Gunners Shot

    Pakistan is going through some turmoil again. Rare opposition unity, Nawaz Sharif naming the Army, Pak rangers kidnapping an IG of Police and speculation of chaos beyond the normal chaos.  A new Pakistani dusk is dawning. Will there be a DAWN? Pakistanis do not know. They have never known. Pakistan entered a Tunnel of  Perpetual Dusk on 23 Oct 1947 when it invaded Kashmir. It has not got out of it. Every chaos extends the Tunnel of Perpetual Dusk. The PDM Jalsa in Gujranwala extended the Dusky tunnel. However for the first time the Army has been brought into the ring. To get a sense of what Pakistani thoughts are on current topics, some excerpts from Opinion pieces from ‘ Dawn ’ are put forth.  It makes interesting reading. If you click on the paragraph heading you can get to the original article.    The ‘State above a State’ Bombshell Which Started it All   The bombshell was Dropped in an ocean of people   PML-N...

ALSO PUBLISHED AT https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/22-october-2020/       Expansionist One China   China wants the world to repeatedly chant ‘One China’ which is expansionist. China gobbled Tibet, Xinxiang, Inner Mongolia and part of India soon after  becoming a People’s Republic. It is now in the process of gobbling up Hong Kong, a sliver of Eastern Ladakh  and South China Sea illegally. Next in line are Taiwan and Senkaku islands.  Xi Jinping’s ambitious consolidation plan of the Chinese nation includes also sovereign Indian territories of Eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. China covets parts of Nepal, Bhutan, Central Asian Republics and Russia based on some mythologically obscure history drummed up through propaganda. In future, ‘One China’ will encompass all areas taken over through debt traps.  Starting with Hambantota, China is eyeing islands in Maldives, Pakistan and beyond. It will also seek and stake ...

Independence  is by  deeds  and not words. Happy Independence Day I wrote this article in 2020. As time has passed,  I  am now more than  ever convinced  that we need to attain  strategic  independence  as we grow as a nation. That is why  I  had  this discussion  with Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus last year.   Our discussion in on the clip below. It is in the form of a slide presentation cum discussion.     The article is also below for those who do prefer reading.                      Also published @  https://bharatshakti.in/five-point-framework-to-attain-strategic-independence/  Never let a good crisis go to waste ……Winston Churchill 2020 has been eventful– the Chinese virus, border clash with China, deteriorating neighbourhood environment and an economy in doldrums. Four down for nothing in typical 20-20 match fashion. I...

Also published in the Daily Guardian @  https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/15-october-2020/ Earlier Articles In Series   Sino Indian Logjam – A Review @  https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/sino-indian-logjam-review-by-lt-gen-p-r.html   No Go For China in the Logjam  @  https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/no-go-for-china-in-logjam-by-lt-gen-p-r.html   Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis @  https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-aim-capability-and.html   Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears @  https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-facts-risks-options.html   The latest round of talks between Sino Indian militaries have ended predictably without a  way forward. As winter sets in both sides hunker down to fight the elements more than each other. What is it that each can achieve in winter? What is the element of risk involve...