Malicious campaign of 'calumny' on against soldiers of Muslim faith: 91 civil servants

  0 comments   |     by Satyamev Jayate

As many as 91 former civil servants have, in an open letter, sought investigation into what they call “malicious campaign of calumny” against soldiers of the Muslim faith in the Indian armed forces, stating “the assaults against the dignity of our Muslim citizens, as indeed physical assaults, are becoming commonplace.”  The latest

Tweet Share to Facebook

The Narrative of a New Pakistan

  2 comments   |     by Saad Rasool

Over the past week, even as Pakistani media was consumed by the abhorrent (and self-destructive) tirades of Nawaz Sharif and his cohorts, an important transformation took place in Pakistan’s ‘international narrative’, especially concerning India. Specifically, in an exclusive interview to Indian media, Dr Moeed Yusuf, Advisor to the Prime Minister

Tweet Share to Facebook

Tripartite dialogue over Kashmir: Only way out

  2 comments   |     by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai

Dr. Moeed Yusuf, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security and Strategic Policy, disclosed in an interview with Karan Thapar that India displayed a desire to hold a conversation with Pakistan. He added that we support any conversation that moves us forward. However, he also emphasised that there are three parties to the dispute: Pakistan

Tweet Share to Facebook

UN rights chief slams India over arrests, restrictions on NGOs

  0 comments   |     by admin

GENEVA: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced her dismay on Tuesday at the arrest of activists in India and restrictions to the work of non-governmental organisations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights appealed to New Delhi to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs. Bachelet regretted what she called the application of v

Tweet Share to Facebook

What’s the Difference between Nagorno-Karabakh & Kashmir?

  0 comments   |     by Andrew Korybko

Pakistan’s position of supporting Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity has come under criticism by some in India who claim that it’s hypocritical for Islamabad to endorse the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination while denying the same to the majority Armenian inhabitants of Occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, but these two conflicts are actually very

Tweet Share to Facebook

India's GDP down by 50%, not 23%, job loss 200 million not 122 million: Top economist

  0 comments   |     by admin

By Our Representative  One of India’s topmost economists has estimated that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decline was around 50%, and not 23%, as claimed by the Government of India’s top data body, National Statistical Organization (NSO). Prof Arun Kumar, who is Malcolm S Adiseshiah chair professor, Institute of Social Sciences, N

Tweet Share to Facebook

INDIA LOSES GIANT GAS FIELD IN IRAN

  0 comments   |     by Anadolu

 Iran  has booted out India from the development of Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf, a highly-placed government source in Tehran told Anadolu Agency. The source said Iran decided to use local firms to develop the gas field after New Delhi failed to respond to “multiple ultimatums” issued by Iran over the years. “We gave them multip

Tweet Share to Facebook

Why Junagadh is Part of Pakistan’s new political map

  4 comments   |     by Dr Iqtidar Cheema

The federal cabinet of Pakistan has approved and released the new political map of Pakistan on August 4 which includes territories of Jammu and Kashmir and a part of Ladakh. The map also claims Junagadh, Manavadar and Sir Creek in Indian Gujarat as part of Pakistan. While many Pakistanis know about Indian occupie

Tweet Share to Facebook

Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India..

  4 comments   |     by Jason Burke

Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by KS Komireddi – review A blistering polemic exposes the country’s malaise under Narendra Modi Almost a decade ago, I travelled to a small town in Gujarat, a state in the west of India, to hear 

Tweet Share to Facebook

India implodes its own new Silk Road

  6 comments   |     by Pepe Escobar

There was a time when New Delhi was proudly selling the notion of establishing its own New Silk Road – from the Gulf of Oman to the intersection of Central and South Asia opening access from Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia from the Arabian Sea – to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.  Now it looks like the Indians have stabbed th

Tweet Share to Facebook