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Was occupied Kashmir being readied for demographic change even before Article 370 was scrapped by Delhi in August last year? Seems so. The Srinagar Master Plan 2035, approved a few
Continue readingMaster Plan 2035: Kashmir Was Being Readied for Annexation, Demographic Change
“Our defensive capability is meant to take care of our immediate concerns. The birds can fly long distances though, but a conscious restraint has been the policy to avoid ruffling
Continue readingMissiles (Nukes) in ‘Conflict Region’: So. Asia, Mideast
The world’s largest democracy (and 2nd most populated) now has the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases after a week in which it added nearly half a million new infections. It
Continue readingIndia Today: ‘Lost. Listless. Wounded. Rudderless’
Kashmir song likes on YouTube exceeded –after social media calls went viral. Della Miles’ “Kashmir is my name” is a powerful one: –more than Kashmir perfume, Kashmir shawl and Kashmir
Continue reading‘Kashmir is My Name’ Pellets or No Pellets; Girls Talk, Vaccine Malhotra
“Very good question”, says former Pakistan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Mr. G. R. Baloch on why US and China start a relationship back in early 70s. His answer: “To keep China
Continue readingINSIGHT: Why U.S., China Start a Relationship Using Pakistan as Bridge
An economist tells DesPardes that India’s 50 per cent middle class is decimated with drastic income contraction. “18 million have become unemployed in 3 months. Nearly one third of its
Continue readingIndia’s Aspiring Middle Class is in Limbo. Economic Collapse Gathering Pace?
Islamabad may have done its homework IRSHAD SALIM — An eerie silence continues to define Jammu and Kashmir’s landscape, one year after it lost its special status, says an opinion
IRSHAD SALIM — Last year at this time, DesPardes published an insight and quoted a senior Pakistani defense official in the Middle East saying, “India is trying to copy the
Continue readingComparing Kashmir to Palestine (Video), and the Webinar in Riyadh
UK police have raided a home in London and arrested a 20-year-old Indian allegedly for being involved in organized crime and money laundering, says a source. The police reportedly found
Continue readingUK Police Investigate Who’s Behind ‘Jay Patel’ After Record $68Mln Cash Seized
IRSHAD SALIM — It’s Eid holidays here –not too far from the Himalayan Valley where the Kashmiri Muslims won’t be able to probably undertake the animal sacrifice ritual following Hajj
Report notes growing presence of ISIL-K in Afghanistan and warns of its ‘global agenda’ An estimated 6,000-6,500 members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar are
Continue readingU.N. Report Warns of TTP Targeting Pakistan From Afghanistan
IRSHAD SALIM — There’s a Mandela moment on the horizon between twins of the subcontinent. Jinnah’s two nation doctrine has kicked in reconciliation between them as necessary ingredient for survival
Continue readingInteresting Times: Pakistan and Bangladesh Crossing the Rubicon?