Ranjan Chauhan Pakistan is today grappling with a fast deteriorating security situation. The much acclaimed offensive against the militants, Operation Zarb-e-Azb, is going nowhere. In fact, the Pakistan Taliban seems to be gaining strength as is evident from its claim of having shot down a military helicopter in Gilgit-Baltistan leading to the unfortunate death of seven people … [Read more...] about Dealing with Pakistan’s Proxy war against India
Gilgit-Baltistan
NDA government must change the Gilgit-Baltistan narrative
Jaibans Singh Sadly, successive government in India since independence has chosen to remain silent spectators with regard to the oppression and atrocity that is being heaped on the people of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan. Despite the people of Gilgit-Baltistan opting to join the state of Pakistan at the time of division of the Indian Sub-continent in 1947, Pakistan has not … [Read more...] about NDA government must change the Gilgit-Baltistan narrative
Gawadar port operationalisation: India, US need to redraw maritime strategy
Dr. Simrit Kahlon International pressure and concern notwithstanding, China is now poised to change the maritime strategic equation in the South Asian region. Media reports suggest that the Gawadar port in Balochistan, Pakistan is likely to become operational in April, 2015. Work is in full swing to establish free-trade zones, where a large number of national and international … [Read more...] about Gawadar port operationalisation: India, US need to redraw maritime strategy
Islamic State aspires to be sole arbiter of Jihad in Indian sub-continent
Jaibans Singh Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security and Foreign Affairs has, of late, shown a penchant for brushing aside all talk of the presence in Pakistan of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also called the Islamic State (IS) and “Daish.” The situation on ground, however, belies scope for such optimism which is yet another … [Read more...] about Islamic State aspires to be sole arbiter of Jihad in Indian sub-continent
Dismal state of education in Gilgit-Baltistan
Jasmine Brar Gilgit-Baltistan is well and truly a down trodden colony of Pakistan. It is deprived of its natural resources with no thought being given to the plight of the people who continue to live a mediaeval lifestyle due to lack of basic facilities. The lack of proper educational facilities stands out as a particularly inhumane deprivation that Pakistan has heaped on the … [Read more...] about Dismal state of education in Gilgit-Baltistan