UN has blacklisted the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) head after China lifted its restrictions on the move. However, what does it actually mean for India?
Pakistan has adroitly played its cards — with respect to the US in the past, and China in the present. However, terrorism is fungible.
The election pitch will reach a crescendo with BJP branding Congress as a 'terror sympathiser', one that raised questions over the IAF strikes in Balakot as well.
Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack. How did this information slip the journalists at NYT? Or is this post-fact journalism now?
This is the land of Indira Gandhi, the PM who dealt with Pakistan with an iron hand. It's time to adopt a similar approach. That is both righteous dharma and true intelligence.
The mood after Pulwama should have been measured and sober. Instead, the BJP, led by PM Modi, has thrown mature civility to the winds and indulged in hyper-nationalistic chest-thumping. All this, while ignoring very real issues.
Pakistan took international media to the site. But remember, no one could actually visit the camp, or the madrassa, which was allegedly struck by the IAF. How much credence to reports of no damage then hold?
With Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman safely back home from Pakistani captivity, India must not lower its guard.
Under the prevailing circumstances, it is difficult for India to maintain healthy relations with China. The establishment in Beijing should realise this.
If Neerja stood for not giving up in a pressured situation in 1986, Masood Azhar's release in 1999 was a tale of succumbing to pressure. Both were contrasting stories of Indians put in terrible situations, consistently by forces from across the border.
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