During his address to the UN General Assembly in September 2012, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari candidly expressed his anguish on the failure of the international community to resolve the long outstanding Kashmir issue. Speaking on this occasion, Zardari had said that “Kashmir remains a symbol of the failures, rather than strengths of the UN […]
OF ‘GOOD’ AND ‘BAD’ TERRORISTS!
The Indian consulate in Herat is attacked, but the identity of the assailants remains unknown as none of them are captured alive. A week later, Pakistani army posts in Bajaur Agency bordering the Kunar province of Afghanistan are also attacked and once again no one knows who is behind this attack as none of the […]
PAKISTAN’S ‘MOTHER’ OF ALL ORDINANCES!
When the legislators realised that the Anti Terrorist Act 1997 had proved ineffective in checking the growing menace of terrorism in Pakistan, they got together and did exactly what their predecessors had done in 1997- come up with yet another anti-terrorism law! Despite well-meaning advice from various quarters regarding the obvious dangers of providing sweeping […]
PAKISTAN’S ‘MOTHER’ OF ALL ORDINANCES!
When the legislators realised that the Anti Terrorist Act 1997 had proved ineffective in checking the growing menace of terrorism in Pakistan, they got together and did exactly what their predecessors had done in 1997- come up with yet another anti-terrorism law. Despite well-meaning advice from various quarters regarding the obvious dangers of providing sweeping […]
REFLECTIONS ON THE MACHIL FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE IN KASHMIR
Ever since details of the Machil fake encounter came to light in 2010, the separatist camp has been up in arms demanding that the guilty be punished. And even when the army admitted that there was prima-fascie evidence to suggest that the encounter was ‘staged’ and announced that it was in the process of investigating […]
TAKING STOCK OF SITUATION IN KASHMIR !
That the congregation at the central Jamia Masjid in Srinagar would take out a ‘pro-azadi’ and anti India rally after offering Eid prayers and listening to the sermon of Kashmir’s chief priest and Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farook was expected, as it is an annual feature. However, what certainly was not expected was the […]
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