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An update on the Pakistan-India war games. Will Pakistan attack India and take revenge?Did India target Masood Azhar?French official confirms Pakistan downed a Rafale?The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

pWotD Episode 2927: 2025 India–Pakistan strikes Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 278,690 views on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 our article of the day is 2025 India–Pakistan strikes.On 7 May 2025, India conducted missile strikes on Pakistan and in Pakistan-administrated Jammu and Kashmir, codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said it targeted terrorist infrastructure of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and that no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted, while Pakistan said India targeted civilian areas (including mosques) and claimed that Indian strikes killed 26 Pakistani civilians, including children, and injured more than 46 people. Pakistan stated that it had retaliated against the Indian strikes, claiming to have downed a number of Indian jets and inflicting damage on Indian infrastructure. India said Pakistani cross-border artillery fire killed multiple civilians, including children.India said that it had targeted terrorist camps across nine locations including Bahawalpur, which is the hub of the Maulana Masood Azhar led Jaish-e-Mohammed, a U. N. designated terrorist organization, Subhan Allah camp, an alleged hub of Pakistan-based jihadist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Muridke near Lahore, a hub of the Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Taiba, another U. N. designated terror group. Masood Azhar said that 10 members of his family, including 5 children, were killed in India's airstrikes on the group's headquarters at the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur.The Indian strikes were in response to the 22 April terror attack by militants in Indian Kashmir killing 28 civilians, mostly Hindu tourists. The attack on tourists triggered the 2025 India–Pakistan standoff, which is part of the broader Kashmir conflict. India accused Pakistan of supporting the militants, which Pakistan denied.According to the Indian media and government officials, there has been an ongoing misinformation campaign after the Indian strikes by pro-Pakistani social media handles, including claims of targeting the Indian airbase at Srinagar, destroying Indian Brigade Headquarters and downing Indian jets which India denies.Similarly, DAWN also reported misinformation from pro-India social media handles, with Indian accounts claiming conflict pictures from Gaza and Lebanon to be from Indian strikes on the Pakistani border city of Sialkot.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:33 UTC on Thursday, 8 May 2025.For the full current version of the article, see 2025 India–Pakistan strikes on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Aria.

We had no love for Iran in January when it was dropping missiles on Pakistan. Then I told you that Iran was just as bad for us as India, now I am telling you east or west, Iran is the best.  

Sumit Peer joins Sanjay Dixit for analysing another ticket to 72 Hoors of the terror link Masood Azhar as the Unknown gunmen celebrate the New Year 2024 with a blast, quite literally!

Death of Masood Azhar Decoded ft. Sumit Peer

Latif & JeM founder Masood Azhar were charge-sheeted by NIA for conspiring to carry out attack on Pathankot airbase. He was deported to Pakistan after completing jail term. ----more---- https://theprint.in/india/deported-by-india-in-2010-mastermind-of-pathankot-attack-shahid-latif-killed-in-pakistan/1799567/ 

Taliban authorities in Kabul have denied that wanted terrorist kingpin Masood Azhar of the Jaish-e-Muhammad was in Afghanistan. The denial came in the wake of a report in the Pakistani newspaper, The News, which claimed that Azhar was in Afghanistan. Masood Azhar, it may be recalled, was released by India following the hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft to Kandahar in 1999. He was designated an international terrorist by the United Nations in 2019.  Azhar's name surfaced soon after the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has, once again, killed Pakistani soldiers and the ceasefire brokered between the TTP and the Pakistani State is coming apart. It also comes at a time when the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, is supposed to let Pakistan off the grey list. 

Modi expected to meet Putin at SCO summit this week, IPS officer who headed Ishrat Jahan encounter probe dismissed, Pakistan asks Taliban setup to trace and arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar and other top news in this bulletin.

