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Bizarre ‘Memogate’ of Pakistan

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By K.N. Pandita

In rustic idiom one may say that in Pakistan a thief is set to catch a thief. AAZ, HH, MI, AK and SP all stand stripped in the great fanfare of Pak domestic politics, thanks to her all-pervading and unstoppable Inter Service Agency.

American SEAL operation in Abbotabad, the nocturnal adventure of infidel American commandos, left the Army of the Faithful in the Islamic State of Pakistan shocked and stunned. The twenty minute operation took the wind out of the sail of GHQ located not far from the site of operation.   Continue Reading…

Disciplining the law makers

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By K.N. Pandita

Parliamentary opposition is the soul of democracy. It is out of great debates in the parliament that a government draws inspiration and direction to run administration. The parliament is the strength and the hope of the nation because it is this institution where national aspirations converge for fruition. A parliament is the fountain head of collective wisdom, for, as proverbially said, its decisions will do no harm to the nation. Elected representatives to the parliament of the world’s largest democracy also carry the largest responsibility of delivering the goods. Our law makers are sanguine about it.   Continue Reading…

Maldives SAARC Summit

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By K.N. Pandita

After their hour-long meeting on the sidelines of the SAARC summit at Addu in the Maldives, the two prime ministers asserted that time had come to write a “new chapter in the history of two countries” Who would not like to see the fulfillment of this pious wish? Dr. Manmohan Singh found his Pakistani counterpart a “man of peace”. He knows that for writing a new chapter of bilateral relationship, it is of singular importance that his counterpart is a man of peace. Keeping in mind the past story of Indo-Pak relationship, the Indian nation has hitherto gathered an impression that Pakistan has made the use of violence and muscle power as the mainstay of her policy towards India.   Continue Reading…

Pervez Musharraf’s tantrum

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By K.N. Pandita

In recent months Pakistan’s former President, who had grabbed power in a coup in which the duly elected government of Nawaz Sharief was overthrown, has been vociferously accusing India of trying to assume a harm Pak interests in Afghan situation. Earlier, he stated that he had convincing proof of India covertly supporting Baluch insurgency.

Musharraf has a court case pending in Pakistan. He was summoned to make physical presence but failed to do so. Hence an arrest warrant stands issued against him. He has declined to come to Pakistan, and lives in UK. He also tried to float a political party but it did not work. These circumstances are strong enough to cause him a deep sense of isolation. India bashing is the time tested formula for Pakistan’s politicians, especially the failed ones, to stir public hysteria and use the gambit for carving political constituency.   Continue Reading…

Our Northern Frontier

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By K.N. Pandita

For the first time after the independence of India, her policy planners have taken strategically pragmatic view of her northern frontier. Of course, first glimpse of such realization did appear after Chinese incursion in 1961, but what followed the event were only shock and surprise and not serious attention on long term northern frontier policy. China’s sudden ceasefire and quick withdrawal from occupied India territory in North-East in 1961 war sent very confusing signals to Indian policy planners of whom a section with make-believe orientation called it Beijing’s sense of remorse for “wrong doing”. Its self-delusion sprang from the “Chini-Hindi bhai bhai” catchphrase that had blurred the vision of most of us in this country.   Continue Reading…