Articles By Jai Kumar Verma
It is Time to Call Pakistan’s Bluff on Kashmir
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 29 Jul , 2016
The party in power in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), won 31 out of the 49 seats (direct election is held for only 41 seats) in the assembly elections of Pakistan Occupied...
Tackling IS is a Battle of Minds and not just Swords
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Date: 15 Jul , 2016
While the Islamic State (IS), the most dreaded terrorist organization, has lost sizable territory and fighters because of constant bombing by diverse forces, including United States and Russian,...
Sharif vs Sharif: Pak Military Wrests Control over Government
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 05 Jul , 2016
A few days ago, General Raheel Sharif summoned the whole Pakistani cabinet to the Army Headquarters Rawalpindi to discuss foreign policy as well as security of the country. However, Chaudhry...
Pakistan’s Double-Game Stands Exposed Again
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 05 Jun , 2016
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the Afghan Taliban chief who was killed in a drone attack on May 21 in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan was a hardliner and averse to the idea of any...
The IS challenge: Europe needs to get its act together
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 26 Apr , 2016
Islamic State (IS) which has already overtaken Al-Qaeda is currently the most treacherous, wealthiest and better organized terrorist organization in the international arena. While the continuous...
Rising influence of IS in Afghanistan: A dangerous phenomena for region and...
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Date: 09 Apr , 2016
Islamic State (IS), which is an emerging force in Afghanistan, is slowly but steadily becoming powerful. There can be a difference of opinion about the actual strength and its area of influence...
India-Pakistan Relations in the Current Environment: The Way Ahead
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Dec , 2015
The world is concerned as relations between two nuclear powers, i.e., India and Pakistan, are deteriorating. Pakistan, which has launched a low-intensity war against India, constantly infiltrates...
Brutal repression by Pakistani forces in PoK
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Date: 21 Oct , 2015
Islamabad is treating areas of Kashmir illegally occupied by them as a colony. Pakistan has not developed infrastructure in the area with an ulterior motive and the residents continue to lead...
Border Violations: Respond in Language Pak Army understands
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 19 Sep , 2015
The relations between India and Pakistan are generally tense and both countries do not miss any opportunity to slander the other although several times the accusations and counter accusations are...
Inside Pakistan
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 12 Sep , 2015
The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was a Shia and about 30–35 million people in Pakistan are Shias, but as fundamentalism has grown, a few extremist Sunni...
Growth of Fundamentalism in Pakistan and Its Repercussions
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 20 May , 2015
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was created in the name of Islam, but Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation, wanted a secular Muslim state and not a theocratic Islamic state controlled...