Articles By Col Jaibans Singh
Disengagement in Ladakh: A Good Beginning but Challenges Remain
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 16 Feb , 2021
On February, 10, India and China began a “synchronised and organised disengagement” from the north and south banks of the Pangong Tso Lake. The information was first given by the Chinese...
The Indian Army Serves as Harbinger of Peace and Freedom in Kashmir
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2021
The Indian Tricolour will soon fly majestically on a “100 feet high flag post” in Gulmarg, the beautiful skiing destination of Kashmir. This project has been taken on jointly by the Indian Army...
On Republic Day spare a thought for the Indian soldier
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jan , 2021
India gained independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. At that stage, the country was governed under the provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935. On 29 August 1947, a resolution...
Kashmir: New Pakistan Sponsored Terror “Kids on the Block”
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jan , 2021
Pakistan has excelled in “Keeping the pot boiling” so far as perpetration of terror, dissension and disruption in Kashmir is concerned. No amount of pressure, domestic or international, has...
Harnessing Youth Power in Jammu & Kashmir
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jan , 2021
Jammu and Kashmir has suffered tremendously in the shadow of the gun for the last almost three decades. Violence hit the youth of the region most of all. Their education and development suffered...
Positive changes in Kashmir raise hopes for early statehood
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Dec , 2020
The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a paradigm shift in its socio-political environment in recent times. Of great importance is the successful and incident free conduct of the...
1971 War: Amid Glorious Celebrations, Painful Memories Remain
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 18 Dec , 2020
“On Vijay Diwas we recall the unwavering courage of our armed forces that resulted in a decisive victory for our nation in the 1971 war. On this special Vijay Diwas, had the honour of lighting...
Human Right Day, 2020, witnessed a new dawn in Jammu and Kashmir
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2020
On December, 10, every year, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. This date coincides with the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General...
Indo-Pak 1971 War: Remembering India's Great Victory
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Dec , 2020
On the evening of 3 December, 1971, at about 5.40 PM, fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air force (PAF) carried out a coordinated, pre-emptive air strike on Indian Air Force bases in Amritsar,...
Attempting to change the status of Gilgit-Baltistan is Imran Khan's latest...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2020
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has, on November, 01, announced that his government would give “provisional provincial status” to its illegally occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan....
Indo-Pakistan War, 1947-48: Kashmir Found its Destiny with a Test of Fire &...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 03 Nov , 2020
India looks upon October (the month gone by) as a very auspicious month; the festival of Dusshera falls in this month and so does the Muslim festival of Bakrid. Both festivals epitomise the...
Tribal Invasion of 1947: Blackest Chapter in the History of J&K
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 26 Oct , 2020
The time span from 22 October to 26 October, 1947 is remembered as the blackest chapter in the history of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir that now stands re-designated as the Union...
FATF can maintain its Credibility only by Blacklisting Pakistan
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 20 Oct , 2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has, in the last few days, become quite vocal in airing his deep concerns about the possible blacklisting of the country by the Financial Action Task Force...
Atal Tunnel: India's strategic achievement has left China disconcerted
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2020
On Saturday, 03 October, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Atal Tunnel. It holds huge strategic and social significance for the country and specifically for Himachal Pradesh and...
Indo-Pak War 1965: Battle of Asal Uttar
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 10 Oct , 2020
Flush with the acquisition of sophisticated military hardware from the United States of America, Pakistan, under the military dictatorship of General Ayub Khan (who styled himself as president of...
Chinese Ladakh misadventure has left it stuck between the devil and the deep sea
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Oct , 2020
Diplomatic parleys to diffuse the situation between India and China in eastern Ladakh are being carried out with great urgency. Towards this end, the sixth virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism...
Kashmir: Self appointed, self serving leadership is now in self preservation...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Sep , 2020
In the wake of the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370, the political structures in Kashmir that were aligned with separatism and soft separatism have been...
Shimla Agreement: Indian negotiation was naive and strategically compromised
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Sep , 2020
On 29 August, 1972, the final agreement between India and Pakistan based on the Shimla Summit between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was signed by...
Kashmir: A timely lid has been put upon the fallacy of Azaadi
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Aug , 2020
As the situation turns for the better in Jammu and Kashmir with reorganisation of the state into two Union Territories and abrogation of Article 370, there arises a need to look at the, by now,...
The Resistance Front in Kashmir: Old and weakened wine in a new bottle
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Date: 11 Aug , 2020
The saying, “Give the devil its due” applies most aptly to Pakistan’s perseverance in pursuing its evil terrorist agenda. It keeps the pot boiling against India (particularly in Kashmir) and...