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by kancha
23 Feb 2024 07:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 88
Views: 32378

Re: China Economic Stress Watch

Twitter thread with the hashtag #TheOtherChina, running since Sep 2018.
Basically a chronicle of the warning signs pertaining to Chinese economy. Might be a useful resource for those interested.
Link
by kancha
03 Feb 2024 20:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Must listen to Rabid Dog Zubair Hayat(Debunking his elementary level arguments is too strenuous so will not go there) The sheer amount of fear is telling. Also very curiously the Equal-Equal project with the Nobel peace prize award to both Shri. Kailash Satyarthi Ji and lalala seemed to have backfi...
by kancha
19 Jan 2024 17:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

perceptive point, kancha ji and its a good thing that handles like yours initiate discourse such as the underlined, it forces the reader to reconsider preconceived notions; that was one another thing that attracted me to this article, seems to be written by a person of afghan origin living in the u...
by kancha
14 Jan 2024 17:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

On the same note, Afghanistan was the only country to object to Pakistan's inclusion in the UN after its creation. Reason being Non-acceptance of Durand Line.
by kancha
14 Jan 2024 17:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-making-of-terroristan-pakistan-afghanistan-and-pashtun-nationalism/ As a geo-strategically significant fact, Pakistan’s western neighbor, Afghanistan, has historically problematized the former’s claim that the Durand Line was a permanent international boundar...
by kancha
30 Dec 2023 18:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

FWIW, Based on what I read some years ago, it was also surmised that the line from NJ9842 to KK Pass was based off the ADIZs wherein Pakistani ATCs controlled airspace over that area.
by kancha
27 Sep 2023 15:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406650

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Is this GoI's way of firing a warning shot across the bows? Our ambassadors are IFS folks, and they won't say things without giving it some thought. So a former ambassador making this statement is not something to be taken lightly, and might even be taken as unofficial confirmation of earlier rumou...
by kancha
20 Sep 2023 18:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406650

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Shared some thoughts on this latest turd-drop by Trudeau in Canadian Parliament. Twitter Link Blog Link Folks, sharing some thoughts on the latest fart that Shri Trudeau Ji let out in the Canadian Parliament not very long ago! So, where did this begin, one must ask. Well, the seeds of Canadian suppo...
by kancha
04 Sep 2023 04:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: China Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 88
Views: 32378

Re: China Economic Stress Watch

Reuters: Part of China's economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next The failure to restructure the world's second-largest economy has raised critical questions about what comes next for China. While many analysts see a slow drift towards Japan-style stagnation as the most likely outcome, ...
by kancha
23 Jun 2023 18:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1858
Views: 406650

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Today is the 38th Anniversary of the Kanishka Bombing wherein Canada based terrorists killed 329 souls, bulk of them Canadian citizens. And the Canadian Govt's role in the subsequent investigation resulted in fingers getting pointed at the Canadian Govt itself for what seemed to be an active cover-u...
by kancha
29 May 2023 07:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

There was a Niazi who thought he was brighter
He smiled as he sat on a Tiger
They came back from a ride
With the Niazi inside
And the smile on face of the Tiger!
:rotfl:

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by kancha
17 May 2023 20:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Deans wrote:defence.pk is a great place to have fun and troll.
Let me take the liberty of sharing a humble 'tribute' to defence.pk from Jan last year :rotfl:
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by kancha
08 May 2023 07:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Thanks all!
One is actually amazed at how much data is available in open source to counter many such clichés!
by kancha
07 May 2023 18:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Got engaged by a Bhikharistani on Twitter who took offence to one of her compatriots being shown a mirror for crying Kashmir Banay Ga Pakistan to getting robbed at gunpoint and not wanting to live in Pakistan any more! The 'insult' she chose to fling was about the lack of sanitation facilities in In...
by kancha
30 Apr 2023 19:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indus Water Treaty
Replies: 3257
Views: 703570

