Category: Opinion
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ISRAEL AND ‘UMMAH’
The Middle-East Asia is in the cusp of massive change – both political and strategic – and these could impact the world. While on one hand after Bahrain and UAE normalizing their relations with Israel many other Islamic countries are expected to follow the suit on the other hand Iran and Israel are pitted against…
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REVAMPED UNO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to revamp the United Nations with the purpose of infusing multilateralism should make leaders think about this idea. The UN has played a key role in averting many a war; led peacekeeping and relief in case of natural disasters across the globe. However, over the years it has developed many…
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Oppressed people of Pakistan voice disaffection with ruling coterie and Pakistan Army
Jaibans Singh An international NGO “Alliance for Persecuted People Worldwide” (APPWW) recently organised a panel discussion on “Oppression of Pakistan’s Indigenous People.” The discussion was held against the backdrop of the COVID-19 situation in the country. Eminent persons representing the many oppressed regions of Pakistan and their people through various political parties, organisations and institutions…
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PULWAMA PROBE
The rise of the National Investigation Agency has come as a great help in cracking the terror cases in J&K. The latest one the Pulwama blast case in which a suicide bomber of Jaish-e-Mohammad blew himself by ramming his car into the CRPF bus killing 40 soldiers a year-and-a-half ago. Unless such heinous crimes are…
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Drug addiction: Pakistan is applying its Punjab model in Kashmir
Dr. Simrit Kahlon Pakistan has great expertise in keeping Indian Border States perpetually on the boil. In the 1980’s it created a brutal environment of terror in Punjab; once terrorism was contained it used the established conduits to flood the state with drugs. The youth of Punjab, already in a fragile mental state due to…
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Syed Geelani: Dogmatic, obdurate and self serving to the very end
Hardeep Bedi Ali Shah Geelani, the 90 year old Kashmiri separatist leader aligned with the All Party Hurriyat Conference (Hurriyat), has suddenly resigned from the separatist conglomerate. An irrelevant person leaving an irrelevant organisation does not merit any discussion or comment. Nevertheless, since he maintains pretensions of being a leader of the Kashmiris there is…
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HIMALAYAN VIBES
Prime Minister Nareandra Modi’s visit to Ladakh has served to boost the morale of the Army and ITBP troops on LAC and also sent a strong message to China. It was a display of strong leadership and also statesmanship towards a belligerent China who has bared its fangs towards us. Modi showered copious praises on…
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CRUDE PROPAGANDA
The picture of a three-year-old sitting on the blood-soaked body of his grandfather killed by terrorists in Sopore sent a chilling message about the fallout of terrorism on society. The worst came when Pakistanis and their agents in the rest of the world started using this image to spread lies and propaganda against the Indian…
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China has no claim on Tibet and East Turkestan, what to talk of Ladakh
Jaibans Singh The history of South Asia and China was dominated by the British broadly from the 17th century to mid-20th century. Today, almost seven decades after the exit of the British, India and China remain unable to reconcile to their new destinies and move on. Border demarcation done at the time of the British…
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Naam, Namak Aur Nishan: How the Indian Army exemplifies national integration
Jaibans Singh “Naam, Namak Aur Nishan,” is an ethos that calls upon Indian soldiers to strive for the good name of their country, the salt that they have partaken and the glory of the national flag/regimental standard, to the extent of making the supreme sacrifice of their lives when required. The Indian Armed Forces are…