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A Flawed Kashmir Policy

A flawed Kashmir policy

The exact details of what happened in the clash in which five Indian soldiers were killed on the night between August 6 and 7 in the Poonch sector of the…

Policy imperatives on Kashmir

The recent uprising in Indian-Held Kashmir did stimulate an assertive response in Pakistan on Kashmir but it is largely based on political and diplomatic activism and not on the sound…

Reconsidering our regional policy

Pakistan needs to recraft a regional policy rooted in strategic realities at the regional and global levels and is cognisant of its short- and long-term political, security, economic and cultural…

Foreign policy dilemmas

A NUMBER of foreign policy challenges lie ahead for Pakistan in 2025. They have to be met in an unstable global environment of mounting geopolitical tensions, intense US-China competition, preoccupation of…

Kashmir’s no to BJP

THE resounding message from occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s recent legislative elections is rejection of India’s Aug 2019 action that robbed the state of even the nominal autonomy it previously had. The verdict…

Foreign policy choices

DESPITE the high quality of its diplomats, Pakistan’s diplomacy has fallen on hard times. The country has long been in a state of crisis. And a troubled domestic front undermines…

India & Kashmir: two views

OLD ‘principled’ view: India is priority for Pakistan’s foreign policy. It is the principal adversary and only country with which we have gone to war. It has brutally repressed the…

Kashmir: facing multiple assaults

Just about every aspect of life for Muslims in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is under assault by India’s ruling BJP. The year 2022 saw Indian actions aimed at disempowering its…

Foreign policy test ahead

WITH general elections expected in autumn, the next government will have to deal with a slew of key foreign policy issues. This at a time when the world is in…

Foreign policy choices

DESPITE the high quality of its diplomats, Pakistan’s diplomacy has fallen on hard times. The country has long been in a state of crisis. And a troubled domestic front undermines…