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National Security cannot be ignored
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 07 Mar , 2019
Post the Pulwama incident the Government went on an overdrive seeking to act against Pak. The nation cried for revenge, implying launching some form of retribution against Pak. An air force strike...
Disrupting security forces operations
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 26 Dec , 2018
In many ways Kashmir has not left the limelight. An area with unmatched beauty and peace, it is now witnessing violence which is being misconstrued across media channels. The recent encounter in...
Punjab was always on Pak’s Radar
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 22 Nov , 2018
The recent grenade throwing incident in the Nirankari Bhawan in Amritsar’s Rajasansi village left three dead and ten injured. The police claim that bike-borne individuals lobbed the grenade and...
Tampering with Military Assets
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 14 Nov , 2018
The present Government is the first in Indian history to eye military assets and use them to enhance vote banks or open doors to corruption. In the bargain they are denuding the capability of...
Role of press in changing perceptions on Kashmir
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 01 Aug , 2018
The reality is that Kashmir faces a proxy war pushed on the country by Pakistan. The proxy war claims the lives of terrorists, Kashmiris and security forces. Complete Kashmir does not burn, nor...
Pak Elections Genuine or Doctored
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 24 Jul , 2018
Pakistan goes to the polls on 25th July to elect a new National Assembly, leading to the appointment of a new Prime Minister. The way the election process is moving raises questions on whether the...
Opening of Army Cantonments
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 31 May , 2018
The recent unilateral decision by the defence minister in opening army cantonments across the nation, without taking the views of the army hierarchy, solely based on inputs from the Defence...
Bringing Indo-China relations back on track
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 06 May , 2018
Xi Jinping was the first leader whom PM Modi hosted in his home town Ahmedabad in Sept 2014 and Xi responded by hosting Modi in Xi’an, his own home town in May 15. Since then, the two have met...
Defence R&D: A key for self Reliance and Modernisation
By: Dr Sudershan Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 22 Mar , 2018
Our honourable prime minister has repeatedly envisaged the vision of India being a global super power and it is already a super power in making. However becoming a global/original power always...
China will soon annex Pak as its province
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 06 Mar , 2018
Recent reports indicate that China is moving at a fast pace to annex Pakistan as one of its provinces. In other countries where China has invested, and the nations have been unable to pay, they...
Time for US to Change Pak Strategy
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 14 Feb , 2018
Last month has been witness to massive attacks on the population of Kabul. A strike on the Intercontinental Hotel claimed 20 lives, following which was the explosive laden ambulance suicide attack...
Growing India and US military relationship
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 29 Jan , 2018
The US ambassador to India, Kenneth I Juster, proposed during his first public speech in Delhi that scaling up of strategic relations with India can also involve posting of liaison officers in...
Alarming Increase in Kashmir’s Militancy needs to be checked
By: Farooq Wani | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 25 Jan , 2018
Mannan Bashir Wani, a young student from Kashmir was pursuing Ph.D. in earth science-Geology from Aligarh Muslim University. One fine day, he marked his presence in the roll call for the last time...
AFSPA should not be Diluted
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 18 Jan , 2018
There are reports in the media about the home and Defence Ministries reviewing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and seeking to dilute some sections of the same. This is to cater for...
The Jerusalem Vote
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 05 Jan , 2018
President Trump, on 6th Dec, unilaterally accepted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced the move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv there. It was not a decision in haste, nor did it stem...
Pakistan must close terror infrastructure
By: Ashok Bhan | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 30 Dec , 2017
India was partitioned in the midst of bitter riots in which thousands of innocent people lost their lives, millions lost homes and their roots. Pakistan gained independence on 14 August, 1947 and...
Cannibal of Mumbai carnage walks free
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 30 Nov , 2017
Acquittal of Hafiz Saeed by Lahore High Court is a slap on the face of the US and the UN. They have classified Saeed’s organization JuD as a terrorist group and forefront organization for...
Rising military power of India
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 25 Nov , 2017
India is a growing military power, which is evident with the number of nations seeking to enhance military ties with it. The recent comment by President Trump that the world’s two greatest...
Mother’s tears defeat terror
By: Shiban Khaibri | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 21 Nov , 2017
Abraham Lincoln once said,” All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” The mother under reference did not eat a grain of food for a week, she had turned a distraught woman making...
Will Tillerson’s visit have any impact on Pak?
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 09 Nov , 2017
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of state arrived, spoke what he was expected to and left. Now it is time to take stock of what this awaited visit meant for India and Pakistan. India was his final...