Re: Indus Water Treaty

Sharing an alternate view on Ravi River. Basically, far too much of Ravi River's water is being permitted to flow into Pakistan as it is. Except for the Monsoon season when flows in that part of the country go up significantly, not even one drop of Ravi River should flow into Pakistan. In fact, with...
by kancha
29 Apr 2023 12:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

partha wrote:Interesting that no Indian official is attending. It's good. It looks like a snub after the embassy attack.
WION tweeted last night that Vice President of India will attend the coronation
by kancha
28 Apr 2023 15:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Regarding Demonization. Lets stick to facts 1) All the paper and Ink came from UK's De la Rue for Indian currency, thier JV also printed the Paki Currency 2) Mysteriously post 26/11 , the Indian Printing plates were auctioned and Made it to Pakistan 3) De La Rue was also directly printing INR befor...
by kancha
29 Mar 2023 10:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5560
Views: 1510020

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

They are Punjabi speakers from Mirpur area, they were not driven out, they had close ties to the British from pre independence days, they were generally the most educated lot among the Pakis. They were driven out, sort of, when Pakistan built a big dam. However there might have been some accommodat...
by kancha
27 Mar 2023 07:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

A short thread / blog on Pakistani artists / sportspersons making money off India Link A short summary: At the end of the day, ‘Art has no Boundaries’ is a universal truth which I too endorse, but to say that you make money off me and use it to try and kill me, is something I’d be an idiot to endors...
by kancha
25 Mar 2023 15:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion
Replies: 1089
Views: 228450

Re: India-Canada, Mexico and South America: News and Discussion

On the topic of Kanishka, sharing what I wrote on the last anniversary of the bombing. Makes the blood boil each and every time one revisits it. Those ******** must NEVER be allowed to forget this terror attack which was planned and executed from their soil and to rub salt on the wounds, followed up...
by kancha
18 Mar 2023 21:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2709
Views: 622084

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Shared some thoughts on the Ukraine War Blog Link: Ukraine War - One Year On Twitter Link Btw, the above visuals are from the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the great US of A and Even Greater Britain, plus a host of other ‘willing’ partners. Interestingly, next week will mark two decades of that invasion ...
by kancha
17 Mar 2023 22:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

^^^^ I think this will mostly be used to grow food for the Chinese. But enough land exists to give a bunch of jernails 1 acre plots. We provide them water at our own peril. Remember one of the hidden clauses of CPEC that the Govt of Pakistan didn't declassify pertained to large scale farming by the...
by kancha
17 Mar 2023 20:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Dar slams 'uncustomary' IMF attitude, snubs demand for abandoning long-range missiles https://tribune.com.pk/story/2406430/dar-slams-uncustomary-imf-attitude-snubs-demand-for-abandoning-long-range-missiles Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday snubbed the demand for abandoning long-range nuclear m...
by kancha
10 Mar 2023 22:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

[ Sir, you should warn users that visiting deaf and dumb fora is bad for mental health. . . Manish ji, My experience has been the same. Of late however, the Pak forum has become a source for entertainment. Won't take much bandwidth here. But in case anyone has some time for some good quality entert...
by kancha
25 Feb 2023 09:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

'Not able to feed soldiers': Now, Pakistan's economic crisis hits army https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/world/story/not-able-to-feed-soldiers-now-pakistans-economic-crisis-hits-army-371172-2023-02-22 Meaning the high inflation is hitting military too since Opex budget is fixed. Interesting that ...
by kancha
19 Feb 2023 18:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

As no god father is helping pak, Will pak use its blueprint of using opium to rise money? Now it has problem importing it from Afgan and has to force it to cultivate. But this is not new ISI had proposed this in 1990s... Well, to be frank, even the current generation fantasizes about 'exporting' he...
by kancha
12 Feb 2023 15:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

Can you pl share the link to where it is hosted on the www? It was published (no changes to what I posted above) in the April 2017 edition of Indian Defense review , but I can't find the link on google. Originally part of a larger paper on Pak that I submitted to a think tank in 2016, but that is n...
by kancha
12 Feb 2023 10:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7928
Views: 2119117

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

In 2016, when people were dhoti shivering about the possible impact of CPEC in transforming Pak, I wrote an article for Indian defense review, suggesting that Pak is trapped and it could well lead to a situation we are now seeing (e.g with power tariff). I can't find the link, so posting it below: ...
by kancha
06 Feb 2023 16:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