The scene that played out in the UN Security Council seemed eerily familiar- after India and the US brought a joint proposal to designate Rauf Asghar, deputy chief of the Jaish e Mohammad and brother of its chief Masood Azhar, as a global terrorist under UNSC resolution 1267, China placed a technical hold on the listing. In that speech, Ambassador Khamboj hit out at: - China- for blocking terrorist designations - Pakistan- for harbouring terrorists, and for glorifying their acts - Afghanistan- for the Taliban regime's support to terror groups - even the United Nations Secretariat itself, for not including Indian inputs on these groups in its latest situation report that the UNSG presented. Ruchira Khamboj speech at UNSC: “An effective functioning of the Sanctions Committees requires them to become more transparent, accountable and objective. The practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end. It is most regrettable that genuine and evidence-based listing proposals pertaining to some of the most notorious terrorists in the world are being placed on hold. Double standards and continuing politicization have rendered the credibility of the Sanctions Regime at an all-time low.” Read more

Eric Zemmour,  Richard Spencer, Viktor Orban and CPAC  in Hungary?, Will Pakistan  Remain on FATF Grey List?Retired US Diplomat to 5 different nations  David Hunter shares his knowledge, passion, interest, and experience. 1) Will Eric Zemmour Become Next President of France?:  Moses 'Eric' Zemmour seems a candidate for President of France.  He portrays himself as a populist in the style of Donald Trump. He is pushing a for 'white nationalist agenda' and claiming the 'Great Replacement" threat that non-Europeans are taking over Europe.   He is trying to capture part of the fa- right voter block from Ms. Marine LePen of National Front, (now called National Rally) who ran against Pres. Macron last time. Its just seven months until French Presidential elections ---does Mr. Zemmour have a chance? What would be the foreign policy implications if he wins?   .2) Richard Spencer, Viktor Orban and CPAC  in Hungary?:  Spencer's 'National Policy Institute' held a conference in Hungary in 2014.   At the Spencer-led conference,  Jared Taylor, head of American Renaissance, a web-zine which champions "racial difference", gave the main after-dinner speech. He called for "a world brotherhood of Europeans", of "white people around the world, who regard Europe as their motherland".  Why did  American neo-nazi Spencer hold his conference in Hungary? Why is CPAC holding its next years conference in Budapest? 3) Will Pakistan  Remain on FATF Grey List?:   Pakistan must remain on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) the global anti-money laundering and terror financing watchdog. It needs to demonstrate more action taken against  Hafiz Saeed of LET and  founder Masood Azhar of JEM , both of whom are listed as global terrorists by the United Nations.  Is Pakistan harboring U.N. designated global terrorists? YOUR VISION IS OUR FOCUS Exceptional eye care in a professional, caring, & friendly environment. Turning Your Dream Smile Into Reality We are proud of the service we provide at Planes Dental Arts. Come see what we can do for you!

