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India Pakistan Talks: Difference of Approach

Leave a Comment / Regions / By Khalid Iqbal

The Indian government has concluded that its provocative firing on the border and the LoC, is proving to be a big hindrance to normalizing bilateral ties. One of the first things that India wants to restore could be cross-LoC CBMs and agree to opening up more roads like the Kargil-Skardu, more border trade and more popular contacts. With a BJP-PDP government in operation in Jammu & Kashmir, there is greater incentive for India now to quieten the border. Another message Jaishankar conveyed to Pakistan concerned SAAR. India has conveyed to Pakistan that connectivity and trade would be implemented in the SAARC region, even if Pakistan chose to stay away.

Kashmir Solidarity Day: Added Significance

Leave a Comment / Newspaper Article / By Khalid Iqbal

Kashmir Solidarity Day was first observed in 1990 on the call of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Late Qazi Hussain Ahmed , who were then chief minister of Punjab and head of Kashmir Committee respectively. Keeping in view the importance of the issue, the federal government headed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto declared February 5 …

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Modi’s Kashmir policy: Penny wise pound foolish

Leave a Comment / Newspaper Article / By Khalid Iqbal

2014 ended and 2015 began with a sour note in the context of Pakistan-India relations. Two Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed, on December 31, 2014, due to indiscriminate firing by Indian border guards. On January 02, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Mr Sartaj Aziz addressed a letter to the …

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Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise

Leave a Comment / Newspaper Article / By Khalid Iqbal

President Obama’s April 2014 visit to Asian counties has reinforced the concerns about America letting China rise peacefully. During this visit Obama reassured Washington’s allies ‘in the face of threats to stability from North Korea and an increasingly assertive China’. He conveyed that the US is duty-bound to come to Japan’s aid in the event …

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Kashmir: A lingering anguish

Leave a Comment / Newspaper Article / By Khalid Iqbal

There is no country in the world, including India, that does not recognize Kashmir as a disputed territory; and there is no country in the world except India that does not want its resolution in line with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. The simplest way to resolve the issue is to ask the …

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Beyond Hakimullah Mehsud

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In the scenario emanating out of Hakimullah Mehsud’s killing, first test for the government of Pakistan was to credibly establish its non-connivance in the drone attack that killed HUM. New government’s persistent anti-drone stance came handy, and provided it a strong and credible anchorage. Government stood the test fairly well. It took a considered position …

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