure of “dispute resolution”
Resolving issues with Pakistan: The myths and the reality
Jaibans Singh Pakistan is smoking the peace pipe, yet again, and the doves in India are going into raptures as usual, insisting that the Government of India should immediately respond in a positive manner and move forward to "resolve all issues." Let us first see the manner in which the peace initiative is being played out by Pakistan. "With India, it is very unfortunate … [Read more...] about Resolving issues with Pakistan: The myths and the reality