Kashmir’s video warfare The Excelsior 27th Apr 17

Kashmir’s video warfare The Excelsior 27th Apr 17

Politicians and visual media houses have always been self-serving. Comments on Kashmir clearly follow party lines or media biases, while national interests, national security and national unity come last. After all, TRPs and votes count, national unity has little value. This has resulted in clear stands being adopted, anti or pro the government and since the army and other security […]

Panama papers and Nawaz Sharif’s waterloo: How Pakistan Supreme Court made the PM a pawn DailyO 22 Apr 17

Panama papers and Nawaz Sharif’s waterloo: How Pakistan Supreme Court made the PM a pawn DailyO 22 Apr 17

The recent split judgement of the Pakistan Supreme Court giving Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif breathing space by appointing a Joint Investigation Team (JIT), to investigate the Panama papers claims of financial irregularities by him and his family, has changed the strategic scenario in the country. The JIT comprises of members of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), National Accountability Bureau (NAB), […]

Temporary gains likely from new war on terror The Statesman 07 Mar 17

Temporary gains likely from new war on terror The Statesman 07 Mar 17

Post terror strikes which killed over a hundred innocents in a week, spread across the country, Pak army announced, with much fanfare, the launch of Operation ‘Rad-ul-Fasaad’, its latest in a series of crackdowns against terror groups across the country. The aim of the operation, as announced by their Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), is ‘indiscriminately eliminating residual and latent […]

India, Pakistan and a tale of two army chiefs The Wire 06 Jan 17

India, Pakistan and a tale of two army chiefs The Wire 06 Jan 17

General Bajwa assumed the mantle of army chief of Pakistan in end November, while General Bipin Rawat took command of the Indian army last weekend. General Rawat was commissioned in 1978, while General Bajwa in 80. Both had served almost simultaneously in the same mission in Congo, the difference being that General Rawat commanded the North Kivu Brigade and General […]

A necessary shift in India’s stance The Statesman 24 Aug 16

A necessary shift in India’s stance The Statesman 24 Aug 16

In his Independence Day speech, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Prime Minister publicly criticized Pakistan for human rights violations in Baluchistan, POK and Gilgit- Baltistan. He had raised this issue in the all party meeting on Kashmir, a week ago. Rarely has any international leader publicly declared such a radical shift in his nation’s foreign policy, adopting […]