The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Mumbai Attacks’

Indian Non Cooperation in Mumbai Attacks

By ahsan • Aug 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Despite Pakistan’s repeated demands, India has failed to supply solid information in relation to the culprits of Mumbai mayhem which occurred on November 26 last year. Instead of providing any evidence, New Delhi has only been propagating that the gunmen who conducted terrorist events in Mumbai came from Pakistan. Surprisingly, on July 21, Indian Foreign [...]



Can the intel community defuse India-Pakistan tensions?

By Isha Khan • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The CIA played a back-channel role in serving as an arbiter and vehicle for intelligence sharing in order to ease tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks, the Washington Post reports today. “In the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the CIA orchestrated back-channel intelligence exchanges between India and Pakistan, allowing the two [...]



Holbrooke is Tough, Huh ?

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

President Obama’s special envoy Richard Holbrooke was here in his colony for three nights in the previous week and though we were told by Herr Rehman Malik that Richard was here to get the tutorial about the happenings in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their role and tasks in war on terror, no one got decevied [...]



Muslims in India: Identity And Security Issues

By Isha Khan • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Our great nation— India was freed on 15th August 1947 after 190 years of fight against British tyranny, beginning from the battle of Plassey in July 1757 between Nawab Siraj-ud Daulah and East India Company. Year 1857 has been the hallmark of Indian’s ‘unity in diversity’ culture when all Indians with their religious, linguistic and [...]



Indian Chicanery (Urdu Article)

By M Mirza • Feb 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


India needs to redefine democratic pluralism

By Isha Khan • Feb 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

India celebrates its 59th republic day on 26th January 2009. However, even after such a long time, India is unable to define a correct roadmap of nation building. Societal brakes are pulling down the rapid scientific advancement and communal tension is kept alive.
As a nation India harps on secularism but in practice this word remains [...]



‘Eliminating the tension’ rather than diffusing it

By Sandy • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s now almost two months since the 26/11 attacks. There have words and comments made from both sides. Ever since the attacks, I have been active on Pakistani forums like Pakspectator. One of the things that I have realized over this period is that there has been complete lack of acknowledgment of the problems that [...]



Indian Conspiracy and Afghan Soil (Urdu Article)

By M Mirza • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


A Battle of the Bands?

By Maham Javed • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Sitting alone in the dark waiting for electricity to come, my mind turned towards one of the most pressing problems on hand (at least as far as I’m concerned it is worth giving a thought to!). For a month or so, there has been a big hub-bub about the Mumbai attacks. And it seems a [...]



India going towards Hindu Talibanization?

By Isha Khan • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The idea was to castigate the Muslims using terror tactics and blame the militants and Pakistan for direct involvement. But the methodology used was terror against Muslims. Swami, Sadhvi and an Indian army officer who was commanding a unit in Kashmir were involved. It was the army officer who was providing the arsenal to terrorize [...]