Articles By Mahendra Ved
Pakistan’s 1971 War Debacle: A Bengali Judge's Report lies Buried with...
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 03 Apr , 2021
What began as “Operation Searchlight” conducted by the Pakistan Army in the then East Pakistan 50 years ago had its denouement in two ways: a violent separation of that province leading to the...
Bangladesh War of 1971: Pakistan's Blinkered Vision
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 21 Dec , 2020
The narrative in Pakistan that India facilitated the breakup in 1971 is perfectly understandable given hostilities generated by the 1947 partition and perennial distrust and hostilities between...
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari: A New Star Rises on Pakistan's Political Horizon
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 13 Dec , 2020
For observers of South Asia with its rich crop of women politicians – from Sri Lanka’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga to India’s Indira Gandhi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina...
Pakistan Army in Growing Political Storm: Risks of Umpire Becoming a Player...
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 04 Nov , 2020
A from-the-field media report on the Pakistan opposition parties’ first protest rally at Gujranwala states that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, now in London, wanted the social media...
Will India end up as a spectator in Afghanistan?
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 06 Apr , 2019
In a recent Bollywood movie ‘Kesari’, which commemorates the Battle of Saragarhi, fought on September 12, 1897 between the British Indian Army and Afghan tribesmen, the protagonist, a soldier in...
Malaysia's Mahathir not taking sides on India-Pakistan issues
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 29 Mar , 2019
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has made it clear that his country was not choosing sides in recent tensions between India and Pakistan and said it unequivocally condemned all acts of...
Pakistan revives Controversial Military Courts: A Substitute for Judicial...
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 14 Jan , 2017
In a U-turn that is as remarkably swift as it is inexplicable, Pakistan’s civil and military leadership on January 9, 2017 decided to “hold consultations” on continuing with the military...
Pakistan Navy's New Task Force has Serious Implications for Region
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 14 Dec , 2016
The establishment of Pakistan Navy’s special ‘Task Force-88’ (TF-88) on December 13, 2016, exclusively for maritime security of Gwadar port, is the next logical step that China and Pakistan have...
No ‘String of Pearls’, it’s the Dragon in the Indian Ocean
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 25 Nov , 2016
Forget the “String of Pearls” story about how China is supposedly surrounding India on the high seas. China is not just on the sea, but also on land, in air and deeply involved in the...
How far will Pakistan use its Taliban Leverage?
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 08 Mar , 2016
Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, has, for the first time by a top member of the establishment, acknowledged that Pakistan has influence over the Afghan Taliban...
PM Narendra Modi visit gives India a higher profile in ASEAN
By: Mahendra Ved | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 26 Nov , 2015
A new and powerful economic community is emerging in India’s extended neighborhood at a time when the world as a whole is facing economic uncertainties, combating the scourge of terrorism and is...
Sharif's US visit underscores who is boss in Pakistan
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 28 Oct , 2015
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may not have secured much from during his United States visit beyond a reference to the Kashmir dispute with India in the joint statement and another on...
Russia-Pakistan tango: Should India worry?
By: Mahendra Ved | Date: 16 Sep , 2015
Two news items on a single day (September 10) in Pakistan’s newspapers need India’s attention for the growing cooperation between Pakistan and Russian Federation -one a hostile neighbor and...