In the year 2008, the then President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, visited India and met with the Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Pakistan House in New Delhi. “The situation has changed, Geelani sahib,” Musharraf said. “Yes situations keep changing, but the stand doesn’t change,” Geelani replied. Recently, moderate Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Bhat, at a … [Read more...] about Kashmir : A victim of propaganda in the name of politics
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Mirwaiz talks governance to gain brownie points
While winter has descended in full force on the valley of Kashmir, it has not in any manner served to slacken the pace of things in the region. Politically, the region continues to be as full of activity as ever. The priorities of course may have shifted. This was fairly obvious even in the nature of issues taken up by the Mirwaiz in his weekly sermon delivered last … [Read more...] about Mirwaiz talks governance to gain brownie points
Is the Pakistani Army getting ready to take over?
Salman Taseer, the Governor of Pakistan Punjab is dead, killed by his own guard who, it is being said, could not tolerate his liberal views especially in relation to the draconian Blasphemy Law. By his death, Salman Taseer has joined a growing list of liberal leaders in Pakistan who have been killed because they were against radical Islamisation of their country. The list of … [Read more...] about Is the Pakistani Army getting ready to take over?
The Indian Soldier : An epitome of courage and fortitude
The Nation is geared up to celebrate Army Day on January, 15, 2011. It was on this historic day in 1949 that the Indian Army divested the control of the British with Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British commander. The intervening period has witnessed the … [Read more...] about The Indian Soldier : An epitome of courage and fortitude
Pakistan’s water woes
A month after devastating floods first brought havoc to Pakistan, thousands of people are were still fleeing surging water. On August, 29 the Indus broke its banks close to a historic city, Thatta, 75 miles south-east of Karachi. Officials said water had breached the river's embankments close to Thatta. The estimated 20ft breach in the levee, caused flooding in the … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s water woes