Reflections

India has twice the number of millitary personnel as compared to pakistan. It has a defence budget of $ 39 bn whereas pakistan has a $ 5.4 bn budget. India has the 4th largest airforce in the world. With 1500 aircrafts, it is definitely one of the world's bests. My point is that pakistan can not beat india in a conventional war. Similarly, it cannot millitarily push india out of the kashmir it has occupied. India is happy with status quo as far as kashmir is concerned. It intends to sit on the issue (well, it simply says that there IS no issue) till eternity. Moreover, India's clout in international relations has constantly been growing. Infact india today has the support of some nations in its claim to a permanent Seat in the UNSC. Obviously being the worlds largest democracy and a BRIC nation witha middle.class larger than the population of united states has obviously helped. On the other hand, pakistan's image internationally has really suffered because of the "...

This has to be the most cliched and over discussed topic in our society. But such is its prevalence, intensity and menace that there can never be enough discourse on it. There are clearly three types of terrorism that currently grip pakistan. All three stem from concocted interpretation of islam and are somewhat linked to each other. One is the "jihad" against pakistan government for Participating in the US war against terrorism. Another is the demand for promulgation of "sharia" (read "hijab and beard regulations" because thats all that sharia means to them). And third is the sectarian terrorism targeting shias. The most dominant motive right now is the first one: jihad against pakistan government. The main demand here is that pakistan government stops operations against fata millitants, ceaseslogistics support to Nato and disallows drone attacks. The US presently has 66,000 troops in afghanistan but sometime in 2014 they will just have 10 % of these le...