14th August: Partition horrors remembrance day Taazakhabar News.com The Union Home Ministry announced on 14th August that henceforth this day would be remembered as ‘Partition horrors remembrance day.’ A gazette notification issued on the occasion stated, ‘The Government of India declares 14th August as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day to remind the present and future generations of Indians of the […]
Pakistan’s article 370 dilemma The Statesman 10 Aug 2021 The second anniversary of revoking Article 370, on 05 Aug, was played up in Pakistan, as expected. Pak attempted to launch a twitter storm and had circulated twenty standardized messages to be spread on social media. It flopped. Every Pak leader, from Imran Khan downwards, tweeted on the event. Imran […]
Iron brothers have similar traits The Excelsior 03 Aug 2021 The Chinese vice foreign minister, Xie Feng, speaking to his US counterpart, Wendy Sherman, last week, stated, ‘The desire to seek hegemony or territorial expansion is simply not in the Chinese DNA. And China has never coerced any country.’ He added, ‘China has never gone to others’ doorsteps to […]
Deteriorating security environment in Pakistan The Excelsior 27 Jul 2021 An article in the Pakistan Business Recorder last week stated that the Taliban has asked the Pak government to initiate talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan, (TTP) as it is unable to expel them from Afghanistan. The TTP has been responsible for maximum casualties to Pak troops and civilians in […]
सबक: पाकिस्तान एफएटीएफ की निगरानी में, काम आ रहा है भारत का दबाव Amar Ujala 22 Jul 2021 हाल ही में विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने कहा, ‘हमारे कारण पाकिस्तान एफएटीएफ की निगरानी में है, और उसे ग्रे सूची में रखा गया है। हम पाकिस्तान पर दबाव बनाने में सफल रहे हैं और तथ्य यह कि पाकिस्तान का रवैया […]
Now, Taliban controls Pakistan The Excelsior 20 Jul 2021 Imran Khan in an interview with the New York Times, stated, ‘Given that the US gave a date of withdrawal, from then onward, our leverage diminished on the Taliban. And the reason is that the moment the United States gave a date of exit, the Taliban basically claimed victory.’ SM […]
Failing on all fronts, Pak blames India for every wrong on earth India News Network 19 Jul 2021 The IED explosion in Johar Town of Lahore, supposedly aimed at terrorist mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, was blamed on India. The Pak National Security Advisor, Moeed Yusuf stated, ‘without a doubt I want to say, (the circumstances) of this entire attack leads […]
Pakistan and the drone challenge India news network 05 Jul 2021 The employment of drones to target the Jammu air force station opened eyes of the government on the damage which this simple, available over the counter, low-cost device can inflict. The efficacy of drones was already visible in multiple battlefields across the globe, including Syria, Libya, Iraq or […]
Countering Pakistan’s narrative on Kashmir The Excelsior 05 Jul 2021 Last week, Pakistan foreign minister SM Qureshi challenged India to conduct an opinion poll of Kashmiris around the world on its decision to abrogate Article 370. He added that if majority were opposed, India should revert its decision. Earlier he had written a letter to the UNSC claiming India […]
Hypocrisy, thy name is Pakistan The Excelsior 26 Jun 2021 The attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario, Canada led the entire Pakistan political hierarchy claiming Islamophobia must be curbed. The same day, within Pakistan, local protestors blocked the funeral of an Ahmadi woman. It took a day of discussion between the provincial government and protestors to permit […]