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Attack on the last bastion of hope

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By K N.. Pandita

Intriguingly, the Supreme Court does not focus on the urgency of responding to the petition of the Army Chief.  In doing so it gives time and space to the sections of voluble media that has wantonly blurred on the issue with less of sense but more of nonsense. The Supreme Court has dismissed the PIL of Grenadiers Union but we may ask why Justice Thakur of the Supreme Court recused when the case was referred to him first? Continue Reading…

Sino-Indian border dialogue

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By K.N. Pandita

The long border between India and China has remained un-demarcated in the sense in which international borders between two neioghbouring countries are usually drawn. The McMahan line drawn by the British during the days of their colonial empire was not accepted by the Chinese in very clear terms. Soon after the independence of India, China raked up the border issue. Nehru had hoped that cooperation between the two rising powers of Asia would usher in a golden period of world history and lay the foundation of mutual understanding and cooperation between the two Asian giants for other countries and powers to emulate.   Continue Reading…

Pak’s beleaguered democracy

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By K.N. Pandita

In a tripartite pull for power and authority, democratically elected government in Pakistan is under pressure from the judiciary and the army, the latter having the final word with it. Thrice in the past has Pakistan army staged coup and removed civilian elected governments. Apprehensions are that conditions are shaping for another coup though Pak Army chief has expressed adherence to democratic arrangement in the country. He has not tagged any conditions to such a commitment though in the past military rulers in that country usually discredited politicians and the brand of democracy they floated in Pakistan essentially to legitimize their taking over.   Continue Reading…

Sectarian killings in Pak

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K.N. Pandita

Planted explosive attack on the chehlum Shia procession in Khanpur, Pakistan killing more than twenty and wounding as many people is not the first of its kind. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has publicly announced its agenda of suppressing Pakistani Shia Muslims by sheer muscle power. The minority community is under constant threat of decimation at the hands of the majority Sunni sect. This proves that the two-nation theory on the basis of which Pakistan was crated holds good in respect of Pakistani sects as well. Continue Reading…

Is Pakistan losing its grip?

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By K.N. Pandita

Apprehension of losing grip on political power of the country is the bane of Pakistan Military. But the option of usurping power by ousting a civilian government is becoming more and more untenable. The reason is the fast changing dynamics of Pakistan’s internal and external politics. Pakistan Army carries the cumbersome and humiliating baggage of defeat in Bangladesh war. Its redemption is rendered not only impossible but even counter-productive. Continue Reading…