Mahendra Ved
Pakistan’s 1971 War Debacle: A Bengali Judge’s Report lies Buried with Little Accountability
What began as “Operation Searchlight” conducted by the Pakistan Army in the then East Pakistan 50 years ago had its denouement in two ways: a violent separation of that province…
Bangladesh War of 1971: Pakistan’s Blinkered Vision
The narrative in Pakistan that India facilitated the breakup in 1971 is perfectly understandable given hostilities generated by the 1947 partition and perennial distrust and hostilities between the two South…
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari: A New Star Rises on Pakistan’s Political Horizon
For observers of South Asia with its rich crop of women politicians – from Sri Lanka’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga to India’s Indira Gandhi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina and…
Will India end up as a spectator in Afghanistan?
In a recent Bollywood movie ‘Kesari’, which commemorates the Battle of Saragarhi, fought on September 12, 1897 between the British Indian Army and Afghan tribesmen, the protagonist, a soldier in…
Malaysia’s Mahathir not taking sides on India-Pakistan issues
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has made it clear that his country was not choosing sides in recent tensions between India and Pakistan and said it unequivocally condemned all acts…
No ‘String of Pearls’, it’s the Dragon in the Indian Ocean
Forget the “String of Pearls” story about how China is supposedly surrounding India on the high seas. China is not just on the sea, but also on land, in air…
Sharif’s US visit underscores who is boss in Pakistan
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may not have secured much from during his United States visit beyond a reference to the Kashmir dispute with India in the joint statement and…
Russia-Pakistan tango: Should India worry?
Two news items on a single day (September 10) in Pakistan’s newspapers need India’s attention for the growing cooperation between Pakistan and Russian Federation -one a hostile neighbor and the…
