COMMENTARIES
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Inside Pakistan IV: Return of the Daughter
D Suba Chandran · 31 Aug, 2002 · #845 · Commentary
A major question during the last week (19-25 August 2002) was whether Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan and lead her party in the forthcoming elections. The military regime has categorically stated that Benazir wou...
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Pakistan Navy and Nuclear Deterrence
Vijay Sakhuja · 09 Sep, 2002 · #844 · Commentary
Eight countries possess nuclear weapons (US, Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India and Pakistan) and three (Iraq, Iran and DPRK) are seeking them. Among them, the US, Russia, UK, France and China have experience in op...
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Inside Pakistan III: Grand National Alliance
D Suba Chandran · 26 Aug, 2002 · #843 · Commentary
A major event inside Pakistan during the week 12-18 August 2002 was the formation of a Grand National Alliance (GNA). It is on open secret that the GNA was formed with the full backing of the military regime. It was also...
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Tale of two elections (Pak Media Survey 12-18 Aug 2002)
D Suba Chandran · 26 Aug, 2002 · #842 · Commentary
The English media of Pakistan during the week 12-18 August 2002 focused primarily on two election processes. The first, their own, which is scheduled in October and the second to be held in Jammu and Kashmir by India, sc...
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Elections in Kashmir-XI: Real threat comes from the people
D Suba Chandran · 26 Aug, 2002 · #841 · Commentary
Who or what constitutes the real threat to the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir? The Union government seems to believe that it emanates from three sources.
First, the separa...
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Centre-NSCN (IM) Talks: Hurdles and Prospects – II
Paolienlal Haokip · 26 Aug, 2002 · #840 · Commentary
The peace talks between the Government of India (GOI) and NSCN (IM) have been further discredited with the Naga National Council (NNC), the original Naga political organization founded by AZ Phizo and now led by his daug...
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Will north Bengal go the Northeast way?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 26 Aug, 2002 · #839 · Commentary
Five CPI-M workers in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal were killed by militants of the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) on August 17, 2002. This was the first major terrorist act by the KLO whose growth has ...
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Ozone Layer and Environmental Security
Col. PK Gautam · 26 Aug, 2002 · #838 · Commentary
Background
Ozone(O3) gas is an isotope form of oxygen in the atmosphere. Only three molecules of ozone occur in ten million molecules of air. Nearly 90 percent of ozone is found in the upper atmosphere (the stratos...
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Elections in Kashmir-X: Why the Hurriyat will not Participate
D Suba Chandran · 31 Aug, 2002 · #837 · Commentary
Ever since the countdown for elections has begun in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been increasing focus upon the participation of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC). The Union government wants it to participate in the e...
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Military Sales and Terrorism: The French Connection
Vijay Sakhuja · 27 Aug, 2002 · #836 · Commentary
The second Agosta 90-B submarine being built in Karachi for the Pakistan Navy was launched on 24 August 2002. In 1994, Paris and Islamabad concluded a contract for the construction of three submarines at a total cost of ...
