Articles By Nilesh Kunwar

Yasin Malik’s Desperate Quest for Relevance

Yasin Malik’s Desperate Quest for Relevance

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Date: 18 May , 2023

Once an icon of the so called ‘armed struggle’ in Kashmir who has had one-on-one meetings with the President of Pakistan and both the prime ministers of India and Pakistan as well as several...

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Poonch Terror Attack Exposes Pakistan’s Duplicity

Poonch Terror Attack Exposes Pakistan’s Duplicity

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May , 2023

The recent attack on an Indian army vehicle by Pakistan backed terrorists in the Poonch area of J&K that claimed five lives is an extremely tragic incident that serves as a grim reminder of the...

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Rawalpindi Passes the Buck on TTP Resurgence and Spews Anti-India Propaganda

Rawalpindi Passes the Buck on TTP Resurgence and Spews Anti-India Propaganda

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Apr , 2023

Rather than providing answers, Director General [DG] of Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary’s maiden press conference on Tuesday...

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Why Pakistan Can’t Befriend India

Why Pakistan Can’t Befriend India

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2023

That Hindus and Muslims have co-existed in India for centuries is an indisputable historical fact, but Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah didn’t think so. In 1940, while delivering the...

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Kashmir on a Roll

Kashmir on a Roll

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2023

Investment entails acquisition of assets or items with the primary objective of generating income or for the purposes of wealth appreciation. However, since successful investment is dependent on...

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Pakistan Army’s Undeclared War in Balochistan

Pakistan Army’s Undeclared War in Balochistan

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Mar , 2023

Being mandated to ensure territorial integrity of their country, the armed forces of every nation are both physically trained as well as mentally attuned to fight and destroy enemies...

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Kashmiris Protest Defiling of Mosques by Terrorists

Kashmiris Protest Defiling of Mosques by Terrorists

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Mar , 2023

The saying that terrorists have no religion was once again proven right last Tuesday when two terrorists violated the sanctity of Jamia Masjid in Padgampora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama...

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Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir

Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Mar , 2023

The cold-blooded murder of 45-year-old Sanjay Sharma in Achan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday serves as a grim warning that there’s no let-up in the despicable trend of...

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Guns at a Terrorist’s Funeral Exposes Pakistan’s War on Terror Farce

Guns at a Terrorist’s Funeral Exposes Pakistan’s War on Terror Farce

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Date: 26 Feb , 2023

One would have expected a country that’s just been taken off the Financial Action Task Force [FATF] grey list for its active involvement in terror financing and is facing an unprecedented...

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On Pakistan Army Chief’s War on Terror ‘Prescription’

On Pakistan Army Chief’s War on Terror ‘Prescription’

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2023

While speaking on the issue of fighting terror, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir has highlighted the role of “all stake holders” twice in as many months. He did so while addressing a parade...

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The Tragedy of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

The Tragedy of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2023

While it is inappropriate to laugh at someone’s misfortune, Islamabad’s puerile antics to showcase the impoverished Pakistan occupied Kashmir [PoK] region as Utopia compels one to do so. This is...

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The Kashmir ‘Solidarity Day’ Charade

The Kashmir ‘Solidarity Day’ Charade

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2023

While flaunting it as a solemn occasion called ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, Islamabad organises a comical extravaganza of sorts with emotional [as well as menacing] speeches and contrived...

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Interpreting Recent Developments in Kashmir

Interpreting Recent Developments in Kashmir

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jan , 2023

While speaking at the recently concluded Jaipur Literature Festival, former Indian ace spy master AS Dulat shared his observations and views on the current situation in J&K and abrogation of...

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Pakistan Army’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Problem

Pakistan Army’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Problem

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2023

To be on the same page with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is certainly not a compliment. Hence, when I say that by expressing the “hope that the establishment’s...

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Pakistan’s War on Terror: Just Sound and Fury?

Pakistan’s War on Terror: Just Sound and Fury?

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jan , 2023

Déjà vu In the first corps commanders’ conference chaired by Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asif Munir which concluded recently, it was “resolved to fight against terrorists without any...

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Why Pakistan Army’s Change of Guard Means Nothing

Why Pakistan Army’s Change of Guard Means Nothing

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2022

Superannuation is inevitable in all government organisations, and the armed forces are no exception. Yet, the impending retirement of a Pakistan Army Chief invariably becomes a major discussion...

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Pakistan: A Promotion, Resignation and Ceasefire Retraction

Pakistan: A Promotion, Resignation and Ceasefire Retraction

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2022

A ‘Coincidence’? Some feel that Lt Gen Asim Munir’s elevation as Pakistan army chief, resignation of former ISI chief commander of Peshawar based XXXI Corps Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and the...

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Will Gen Bajwa’s “Non-Interference in Politics” Commitment Endure?

Will Gen Bajwa’s “Non-Interference in Politics” Commitment Endure?

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2022

In what could well be his last public address, Pakistan army’s outgoing Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa did the unexpected. Not only did he accept that “our army … is often made the...

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Pakistan: A Tale of Two Bajwas

Pakistan: A Tale of Two Bajwas

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2022

Taking on the powerful Pakistan army isn’t an easy job and, this issue is one on which both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan will surely agree. So, ‘Fact Focus’, an investigative...

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In Kashmir, it’s the ‘Sword’ Versus the ‘Pen’

In Kashmir, it’s the ‘Sword’ Versus the ‘Pen’

By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2022

Being fraught with danger, reporting from terrorism afflicted areas has always been a very challenging job as journalists often incur the wrath of either the establishment or terrorists. While...

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