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Pakistani leadership must reconcile with India; focus on resurrecting its country

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Jaibans Singh Prime Minister Imran Khan in Saudi Arabia It is said that if a person has something in the back of his mind he tends to blurt it out unwittingly in the course of a conversation. Something of this sort happened with the foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah … [Read more...] about Pakistani leadership must reconcile with India; focus on resurrecting its country

COVID crisis: China’s behaviour towards India is a big disappointment

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Hardeep Bedi “China is ready to strengthen anti-epidemic cooperation with India and provide support and assistance to India. I am confident that under the leadership of the Indian government, the people of India will be able to overcome the epidemic,” said President Xi … [Read more...] about COVID crisis: China’s behaviour towards India is a big disappointment

Unrest in Pakistan: Consequence of inherent contradictions

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Brig (Veteran) Anil Gupta Pakistan emerged as a new nation on the globe on 14th August 1947 as ‘homeland for the Muslims of undivided India’ on the insistence of a strong Muslim lobby led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Jinnah used religion card for demanding India’s partition and … [Read more...] about Unrest in Pakistan: Consequence of inherent contradictions

Politico-Army nexus is proliferating endemic corruption in Pakistan

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Hardeep Bedi The February 2021 report of Transparency International, a Berlin based Non-Government Organisation with an agenda to combat global corruption, ranked Pakistan at a very low 124 out of 180 countries on the corruption index. The institution uses a scale of zero … [Read more...] about Politico-Army nexus is proliferating endemic corruption in Pakistan

India’s response to Chinese aggression against Taiwan

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Jaibans Singh The whole world is appalled by the recent Chinese aggression against Taiwan, a small island that believes in democracy and self governance and one on which China has cast an evil eye since decades. Sadly, China has been pursuing such belligerent, malevolent … [Read more...] about India’s response to Chinese aggression against Taiwan