A New Chapter of the Great Game is unfolding. In the past the main threat was from the Russia, now this danger is from other players with greater interest in the region. New threat is from China and the USA, with India also having keen interest in the region and ambition to revive the old Silk Route to boost economic and strategic goals. China was not, and is not, part of the Kashmir dispute, although it is in possession of the Kashmiri territory; and some quarters are advancing such theories that China should also be a party and a stakeholder in the Kashmir dispute. No doubt we need peace...
A New Chapter of the Great Game is unfolding. In the past the main threat was from the Russia, now this danger is from other players with greater inte...
Whereas world politics had changed with disintegration of the Soviet Union, and especially after fall of the Twin Towers, but we in South Asia were slow to acknowledge these changes and make appropriate changes to our policies. With heads deep in sand we were happy to continue with the same policies, which meant more confrontation and hatred for each other; and which nearly brought South Asia to edge of a nuclear disaster. The Kashmir dispute must be resolved in its own right, as a case of Kashmiri peoples unfettered right of self- determination, a right that has been denied to the people of...
Whereas world politics had changed with disintegration of the Soviet Union, and especially after fall of the Twin Towers, but we in South Asia were sl...
People of the Valley, by and large, have developed superiority complex that everything should revolve around them; and that people of the other regions of the State should follow them. They wrongly think that every one should speak about them and support them, and they don't have to even mention about miseries of the people belonging to other regions of the State. This complex or ego of the 'Valley leaders' is regularly massaged by both India and Pakistan by giving them more attention than they deserve. Both governments have worked hard to promote those people as leaders of the Kashmiri...
People of the Valley, by and large, have developed superiority complex that everything should revolve around them; and that people of the other region...
One person's freedom fighter is another person's terrorist, we were told. There is very thin line between a freedom fighter and a terrorist, yet we actively supported the Kashmiri armed struggle, as we sincerely thought it was a genuine struggle for freedom of our homeland. As we got more information, political maturity and established our independent sources of information about what was going on in name of Kashmiri 'freedom struggle' or 'Jihad' we started opposing it, and that was 5/6 years before the tragic events of 9/11 which changed many things including any distinction between armed...
One person's freedom fighter is another person's terrorist, we were told. There is very thin line between a freedom fighter and a terrorist, yet we ac...
The jihadi culture nourished during General Zia-ul- Haqs rule, had three clear objectives: A proxy war of America against Soviet Russia in name of Jihad, a proxy war of Saudi Arabia against Shia Community and Iran and to extend his military rule. Talented secret agency of Pakistan, ISI under watchful eyes of CIA created many jihadi outfits. Later on this jihad was also exported to Kashmir and other countries as well. These Jihadi outfits get official patronage as long as they work within the parameters set up by the establishment. Religious groups promoting jihad have very...
The jihadi culture nourished during General Zia-ul- Haqs rule, had three clear objectives: A proxy war of America against Soviet Russia in name of Ji...
Because of the position taken by both India and Pakistan, many people believe that Kashmir is a "territorial dispute" between the both countries. This is not true. Kashmir is not, I repeat, not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan. The Kashmir issue is about the basic human rights of the Kashmiri people, including the right to determine their own future. The people of Kashmir do not want to be treated like cattle, that others can decide our future. We are not in a business of selecting masters. We want to be masters of our own destiny. That means we want to live like a...
Because of the position taken by both India and Pakistan, many people believe that Kashmir is a "territorial dispute" between the both countries. T...