Articles By Nilesh Kunwar
Pakistan’s Polity and the ‘Serenity Prayer’
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Mar , 2024
The serenity prayer implores God to give a supplicant the serenity to accept things that can’t be changed, the courage to change things that can be changed, and most importantly, the wisdom to...
The Forsaken Uyghurs of Xinjiang
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Mar , 2024
‘Sinicising’ Islam Owned by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Global Times is an English tabloid that faithfully articulates China’s nationalistic perspective on...
The Gathering Storm in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Vol 14.1 Jan-Mar 1999 | Date: 11 Mar , 2024
Two significant things happened last Tuesday. One, Pakistan army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir presided over the corps commanders’ conference in Rawalpindi, and two, Pakistan occupied Jammu and...
And Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan Continue Unabated
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Mar , 2024
After skipping summons in the Baloch missing students’ case twice, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar finally appeared in the Islamabad High Court [IHC] last Wednesday. The...
J&K: Doda Students Reject Religious Polarisation Attempt
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Mar , 2024
Just the other day, a young Pakistani girl in the city of Lahore went to an eatery wearing a modest dress embellished with the Arabic word ‘halwa’ all over in elegant calligraphy. As this...
India’s War on Terrorism Ecosystem in J&K
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2024
There’s a general misapprehension amongst many that terrorism can be effectively eradicated solely by using the ‘fighting fire with fire’ strategy and killing or apprehending terrorists...
Pakistan Elections: Rawalpindi Wins Yet Once Again
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2024
While Rawalpindi will outrightly reject the popular quip that while it has never won a war, the Pakistan army has never ever lost an election, but Pakistan’s recent election results has...
Pathetic Educational Facilities in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2024
Pakistan leaves no stone unturned to project Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir [IoJK] as a free and prosperous land and has even named this region ‘Azad’ [Free] Kashmir. To keep up...
Abdul Majid- Kashmir’s Brave Son of the Soil
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jan , 2024
The impressive number of gallantry awards announced by the Government of India on the eve of Republic Day 2024 reflects the raw guts and phenomenal spirit of sacrifice that exists within the...
Iran-Pakistan Standoff and Rawalpindi’s Jaish-ul-Adl Connection
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jan , 2024
A Faustian Deal In 2004, the then Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf made a secret deal with the US allowing the Special Activities Division of Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] to use...
India Army Adopts Pir Topa Village in J&K
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jan , 2024
A non descript village in the Poonch district of the Union Territory [UT] of J&K, Pir Topa has only about 30-35 houses with a population of approximately 250-300. Its residents belong to the...
Iran-Pakistan Cross Border Strikes exposes Washington’s Duplicity
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jan , 2024
Washington univocally condemned Tehran’s cross border strike against alleged bases of anti-Iranian Sunni terrorist group Jaish al-Adl [JuA] in the Panjgur district of Balochistan as it...
Ridding Rajouri Sector of Terrorists
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Date: 15 Jan , 2024
While the overall security situation in the Kashmir Valley has shown considerable improvement, the state of affairs in the forested mountainous areas south of PirPanjal area of Rajouri has...
Pakistan: Why Baloch Lives Don’t Matter
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jan , 2024
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar obnoxious remark that “Advocates of terrorists in Balochistan should go and join them if they are convinced on the veracity of their...
Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Unhappy New Year
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jan , 2024
The contrast on both sides of the Line of Control [LoC] that delineates Jammu and Kashmir [J&K] and Pakistan occupied J&K [PoJK] couldn’t have been more pronounced. In J&K, a slew of...
Manufacturing ‘Abnormality’ in Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Dec , 2023
That normalcy returning to Kashmir Valley irks those who stand to gain from unrest in this region is a well known fact. This lot comprises the pro-Pakistan lobby who thrive on lavish financial...
Kashmiri People Have Identified Their Real Enemy
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Dec , 2023
In his 2019 UNGA address, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan had snidely remarked, “You think Kashmiris will accept a new status quo under revocation of Article 370” and went on...
On Pakistan Army’s Account of the Dera Ismail Khan Terrorist Attack
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Dec , 2023
The Attack Barely one month after the brazen suicide terrorist attack on the Pakistan Air Force [PAF] air base at Mianwali in which three ‘non-operational’ aircraft were damaged, the barely 10...
Defeating Pakistan’s Proxy War in J&K
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Nov , 2023
One had expected with onset of winters infiltration of terrorists across the Line of Control [LoC] in J&K would see a temporary pause. However, with the Indian security forces and J&K police...
Targeted Killings of Terrorist Facilitators in Pakistan
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Nov , 2023
On June 23, 2021, an explosive laden vehicle exploded near the house of Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] co-founder and 9/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed located in Johar Town area of Lahore....