Kashmiri intifada: the Burhan Wani factor on October 11, 2016In the address of Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif to the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) last month, the unequivocal and emphatic mentioning of the name and role of Burhan Wani was a single major feat that is bound to infuse a new spirit of sacrifice and struggle for freedom in Kashmiris residing especially […]
Rampant racism and hate crime in Scotland on October 4, 2016Scotland persists with its notoriety of racism and hate crime. Racism is still a soft word subject to interpretation in several ways. A hate crime means a racist act inflicting physical harm on the victim. On July 31, 2016, in the section of Scotland Politics, the BBC reported that almost 3,000 racist incidents had been […]
Pak-Russia Friendship 2016 on September 27, 2016The domain of military witnessed Pakistan and Russia — the latter in the form of the former Soviet Union — become entangled with each other on the land of Afghanistan. The domain of military has been selected by both countries to herald a new era of friendship. A contingent of Russian troops has arrived in […]
Farzana Shaikh on the history of Pakistan II on September 20, 2016Farzana Shaikh is an Associate Fellow of the Asia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London where she directs the Pakistan Study Group. Her book Making Sense of Pakistan, published in 2009 in the United Kingdom, is oft-quoted nowadays. In the book, Shaikh makes two major claims about the history […]
Farzana Shaikhs Making Sense of Pakistan on September 6, 2016Last year, the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) of Pakistan changed the syllabus for the examination of Central Superior Services, and recommended new books as well. Amongst them, for Pakistan Affairs was Farzana Shaikh’s Making Sense of Pakistan published in the United Kingdom in 2009. This opinion piece intends to debate Shaikh’s understanding of Pakistan […]
Hussain Haqqani on the Kashmir issue III on August 30, 2016Pakistan’s ex-ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani’s recently launched book, India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends? has several bits of poor insight. This opinion piece will only debate his insights into the Kashmir issue. Haqqani is of the view that the Kashmir issue is a symptom and not a cause of acerbic […]
Husain Haqqani on the origin of the Kashmir issue on August 23, 2016Pakistan’s ex-ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani’s recently launched book, India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends?” has several pieces of disinformation. This opinion piece will debate his views only on the origin of the Kashmir issue. Haqqani is of the view that Pakistan (i.e. the state of Pakistan including the then ruling […]
The Simla Agreement and the Kashmir issue on August 16, 2016Some retired diplomats in their opinion pieces in various Pakistani English dailies, and some retired army generals airing their opinions on various TV talk shows are of two kind of views. First, the Simla Agreement of 1972 between Pakistan and India has no more bearing on Pakistan because of one reason or the other. Second, […]
Husain Haqqanis India vs Pakistan on August 9, 2016Recently, “India vs Pakistan: Why can’t we just be friends?”, the third book of Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s ex-ambassador to the US, was published in India. The book in five chapters is without proper referencing, and is a hodgepodge of Haqqani’s views already published in various publications. The first two chapters expose his lack of basic […]
Is Kashmir atoot ang of India? on August 2, 2016India claims that on October 26, 1947, the ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh signed the requisite Instrument of Accession with the then Dominion of India, and this prompted dominion’s then-governor general Lord Mountbatten to dispatch Indian troops to Kashmir on October 27 to liberate it from anarchists, the […]