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True but that can & did come to haunt them here. I have no hard opinion on whether Pakistani actors should be allowed to work in India in these circumstances. While I can understand some of the frustration of some people in India, the Pakistani actors in question hardly seem an disagreeable lot...

Plans to disarm Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba come after two deadly attacks on Indian military bases – and amid Beijing’s security fears for its investments By Tom Hussain 16 Oct 2016 China’s disapproval of Pakistan’s hosting of anti-India terror organisations has prompted...

I can't see a pipeline from Russia to India being cost efficient, certainly not at the present prices of oil. The geographical issues are a separate headache, a nightmare.

That, in my view, is the most important deal. Purchasing of weapon systems will happen & are not necessarily reflective of the seller's strategic interest, an investment outwards to India & a huge one at that suggests what the future holds. You are right, it really tells something. Not many...

We don't need to. we already have an country specific exemption, courtesy George Bush.

Single theatre owners in these 4 states have called for this suspension. Unless multiplexes are involved, I'm not sure it is going to make that much of a difference. Secondly, this seems to have been a push by organisational heads who are probably based in Maharashtra, no real sense in the other...

You guys should go your own way & we, ours. The relationship between India & Pakistan won't be changing anytime soon, trying to have a grouping with the both of us in it is a recipe for problems.

:lol: “As I noted in my talk, India and US do have a shared interest in countering terrorism and protecting our societies from the scourge of terrorism and working together to diminish the ability of terrorist groups to threaten our countries and other countries throughout the world. You...

You would be better off sticking to your own analysis which was spot on.

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Being expected & being a "big blow" are not mutually exclusive. If something like this isn't a big blow, then what's the point of it at all?

Offsets help in getting orders to Indian companies but doesn't reduce the cost involved & probably increase it. Even the present price is extraordinarily high which is why negotiations dragged out for 2 years after the PM decided. $25 billion would have left the rest of the air force cupboard...

Can't afford a huge number of Rafales, they are ridiculously costly. This was something that should have been done during the MMRCA contract, who in his or her right mind would have put in single engined & twin engined planes in the same competition & then judge only by capability without...

Not all areas can be fenced, not all people can be stopped by a fence. The fence is used to make it difficult to cross over, not impossible. If people could be stopped from crossing over, the U.S. would never have illegal immigrants nor would Palestinians have been able to dig under fences to...

If you read the link, it seems that many in Pakistan including in the Foreign service are aware of the problem. The fact remains that he is probably the first High Commissioner of Pakistan who is unable to get a meeting with senior Indian decision makers including the Foreign Minister. It is...

Supporting India's "right to self-defence" in the aftermath of the Uri attack which it dubbed a "clear case of cross-border terrorism", the US on Wednesday dismissed the recent attempt by Pakistan to link peace in war-torn Afghanistan with resolution of the Kashmir issue. The White House backed...

Masood Azhar directly addresses Pakistan’s policy establishment, arguing that the jihadist policies it backed in the 1990s had brought strategic benefits to the country. Written by Praveen Swami | New Delhi | Published:October 13, 2016 4:51 am Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar. (Source...

That's incorrect, $6 billion each was the cost of funding the development of the aircraft (now probably brought down to $4 billion each), the cost of the aircraft itself would be at actuals.

That's the problem, you seem to have no idea what the job of an High Commissioner is. This is about this particular gentleman, no previous Pakistani HC ever had this problem. Your foreign secretary had to intervene more than a few times and he supposedly doesn't think much of Abdul Basit either...

This chap's actually very special among the people who have been Pakistan's HC. I believe that because of his abrasive behaviour, he has not been granted a single meeting with Sushma Swaraj in his entire time here. Takes some doing.