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Newspaper Article by khalid 01/06/2015

Afghan peace process begins to crawl!

Leaderships of Afghanistan and Pakistan have demonstrated that both countries are poised to work in unison to formulate a strategy for bringing peace to both the countries. As a first step, the two countries have decided to effectively counter the propaganda against…

Newspaper Article by khalid 11/05/2015

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Afghanistan back in focus

Flurry of activities about Afghanistan over the last two weeks have, once again, brought this country under international focus. Former President Asif Zardari led his party delegation to Kabul, Commander United States Forces in Afghanistan General John F Campbell called on Army…

Regions by khalid 10/03/2015

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India Pakistan Talks: Difference of Approach

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…

Newspaper Article by khalid 16/02/2015

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Another round of Pakistan–India talks in the offing

In a follow-up action to his recent visit to India, President Obama’s half an hour phone call to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set the stage for resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue. New Indian Foreign Secretary is likely to visit Pakistan to resume…

Newspaper Article by khalid 21/01/2015

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Pope and I are not Charlie!

Mercifully, the pendulum has swung back to sanity. Pope Francis has stated that there were limits to freedom of speech and said other people’s religion could not be insulted or mocked. The pope made the comments in relation to attacks by gunmen…

Newspaper Article by khalid 28/10/2014

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The longest black day!

On this day in 1947, India fraudulently inducted its military in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was a blatant violation of the parameters set for the partition of British India. Concurrently, India announced the accession of Jammu and Kashmir…

Newspaper Article by khalid 21/10/2014

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Palestine towards Statehood!

Prime Minster Narendra Modi is trying to replicate Netanyahu’s Gaza approach in Kashmir. However, to Modi’s chagrin, British House of Commons has voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state. Members backed the move "as a contribution to securing a negotiated…

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Kashmir Dispute Back to the UN

While Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi share Nobel Peace prize for the year, their countries are engaged in a sort of ‘small-scale war’ in the UN acknowledged disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Hopefully, the two laureates would put together…

Newspaper Article by IPRI 02/04/2014

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Has US ended Drone Strikes on Pakistan?

It was in 2001 that the United States (US) used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) commonly known as drones for the first time in Afghanistan and has been continuously employing them since then. The drones have been the US effective weapon of choice…

Newspaper Article by IPRI 07/01/2014

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Revisiting Drone Warfare

Finally, United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on states that use UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones) as a counter terrorism measure to comply with International law regarding human rights violations. United Nations charter gives much importance to…

Afghan peace process begins to crawl!

Afghanistan back in focus

India Pakistan Talks: Difference of Approach

Another round of Pakistan–India talks in the offing

Pope and I are not Charlie!

The longest black day!

Palestine towards Statehood!

Kashmir Dispute Back to the UN

Has US ended Drone Strikes on Pakistan?

Revisiting Drone Warfare

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