India’s ladder to ‘super power’ status is missing a few steps on June 25, 2018In the post-Cold War and post 9/11 scenarios, India searched for a shortcut to become a regional hegemon and a major world power by ignoring its longterm relations with countries like Russia and shifting its strategic orientation towards the US and other western powers. This was a clever move to become a major power by exploiting the West’s sensitivities about China’s economic rise and their … [Read more...] about India’s ladder to ‘super power’ status is missing a few steps
Foreign media prompted to criticise Pakistan’s military on June 13, 2018While the ISAF forces led by the US are still fighting terrorism in Afghanistan, due to its bold and sustained operational strategy, duly reinforced by the National Action Plan (NAP); the Pakistan military has almost eliminated terrorism in its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and other parts of the country. In this context, terrorist hideouts in FATA have been totally demolished. Of … [Read more...] about Foreign media prompted to criticise Pakistan’s military
Secularism in India has been just symbolic on June 1, 2018Since India’s independence in 1947, the leadership of that time and the successive Indian governments have been projecting that being a religiously diverse society, India was to be developed as a secular state, where Hindu majority and all other religious minorities would enjoy equal rights. But, initially, no such provision of India being a secular country was included in the original … [Read more...] about Secularism in India has been just symbolic
Why is India sabotaging SAARC summits? on May 11, 2018The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summits are usually held biennially, hosted by a member state in alphabetical order. The member state hosting the summit also assumes the Chair of the association. The 18th SAARC Summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2014. The 19th SAARC Summit, which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan in November 2016 was sabotaged by India not only … [Read more...] about Why is India sabotaging SAARC summits?
The dilemma of smaller South Asian states on May 6, 2018India treats all other South Asian smaller states as its backyard and wants that other countries should seek its prior approval before taking any foreign policy initiative. In reality, with deference to its South Asian smaller neighbours, India is pursuing a hegemonic policy as per Indian Doctrine of Regional Security. Bahabani Sen Gupta has explained this doctrine in his article, published in … [Read more...] about The dilemma of smaller South Asian states
Summer is approaching cruelty level in Pakistan: on May 3, 2018Nawabshah may have endured hottest April temperature recorded on Earth. According to the report, Temperatures soared to 50.2o Celsius in Nawabshah, Sindh on Monday in what might just be the highest temperature ever reliably measured on Earth during April; it was the warmest April temperature ever recorded in Pakistan and the entire Asian continent. Published in Daily Times, May 3rd 2018. … [Read more...] about Summer is approaching cruelty level in Pakistan:
Maligning Pakistan’s armed forces on April 27, 2018On November 20, 2017, Indian news website The Quartz published an article titled ‘Inside Pakistan’s biggest business conglomerate: the Pakistan military’, written by Indian army general, Kamal Davar. Throughout the article, Davar seems to be making futile attempts to malign Pakistan’s armed forces by accusing them of constructing a separate business complex. On the first hand, it is totally … [Read more...] about Maligning Pakistan’s armed forces
Anti-Pakistan lobbying in Washington on April 15, 2018Mr Larry Pressler, a 75-year-old pro-Indian Republican politician, a former Senator in the US Congress for a long time, an old Pakistan critic and advocate of US-India friendship, and a famous writer of the most disliked Pressler Amendment against Pakistan, has written an anti-Pakistan article titled Thank You, President Trump for calling out Pakistan on Terrorism, which has recently been … [Read more...] about Anti-Pakistan lobbying in Washington
Nepal and its big neighbour on April 10, 2018Nepal is a Hindu state, which lie along the southern slopes of the Himalayan Mountain Range. The Kingdom of Nepal is a landlocked country, with India on its southern, eastern and western borders and the Tibetan autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China to the north. Its territory extends roughly 500 miles (800 kms) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south. While … [Read more...] about Nepal and its big neighbour
Nepal’s foreign policy is a dilemma on April 2, 2018Nepal is a Hindu state, which is lying along the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountain ranges. It is a landlocked country, which is strategically located between two much larger countries, India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. While Nepal’s border with China comprises of difficult mountainous terrain, its border region with India is easy to … [Read more...] about Nepal’s foreign policy is a dilemma
