Other Topics Related to Pakistan

Kishenganga River Issue Kishenganga {Neelum in Pakistan} is a tributary of Jhelum River. In India, it flows through Kashmir before flowing into PoK and Pakistan. India is constructing a dam over this river within the Gurez valley at a high ..

Modi’s Balochistan Remark

I had written a complete monograph on this issue in one of the CGS documents earlier. You may read it here to understand the historical background of Baluchistan issue. Some questions are being taken here: What are the implicit and ..

Indus Water Treaty

Indus Water Treaty (1960) is the most enduring treaty between India and Pakistan that has survived all the wars and stands intact even in most difficult period of bilateral relations between the two countries. This treaty is cited as the ..

What is happening in Kashmir?

Kashmir has been at pivot of Indo-Pak conflict since it was made an integral part of India in 1947 through Instrument of Accession. India and Pakistan have fought in numerous armed conflicts since their independence. Three major wars have taken ..

UNHRC Resolutions against Sri Lanka

There were allegations that during the Sri Lankan Civil War, particularly during the final months of conflict, Sri Lankan military committed war crimes against the LTTE including unlawful killings, sexual violence etc. This led to a demand from within and ..

Thirteenth Amendment to Constitution of Sri Lanka

The population of Sri Lanka is around 2 crore of which 74.8% are Sinhalese and 11.2 are Tamils. Most of the Tamils in Sri Lanka were brought as indentured labourers to work on estate plantations. The conflict between Buddhist Sinhalese ..

India Sri Lanka Fishermen Issue

The issue of fishermen straying in each other’s territorial waters has come as a potential irritant in the otherwise generally good bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka. Background of Issue The Palk Bay area has been used by both ..

Foreign Policy of Dr. Manmohan Singh and Manmohan Doctrine

Manmohan Singh served as 13th Prime Minister of India from 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014. His first foreign Minister was Natwar Singh, followed by Pranab Mukherjee, SM Krishna and finally Salman Khursheed. Key highlights of Foreign Policy of ..