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India not yet ready to confront truth on Kashmir - UN human rights report on Kashmir
0 comments | by Jawed Naqvi
INDIA’s summary rejection of the UN human rights report on Kashmir has predictably found allies in the opposition parties, chiefly the Congress. This is partly because the Congress party is crammed with nationalists who are difficult to differentiate from the ruling Bharatiya Jana
Read Full ArticleTransparency International asks UK not to provide ‘safe haven’ to Nawaz
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Reacting to corruption charges related to four London properties, the UK Chapter of Transparency International has asked the British government to investigate those assets and no longer provide a safe haven to Nawaz Sharif and his family. “If a UK investigation concludes that the properties have been bought with corrupt money, then the authorities should move
Read Full ArticleRAW assigned to scuttle China-Pakistan Corridor
0 comments | by Asif Haroon Raja
India never reconciled to the existence of Pakistan and kept hatching conspiracies to undo it. RAW was specifically created in 1968 to subvert the people of former East Pakistan and prepare grounds for creation of Bangladesh. India was the first country in South Asia to introduce the concept of cross border terrorism in 1971. RAW had established 59 training camps al
Read Full ArticleHeating up again AS an extreme summer engulfs the Indo-Gangetic plane
0 comments | by Munir Akram
AS an extreme summer engulfs the Indo-Gangetic plane, the political temperature is also rising. The Indian defence minister’s extraordinary statement about “fighting terror with terror” amounts to an open admission of India’s role in sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and confirms the Pakistan Army’s accusation of India’s role in th
Read Full ArticleAs the US Pivots Away, China Bets on Pakistan
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Daniel Twining is Senior Fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund and a former member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff from 2007-9. A version of this article appeared in the Nikkei Asian Review (http://asia.nikkei.com). This is online version of PacNet. Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently concluded an important state summit
Read Full ArticleEndangering peace in South Asia The vibes in south Asia are pretty clear now
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The vibes in south Asia are pretty clear now; a nationalist, jingoistic and intelligence-led mindset in New Delhi has turned Afghanistan into the centerpiece of its policy on Pakistan. Regardless of how they position themselves henceforth, the world should not be surprised if the current simmering tensions blew into armed hostilities. The string of statements f
Read Full ArticleLondon Institute of South Asia (LISA) in The House of Lords
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Address of Saeed Ismat, Chairman, London Institute of South Asia (LISA) in The House of Lords On 20 June 2018 “Discussion and LISA Book Award 2018” "In the name of God,
Read Full ArticleLONDON INSTITUTE OF SOUTH ASIA BOOK AWARD 2018
0 comments | by Mr Elias Davidsson
Mr Elias Davidsson book “The Betrayal of India” Revisiting the 26/11 Evidence is an investigative work par excellence; it is monumental, thorough and detailed. It is free of filler and rhetoric and is rich in detail. Author has relied on primary source material that could be of immense value to any future official inquiries local or international. This is
Read Full ArticleLISA/RUSI SEMINAR 2018 - The Royal United Services Institute
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In cooperation with RUSI, London Institute of South Asia (LISA) held a seminar on ‘CPEC: Changing Geopolitical and Geo-economic dynamics in South Asia and beyond’ held at RUSI on 08 June 2018 at 9:3
Read Full ArticleBlood-Spilling On the Line: ‘The future of India-Pakistan lies in the past.’
0 comments | by Z.G.Muhammad
It was yet another dark day for people living on the bloody line dividing Jammu and Kashmir. On Friday, fire-spewing mortar guns that have been thunderously roaring like man eaters for past seventy years devoured ten more human beingsand wounded dozens critically- perhaps disabled for life. Four civilians including a husband and wife and a Border Security Soldier wh
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