Himalayan Affairs : Articles

NEW MOOD IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

2012-05-17T10:12:34.0000000+00:00

The statements made by President Asif Ali Zardari during his recent visit to Delhi on the need to improve India-Pakistan relations and the speech

HURIYAT SPRINGS A SURPRISE-DROPS DEMAND FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION IN KASHMIR

2012-05-14T11:59:13.0000000+00:00

The All-Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) that represents a conglomerate of political entities in Kashmir has thrown in a pleasant surprise- till now the outfit that insisted on third party mediation in Kashmi

Naga, Outfit, Ceasefire, Pact, Arms, No, Surrender

2012-05-07T06:41:43.0000000+00:00

The Kitovi-Khole faction of the Naga Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has signed the ceasefire agreement with the Central Government, but refused give up its arms before a final solution to the decades old Indo-Naga issue is reached.

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NSCN takes Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal and New Delhi for long ride

2012-04-26T05:45:38.0000000+00:00

On 10 January 2012, NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chisi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah were on their way from their camp at Hebron to Swu's home town, Zunheboto in a large convoy of about 70 vehicles, when t

TALK TO ISLAMABAD, BUT DON’T IGNORE RAWALPINDI

2012-04-25T05:03:46.0000000+00:00

The Pakistani Army has not reacted negatively to last Sunday’s visit by Asif Ali Zardari. The two countries can perhaps take that as a positive signal and move forward.

Caution was the keynote of the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’

US DOLLARS FOR TALIBANISED PAKISTAN

2012-04-16T10:30:11.0000000+00:00

Pakistani Taliban and allied outfits have embarked upon high profile kidnappings which have given the insurgents millions of dollars in ransom which are being used to galvanise a sophisticated network of jihadi ga

CHINA TRIES IN VAIN TO QUELL GROWING PROTESTS IN TIBET

2012-04-16T10:28:20.0000000+00:00

The authorities are used to dealing ruthlessly with violent protests, but they are confused by the spread of the non-violent non-cooperation movement.

The Tibetan unrest

MUHAJIR PROVINCE: PPP, MQM PAID IN OWN COIN

2012-03-23T09:17:41.0000000+00:00

KARACHI: After Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s trenchant support for a separate Saraiki province carved out of south Punjab came the wave of posters demanding a Muhajir (refugee) province in Sindh – a clear tit for&nbs

WHITEWASHING BANNED TERROR GROUPS

2012-03-23T09:16:28.0000000+00:00

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan invited terrorist groups, including the Taliban, for peace talks and said banned organisations would be delisted if they “closed down their militant wings”, reported DAILY TIMES (13/3/

RAUCUS RISE OF PPP IN SENATE

2012-03-23T09:20:17.0000000+00:00

ISLAMABAD: Besieged though it is from all directions the mainstream Pakistan People’s Party has managed to secure an impressive majority in the Senate of 41 in the 104 member House.

The Pakistan People’s Party