All said and done, Musharraf was a loser. He was PoW in 71 war, he lost the Kargil war (and the Pakistani narrative too), he lost his dictatorship and he lost his ability to stay free in his own country and had to run. He couldn't even get his so-called Kashmir peace-plan done when his counterpart ...
by kancha
06 Feb 2023 07:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

gakakkad, it is plausible, but I wouldn’t discount him being given the “French Treatment” by folk on contract. I have zero qualms about speaking ill of this absolutely creepy monster: Militant commander Ilyas Kashmiri, who fought in Jammu and Kashmir in the 1990s, was once awarded by Pervez Musharr...
by kancha
28 Jan 2023 19:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)
Replies: 263
Views: 91261

Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

I don't get this port in Andamans. Why do we need a big port there when there is no connectivity there. Would it not be better if we make one of the ports on the eastern side a mega port with all the connectivity? Such as Chennai? or Visakhapatnam? That port isn't as much about Indian hinterland as...
by kancha
24 Jan 2023 20:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards
Replies: 831
Views: 226428

Re: Endgame of NaPakistan: How and what afterwards

Shared some thoughts on twitter / blog about the current mess in Pakistan Twitter Link Blog Link First and foremost, I would like to start with an undisputable fact: This is the longest that the Pakistan Army has NOT directly ruled Pakistan. Yup, you may read the above statement again and take some ...
by kancha
24 Jan 2023 20:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4308
Views: 1185037

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Shared some thoughts on twitter / blog about the current mess in Pakistan Twitter Link Blog Link First and foremost, I would like to start with an undisputable fact: This is the longest that the Pakistan Army has NOT directly ruled Pakistan. Yup, you may read the above statement again and take some ...
by kancha
31 Oct 2022 08:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
Replies: 4374
Views: 1344227

Re: J&K Union Territory-2019

Came across a blog post by a veteran armyman who went back to Kashmir, this time working in the civvie street. The observations that he made are really heartwarming. More so, since the places he visited were once the hotbed of insurgency - Anantnag, Badgam, Baramula, Pampore. Have added some thought...
by kancha
21 Oct 2022 14:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Flight Safety
Replies: 3349
Views: 809326

Re: Military Flight Safety

Reports coming in of Army chopper crash near Singing village in Arunachal Pradesh Hoping that the personnel are safe.. https://twitter.com/Spearcorps/status/1583361902801203200 Helicopter Crash An Army Aviation ALH WSI that took off from Likabali in morning has crashed at 1043h in Migging (South of...
by kancha
18 Oct 2022 21:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Russia: News & Analysis
Replies: 6071
Views: 1219596

Re: India-Russia: News & Analysis

Shared some thoughts on the Russia-Ukraine conflict Blog Link Twitter Link At the outset, I’ll begin with a sincere ‘R.I.P Ukraine’. Anyone with a reasonable thinking head on his shoulders would have come to a conclusion by now that Russia is just not going to stop before either Ukraine is utterly d...
by kancha
30 Sep 2022 22:05
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion
Replies: 2329
Views: 966597

Re: Pakistan Armed Forces: News & Discussion

The same argument above, will be used by the US State Department to sell additional F-16s to the PAF in the future. Indeed. Did a short twitter thread about 4.5 years ago on the eventual F-16 sale, in the aftermath of the US supplying Javelin Missiles to Pakistan. Link F-16 Sale: Anti-Pak Sentiment...
by kancha
02 Aug 2022 21:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1772
Views: 563988

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

Shared some thoughts last night on the Pelosi visit to Taiwan Blog Link Twitter Link Firstly, a bit of history. The ‘Renegade Province’ of Taiwan actually came into existence as a consequence of the bitter war for domination of China between the Communists led by Mao Zedong and the Nationalists led ...
by kancha
25 Jul 2022 08:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses
Replies: 1287
Views: 318594

Re: Understanding New China After the 19th and 20th Congresses

https://swarajyamag.com/world/house-of-cards-chinas-real-estate-problem House Of Cards: China’s Real Estate Problem The offshore bond holders, however, will have to prepare for a haircut or a prolonged payment process, and perhaps may have to settle for as much as 20 cents on a dollar. Will this af...