gilgit baltistan

Gilgit- Baltistan: 21st century hotspot of new Great Game

No astute statesman with a futuristic vision would have agreed to a ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir in 1948 in circumstances in which India did. It was a political and not a military decision. The aggressor got recognition as a party to the dispute plus the legitimacy of a foothold in the strategically crucial area […]

Should India take back POJK?

For more than a year, Indian top leadership has been warning that it is determined to take back the illegally occupied part of the original State of Jammu and Kashmir. The message is sent across to Pakistan to vacate the aggression.   India takes cues from many sources to adopt a belligerent attitude. These could […]

Claude Arpi unmasks geopolitical deceit of Pakistan’s Kashmir charade

When the Pakistani politicians, some 'useful idiots' in the Indian Press, the Indian liberals, and the usual left-leaning 'Aman ki Asha' brigade criticised the decision of India's Supreme Court upholding the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, they are not only misinformed but are taking a malicious stand against the interest of the country and its national security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

Introducing Gilgit Baltistan: A 21st century Pakistani ‘colony’ – Part 2

For Pakistan, a country that depends on Indus, India reclaiming G-B would be nothing short of a hydropolitical nightmare (even if one discounts the direct India Afghanistan land connection). So how is Pakistan pre-empting a situation like that?

Introducing Gilgit Baltistan: A 21st century Pakistani ‘colony’ – Part 1

G-B remains a part of Jammu and Kashmir but is currently under Pakistan’s illegal occupation