'Pakistan Occupied Kashmir' is known as 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir' (AJK) in Pakistan. It was supposed to serve as a ' model state' whose ' liberty and freedom' would inspire rebellion in Indian J&K. What happened?
Ahmad Faruqui
Editor
There is a Manichean split between those who believe that things will go from bad to worse in Pakistan and those who believe that history is about to reverse itself.
Pakistan finds itself in the grip of multiple crises. How will it fare? Expert opinion is divided. Some believe the situation will worsen, some think it will stay the same, and some think it will improve. As Kipling might have said, they are all corr
Unless the bitter lessons of what befell Pakistan 38 years ago are shared widely with the people, the nation will continue to wallow in conspiracy theories. It is much easier to blame others than to blame oneself.
'The development of nuclear weapons by both countries was supposed to be a deterrent but if a war breaks out, it will deter no one. It [is] doubtful that either nation would alter its current policy towards the other.'
'A strategic lesson was learned, that ‘there is no point in going to war unless you are absolutely certain you have the capability to win’.
Is Pakistan justified in seeing the US-India agreement as a significant tilt in US policy towards India? Has the war on terror created a congruence of interests between the three countries?
From Pakistani point of view, the PAF’s bomber pilots remain the unsung heroes of the 1965 war. They saved their nation from certain destruction.
Some of the writing about the Indo-Pakistan war of September 1965 borders on mythology. Generations of Pakistanis continue to believe that India was the aggressor and that one Pakistani soldier was equal to 10 Indian soldiers.
Pakistan and India have just celebrated 62 years of independence. But Pakistanis have one more reason to celebrate than their Indian siblings.
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