Mehtab Karan Singh General elections are due in Pakistan in mid-2018. They will witness a fair amount of acrimony and belligerence with political parties leveraging all the clout and muscle that they can muster. Of particular value for all contesting parties will be the militant lobby that holds tremendous power and resources. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has … [Read more...] about Sharif versus Saeed: Internal politics at play
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Defeatist operational procedures in Kashmir need to be reversed
Jaibans Singh The Army Chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, in a recent statement said that those attacking security forces during Counter Terrorist (CT) operations will be treated as “anti-nationals” and will face “tough action.” A statement of this nature by the Army Chief should have come a long time back. The difficulty being faced and the avoidable casualties being suffered by … [Read more...] about Defeatist operational procedures in Kashmir need to be reversed
Propagandist exploitation of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru must stop
Jaibans Singh The month of February witnesses a disgusting exploitation of the deaths of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru by the Kashmiri separatists to further their evil agendas. It was in this month that Maqbool Bhat was hanged for complicity in the murder of a police inspector and Afzal Guru was hanged for his complicity in the conduct of a terrorist attack on the Indian … [Read more...] about Propagandist exploitation of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru must stop
Who is Pakistan trying to fool with its “Kashmir Solidarity Day?”
Dr. Simrit Kahlon Pakistan has observed yet another irrelevant and fatuous “Kashmir Solidarity Day” on February, 05. This is an annual ritual since 1990 whose stated objective is to support the so-called struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir towards self-determination of their political status. The actual objective of this evil exercise is downright propaganda. It is … [Read more...] about Who is Pakistan trying to fool with its “Kashmir Solidarity Day?”
Cut-paste, visionless defense allocation in the Union Budget
Jaibans Singh Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2017-18 on Wednesday, February, 01. As usual, television and online media keenly followed the presentation with experts at hand to give their comments. Newspapers the next day devoted most of their space to analysis of various facets of the budget. Interestingly, the budgetary allocation to defense … [Read more...] about Cut-paste, visionless defense allocation in the Union Budget