COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons and Militancy in Kashmir
D Suba Chandran · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1277 · Commentary
How severe is the linkage between Pakistan’s nuclear programme and Kashmir? The report believes: While that (nuclear) programme (of Pakistan) was originally a response to India’s, confrontation over Kashmir has had much to do with th...
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Pakistan’s Defence Expenditure and Kashmir
D Suba Chandran · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1276 · Commentary
An important observation of the report is the linkages between defence expenditure and Kashmir conflict. The report comments: “The Kashmir conflict is also used by the military to justify high defence expenditures, including Pakistan&rsquo...
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Can Musharraf be Trusted?: Pakistan’s Military and Kashmir
D Suba Chandran · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1275 · Commentary
General Musharraf in his famous 12 January speech mentioned that Kashmir runs in Pakistan’s blood. A small correction is necessary. It runs in Pakistani military’s blood. The report is candid on the importance of Kashmir for Pakistan...
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Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy: Internal Aspects
D Suba Chandran · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1274 · Commentary
The International Crisis Group brought out a series of reports in Kashmir from different perspectives. The ICG should be commended especially for its report expressing Pakistan’s perceptions titled Kashmir: the View from Islamabad (ICG Asi...
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Linkages with Iran
Reshmi Kazi · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1273 · Commentary
Islamabad’s nuclear linkages with Iran and its clandestine exports have featured in the world’s media in recent weeks. These have included links to North Korea and Libya’s clandestine activities as well. The latest evidence on ...
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A Nightmare for the US
Bobby Sharma · 15 Jan, 2004 · #1272 · Commentary
The US has started the complicated process of political, economic and security transfer of power under the Transitional Administration Law with a deadline of 30 June 2004. The major issues, and potentially divisive ones, that must be resolved by...
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SAARC Summits since 1985: A Profile
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan · 14 Jan, 2004 · #1271 · Commentary
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally adopted on 8 December, 1985 by the Heads of State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAA...
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The SAARC Summit and After
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 14 Jan, 2004 · #1270 · Commentary
The 12th SAARC Summit in the first week of January 2004 at Islamabad can rightly claim to be the best ever.. It was held after a gap of one year, following an intense period of tension between India and Pakistan and several other major developme...
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SAARC Summit – A Growing Hope among Kashmiris
Amin Masoodi · 14 Jan, 2004 · #1269 · Commentary
As the whole world looks forward to the forthcoming SAARC summit, the same has generated a tide of emotions amongst beleaguered Kashmiris. People in the valley hope for a further fillip in the ongoing peace process paving way to a broad based di...
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Indo Pak Dialogue (Urdu Media Survey 16-31 December 2003)
Amin Masoodi · 14 Jan, 2004 · #1268 · Commentary
Resolution of the Kashmir Issue
In its editorial daily, Srinagar Times (27 December 2003) commented on the attack on Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf. "The attack on Musharraf has come only a day after his announcement that...
