The Pakistani Spectator

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What’s on Indo-Pak Agenda?

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed the government’s appeal against the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and on 25 May 2010, upholding the Lahore High Court decision to set him free from preventive detention. It is generally being seen as a setback to the normalization efforts for Indo-Pakistan relations. The fact cannot [...]



What India is doing against Pakistan

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

If we come out of the Naxals issue for a while, we would be able to find out that many movements are in full swing in other Indian states. Of course, there are conspiracies by the Indian intelligence agencies to counter them. In order to bring the Jammu and Kashmir state under Indian union by [...]



Is SIMI really a terrorist organization?

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: Politics

After the attacks on US’ highly secure Pentagon and World Trade Centre in September 2001, New Delhi imposed ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for its suspected links with terrorist. Accordingly, Indian Ministry of Home Affairs declared SIMI an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967. To be precise, it was [...]



Can we make Indo-Pak talks a success story?

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 19th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

In the backdrop of recent SAARC meet in Thimphu, where the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agreed to continue the dialogue process, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna along with his entourage is scheduled to visit   Islamabad on July 15 2010 for talks with Pakistani authorities. There are reports from New Delhi that [...]



India must revisit its anti-Maoist policy

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics

An Indian peasant movement for the rights of the poor farmers and landless labourers, which started in Naxalbari village in West Bengal in 1967 turned violent due to improper handling by Indian political, bureaucrats, military bosses and intelligence agencies. In April this year alone, 77 Indian security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack. Another [...]



Behind the Lahore attacks?

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 17th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The recent attacks on Mosques belonging to Qadianies in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore is worth condemnation in the strongest possible words. It was really shocking to see the bodies of those killed and injured in the incident. At this moment of grief and sorrow we can only curse those who killed [...]



When we are going to learn?

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 16th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistan aims at a constructive and result-oriented dialogue with India, especially when Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visit Islamabad July 15, as a follow-up to the meeting of the two Prime Ministers on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in April this year. In his latest statement, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said [...]



Castles in the Air, Indian Defence Preparedness

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Modernization of Indian defence has become essential in light of changing scenario in and around Asia. Indian current defence allocation at the tune of Indian Rupees 1,47,344 crore compared to last year’s allocation of Rs. 1,41,703 crore is not sufficient for a long shopping list. This account to increase in the defence outlay by only [...]



Terrorists and Terrorism

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 9th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The investigation conducted by the Maharashtra’s Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) in connection with 2008 Malegaon blasts was something which the people of India as well as the world were unable to digest. Despite solid evidences in the shape of stuff recovered and confessional statements of involvement in terrorism, there are still Indian leaders who think [...]



The latest conspiracy to divide Kashmir

By Afshain Afzal • Jun 3rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Many decades back Germany was divided by greedy powers as booty of war. Since then the West Germany was controlled and exploited by US while the East Germany by Russia. However, despite propaganda machineries on full throttle, even the time could not make the divide of Eastern and Western Germany permanent. The artificial divide through [...]