New Delhi, May 7: There is a reflexive question that international observers tend to ask whenever military action occurs between India and Pakistan. Who escalated? The framing of the question is itself revealing. It assumes that escalation is the central issue. It assumes that the prior conduct, the planning, the funding, and the execution of terrorism are not, themselves, escalation. It assumes that the side that responds to a massacre with force is the side responsible for the conflict.Operati…
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Jammu, May 6 (IANS) Defence expert Retd Captain Anil Gaur on Wednesday cautioned against politicising recent security incidents in Punjab, asserting that the pattern of violence and illegal activities in the state points towards continued involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in an attempt to destabilise the region and revive the Khalistani narrative.Speaking to IANS, Retired Captain Anil Gaur said that targeting domestic political parties over such incidents is “misplace…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) A political storm erupted on Wednesday over the recent blast incidents in Punjab’s Amritsar and Jalandhar, with BJP leaders launching sharp attacks on the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government and questioning Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s statements on the matter.Reacting to the development, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha expressed serious concern, describing the blasts as a deliberate attempt to disturb peace in the border state.”In the last few hours, two ve…
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) In yet another major blow to the terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-backed Inter-Services Intelligence and the pro-Khalistan terrorist network involved in the Shambhu railway track attempted improvised explosive device blast case, Punjab Police have averted major terror plots with the recovery of another substantial cache of militant hardware, including a rocket-propelled grenade, hand grenade, explosives, and high-end pistols, said Director General of Police Gaurav…
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s treatment of religious minorities, particularly Sikh and Hindu women, remains deeply troubling, with human rights reports, including those from the United Nations and local activists, documenting hundreds of cases each year of abduction, grooming, forced conversion, and marriage.Many cases reportedly involve pressure in custody or threats to families, while Sikh communities in Pakistan repeatedly raised alarms over targetted harassment and conversions, a rep…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its army have reactivated at least 70 terror launchpads across the Line of Control and International Border, planning a mass infiltration of nearly 800 terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, intelligence sources revealed on Wednesday.The Pakistan establishment aims to exploit the current global focus on the Middle East conflict and the ongoing state elections in India to facilitate the infiltration, an official said.Global…
Quetta, April 13 (IANS) At least six civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Expressing grave concern over the mass enforced disappearances in Dera Bugti district, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) said, “These actions continue without warrants, charges, or due process, deep…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Intelligence agencies have flagged a shift in tactics by Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), with a growing reliance on low-cost, high-impact terror modules operating across India. Investigations have found that the use of solar-powered cameras for reconnaissance and grenades is the preferred weapon for attacks — marking a departure from more complex, resource-intensive operations involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs).Another change…
Islamabad/New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The United States, United Nations, and European Union must go beyond symbolic sanctions against Pakistan and enforce comprehensive financial and diplomatic measures against institutions enabling terror activities, a report said on Wednesday. Citing the recent findings by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) on militant groups in Pakistan, a report in India Narrative stated that these observations starkly validate a decades-long reality: “Pakistan rema…
London, March 20 (IANS) The deprivation of essential services in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has forged a widening humanitarian divide, where inflation, unemployment, food insecurity, and power shortages intertwine with political exclusion and security-driven administration, a report has highlighted. According to a recent report in the UK-based newspaper ‘Asian Lite’, the increasing involvement of women and students in demonstrations h…