Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties after India scrapped Article 370, but the countries could now reinstate high commissioners in each other’s capitals.
Memes are the new confidence-building measures between two nuclear foes who are not talking. With pawri, Pakistanis are saying: ghar mein ghus ke laughter se maara.
Designating opponents as the best friend of India and Israel works like a charm in Pakistan. These publicly available photographs mean something else in Pakistani universe.
The Indian Ambassador said this in response to Islamabad's UN envoy meeting Guterres to hand over the dossier from the Pakistan govt that alleged India was promoting terrorism.
Referring to the Nagrota incident, India said the huge cache of arms and explosive material indicate planning for a major attack to destabilise peace and security in J&K.
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
China now wants to make nice with the Indians (for the time being), and as their vassal Pak, is owned lock, stock and barrel, they will have no choice but to do their mandarin masters’ bidding .Yes, it would be great if it actually becomes a reality but history is replete with such ‘cessation of hostilities’ and, Pak, being who they are by nature, will more than likely, return to their old form in no time.
“In my view, it is always less difficult to make peace with the side that is weaker than you …”
Not in this situation. If Pakistan decides to be a vassal state of China then it will do China’s bidding.
“He asserted that no country can fight and win a two-front war.”
Why not if the country is militarily stronger than both the other nations combined? This is not likely to be the case with India in the immediate future.
It’s tactical, not strategic. No need for bombastic hog wash such as “detriangulating” etc. trying to sound very erudite. Pakistanis have had enough of a clobbering for now, and we’d much rather focus on China, so it suits both. But it will be back to firing as usual soon enough. That’s all there is to it.
In my view, cease fire violations by Pakistan had two purposes: One, to create scare amongst the Indian villages situated along the LoC or IB; two, to create diversion to enable terrorist bandicoots to slip into India. Does this cease fire mean that both the purposes are abandoned, at least for the time being, by Pakistan? Difficult to repose any confidence in the future conduct of Pakistan. Even after 2003 Operation parakram and resultant detante, Pakistan committed Mumba train blasts of 2006 and 26/11 terrorist acts which are seared into our memory. So the rule is “Trust, but verify”.
Too much of spin by Shekhar Gupta, not convincing.
China now wants to make nice with the Indians (for the time being), and as their vassal Pak, is owned lock, stock and barrel, they will have no choice but to do their mandarin masters’ bidding .Yes, it would be great if it actually becomes a reality but history is replete with such ‘cessation of hostilities’ and, Pak, being who they are by nature, will more than likely, return to their old form in no time.
“In my view, it is always less difficult to make peace with the side that is weaker than you …”
Not in this situation. If Pakistan decides to be a vassal state of China then it will do China’s bidding.
“He asserted that no country can fight and win a two-front war.”
Why not if the country is militarily stronger than both the other nations combined? This is not likely to be the case with India in the immediate future.
It’s tactical, not strategic. No need for bombastic hog wash such as “detriangulating” etc. trying to sound very erudite. Pakistanis have had enough of a clobbering for now, and we’d much rather focus on China, so it suits both. But it will be back to firing as usual soon enough. That’s all there is to it.
In my view, cease fire violations by Pakistan had two purposes: One, to create scare amongst the Indian villages situated along the LoC or IB; two, to create diversion to enable terrorist bandicoots to slip into India. Does this cease fire mean that both the purposes are abandoned, at least for the time being, by Pakistan? Difficult to repose any confidence in the future conduct of Pakistan. Even after 2003 Operation parakram and resultant detante, Pakistan committed Mumba train blasts of 2006 and 26/11 terrorist acts which are seared into our memory. So the rule is “Trust, but verify”.