Mehtab Karan Singh China is poised to build a $ 18 billion economic corridor linking Gawadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan with Kashghar in Xinjiang, North-West China. The project will involve a railway line, fibre optic link and a petroleum pipeline across the Karakoram. Several industrial projects are proposed along the corridor. It is also proposed to upgrade the Karakoram … [Read more...] about The devious Pakistan-China nexus to marginalise India
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There is more to the Sharif led Pakistan than meets the eye
Jaibans Singh On December, 04, 2013, Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, while addressing the Budget session of the sham of a government installed in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) stated that “Kashmir is a flashpoint and can trigger a fourth war” between India and Pakistan. The statement was, of course, hurriedly retracted by the Prime Minister’s office in the typical … [Read more...] about There is more to the Sharif led Pakistan than meets the eye
Pakistan Army exploits religion to quell separatism in Baluchistan
S Ranjan Baluchistan, the most restive province of Pakistan, has entered into a new era of violence. The pattern of violence has witnessed a change of late with the new trend being based more on religious polarisation than nationalist ideology as was the case earlier. This is quite evident from the ongoing massacre of Shia’s in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The end … [Read more...] about Pakistan Army exploits religion to quell separatism in Baluchistan
Pakistan in smithereens: A story of exploitation and apathy
S Ranjan On May, 09, 2012, with slogans of, “Takht-e-Lahore Alvida” (Good bye to the throne of Lahore) in the assembly of the Punjab province in Pakistan, two resolutions demanding division of the province into three different segments were passed unanimously. This was historic and significant because the largest, richest, politically most powerful province is looking for … [Read more...] about Pakistan in smithereens: A story of exploitation and apathy