Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has, on November, 01, announced that his government would give “provisional provincial status” to its occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gilgit-Baltistan was a part of the pre-Independence princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It became a part of India on the basis of the legal accession of the state to the […]
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FATF can maintain its credibility only by blacklisting Pakistan
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has, in the last few days, become quite vocal in airing his deep concerns about the possible blacklisting of the country by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in its plenary meeting scheduled for 21-23 October, 2020. “If Pakistan is put on FATF’s blacklist, then like Iran, deals will end. […]
Imran Khan: Riding the Chinese bandwagon to suck India into a two front war
Pakistan has maintained a diplomatic silence with respect to the tension between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). However, behind the curtain, it is quite pleased with the course of events and is egging China along while maintaining a poker face. The mask, however, comes down on the numerous occasions when […]
Time to remove ‘Kashmir issue’ permanently from UNSC Agenda
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January, 6, 1948 took up an agenda item termed as ‘India-Pakistan question,’ that related with the Jammu and Kashmir issue. It is now more than 72 years and the agenda continues to remain unresolved, mainly because Pakistan is unwilling to accept the reality that it is in forcible occupation of […]
Shimla Agreement: Indian negotiation was naive and strategically compromised
On 29 August, 1972, the final agreement between India and Pakistan based on the Shimla Summit between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was signed by the two chief negotiators, Parmeshwar Narain Haksar of India and Aziz Ahmed of Pakistan. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held the Shimla Summit with President […]