Bargaining leverage plays a key role when controversy arises over some issues between two countries. Unlike the major states, small countries are more vulnerable to the demands of big powers as our world system reflects unequal order, giving good leverage of bargaining to the US-led most developed countries...
Hindus give credit to the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had given secret agency RAW a new role to undertake covert operations Pakistan which comprises majority of Muslims. RAW was given a green signal to mobilize all its resources by exploiting political turmoil in East Pakistan in 1971 which this agency had created through its agents who provided Bengalis with arms and ammunition for conducting guerrilla acts against the Pakistani defence forces...
An article, entitled, “The olive branch from Pakistan, in its time of crisis” written by Indian writer Shruti Pandalai on November 17, 2011 as published on the website of Institute of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) went unnoticed by Pakistan’s media. This article which has distorted facts in relation to Pak-Indian dialogue and other related issues, needs real analysis...
It is unfortunate that US-led some western countries are silent over the maltreatment of minorities, especially attacks on Christians, Muslims and Sikhs in India, led by Hindu fundamentalist parties which have official support of the Indian rulers, while there is much foreign propaganda against Pakistan on minor issues, relating to minority groups. In fact, particularly Christians are safer in Pakistan than India...
Although in the last few years, US blame game has continued against Pakistan in connection with cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan, yet same intensified after the May 2 when American commandos killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid...
The 9/11 tragedy in the US homeland and continued resistance of the Afghan Taliban against the occupying forces, failure of the US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan have provided these journalists with golden opportunity to gain the further favour especially of America by maligning Pakistan on every issue, while speaking in line of their paymasters. A Pakistani journalist who is author of many books on Taliban and writers of several articles is also on sale...
Despite their weak position, Islamic militants have counterbalanced the power of the US-led allies in another way by checking the hegemony of the sole super power in another way...
US covert interests will thwart the real aims of the other western countries in connection with the Bonn Coference. In this respect, America has already ensured that it will keep its military bases in Afghanistan permanently to advance the interests of its western allies for a stable Afghanistan. But under this pretext, US seeks to fulfill its multiple secret interests...
Now America’s old maximum to ‘do more’ against the militants has become a joke when any Pakistani citizen takes it in light of US air raids, ground shelling and drone attacks. In case of the US continued aggression against Islamabad, the latter would be compelled to break off ties with the former. And both Iran and Pakistan might stand together to thwart the US strategic designs...