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  • Countdown to Pakistan Elections: (October 1999 - September 2002)
    Raja Mohan    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #893    ·    Commentary    
    12 Oct 1999 The Pakistan Army deposed on Oct.12. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who had earlier dismissed the Chief of the Army staff, Gen. Pervez Musharraf and replaced him with ISI chief Lt. Gen. Zi...
  • Elections in Pakistan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #892    ·    Commentary    
      Four factors will prove to be crucial in deciding the outcome of elections in Pakistan. First is the level of popular participation in the forthcoming elections. There has been a considerable decline in the voting percentage, ever si...
  • Elections in Pakistan: A Survey
       ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #891    ·    Commentary    
    1988 Elections   Gen Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, the then Chief of Armed Forces overthrew the elected government on 15 July 1977, and later became the President of Pakistan. He amended the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, organized a...
  • The Story of Successes: The Journey from 9/11 to October Election
    Rizwan Zeb    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #890    ·    Commentary    
      "All is changed utterly,” wrote the Irish critic, playwright and poet of the modern age, WB Yeats, some seventy years ago.    A year has passed since September 11, which changed the world and the...
  • (W)here Lies the Solution? - Pointers from the Recent Surveys
    N Manoharan    ·   22 Oct, 2002    ·    #889    ·    Commentary    
    What is the appropriate solution to the Kashmir issue? Is it through militancy or through negotiations? Is it through independence, or enjoying greater autonomy within India, or joining Pakistan? Would trifurcation solve the communal problem? Wh...
  • MiG Accidents - Causes and Remedies
    PR Chari    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #888    ·    Commentary    
      The website “globalsecurity.org” informs us that the Indian Air Force possessed 55 MiG-21 MF/PFMA, 66 MiG-21FL/U and 165 MiG-21 bis/U fighter/ ground attack aircraft in 2002. They were down to these numbers from 69, 66 an...
  • Alliances among the Outfits: Necessity of a quid pro quo
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #887    ·    Commentary    
      Of late, a number of insurgent outfits, fighting for homelands of different types are building alliances in India’s north-east. A commonality of views and resolve to carry on fighting, have replaced any clash of interests among...
  • Domiasiat: India's Energy Power House Needs to be Harnessed
       ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #886    ·    Commentary    
      There is a vital linkage between the availability of energy and future growth in India. The irony is that it is facing resistance to extract Uranium and convert it to yellow cake, to fuel nuclear power reactors to produce energy, fro...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – III: An Agenda Chart
    N Manoharan    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #885    ·    Commentary    
      As the parties concerned agreed on a ‘step-by-step’ approach, an agenda for the on-going peace process in Sri Lanka is crucial. A final and lasting solution to the ethnic question demands careful consideration of all the ...
  • An Inquiry into Limited War - II: Limited War; Unlimited Questions
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #884    ·    Commentary    
      Many questions need being raised over the concept of a limited war, which has been advocated in India since the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998 and the Kargil War in 1999.    First, th...
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