India Policy Watch: Chinese CheckersInsights on burning policy issues in India- RSJWe often write about China here. And we make three points:China is a model of authoritarian state-driven capitalism. There should be no illusion anymore it will turn into a liberal democracy as its citizens gain greater economic freedom. The Party will find new market demons to slay to send out a convincing message to the people that only it can usher in a stable and prosperous society. It will continue to undermine liberal democracy and it is ready to mount an ideological and economic challenge to G7. (Edition #132) Most analysts often overestimate China’s long-term thinking or strategic acumen. Pranay has written about this in a few editions. People tend to get taken in by civilisational mumbo-jumbo and Confucianism that China spouts about their national objectives. This has given rise to a cottage industry of experts who scour through Chinese history to (over)interpret the words and actions of its current regime. We believe this is unnecessary. China makes its usual quota of strategic errors in geopolitics. There is too much made about it being a rational actor of the highest order. (Edition #136)China is a very different kind of threat to the western liberal order. It is deeply enmeshed in global trade and economy. Decoupling from it is easier said than done. It has grown at the expense of Europe in the past three decades and now Europe cannot imagine its economy without the Chinese supply base or its markets. It is open to learning from the West (it sends the most students to western universities) while it selectively blocks global information platforms at home to ‘manage’ its society. This asymmetry lets it have the best of both worlds. It has the Soviet-style disdain for liberal democracy without the shortage of resources or paranoia about the West. In short, as I have written in the past, if this were to be seen as a new cold war then China is USSR on steroids. (Edition #47) and (Edition #44)Chinese Books Are Flooding The MarketI’m no expert on China. So I like to read books on China to update my priors. Surprisingly (in a good way), the last nine months have seen a never before supply of books on China by Indian authors. These include books by China scholars and academics - India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends by Kanti Bajpai, Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance by Manoj Kewalramani and India's China Challenge: A Journey through China's Rise and What It Means for India by Ananth Krishnan. These apart, the past few months have seen two of our former Foreign Secretaries come out with their books on China or the broader Asian geopolitics - India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present by Shivshankar Menon and The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India by Vijay Gokhale. I ended up reading three of these books in the past couple of months. They are slim and very readable. Among them, I will pick Vijay Gokhale’s book in this edition to discuss his perspectives on how China negotiates. Gokhale’s focus is on understanding the strategy and tools China deploys in its negotiations with India and what India can learn from the 70 years of dealing with them. He takes six key negotiations between India and China to draw his conclusions. These include recognition of the PRC in 1950, the negotiations on the status of Tibet in 1954, Pokhran and India’s nuclear status, the question of Sikkim, the US-India 123 nuclear agreement in 2007 and the listing of Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the UN in 2019 after a decade-long effort. Gokhale’s credentials on the topic are second to none. He has served as our top diplomat for over three decades in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His personal involvement in four of these negotiations offers a ringside view to us on diplomatic jabs that were exchanged over the years on these issues. Even in the two negotiations that predate him (recognition of PRC and Tibet), Gokhale is meticulous in his research of available official documents, notes, letters and press reports of the time to offer us a concurrent view of how the two sides were thinking about the issues and planning their negotiations. The book is a tremendous addition to the literature on China and I hope it spurs more former diplomats to write about their experiences. The Original SinI have picked up a few excerpts from the first diplomatic negotiation between the two over the recognition of PRC to give you a sense of how differently the two newly independent nations thought about geopolitical issues. I will run through the context briefly before doing so. India, in 1949, was a free country in the process of establishing itself as a Republic. The horrors of partition were fresh and its leadership was still finding its feet after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Yet, it was seen globally as the voice of the ‘third world’ largely on account of the Constitution it had drafted, its leadership that had international credibility and its commitment to liberal democratic principles. China, on the other hand, had emerged from its ‘century of humiliation’ with a civil war between Mao’s Communists and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek. By 1949 the Communists had driven the Nationalists away to Taiwan and were looking for global recognition while being aware that America being on the side of the Nationalists made this a difficult task. To put it simply, Communist China would have been grateful if India recognised it early. But through a strange mix of naivety, diplomatic blunders, confused thinking and narcissism on India’s part and some astute planning by China, the tables were turned. In some ways, this set the tone for all future negotiations between them. As Gokhale writes:The Chinese also planned the negotiations with India with great care, seeing it as a template for future negotiations with other non-socialist countries, including the West. Their strategy consisted of three elements: 1) to make India recognise the People's Republic of China as the sole, legitimate government. Mao was determined not to allow Two Chinas to legally exist at the same time, and this was a core objective; 2) to ensure that India did not join the American-led anti-China camp. Since the Americans were backing Chiang Kai-shek, it stood to reason that India should be asked to prove that it was not an American camp-follower by making a clean break with Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist regime; and 3) to utilise India's international influence to gain diplomatic space. The Soviet Ambassador N.V. Roshchin recorded his conversation with Mao thus: 'During the past few days he (Mao Zedong) had received the report from Beijing that the governments of Burma and India expressed their readiness to recognise the government of the People's Republic of China. The position of the Chinese government on this matter is as follows: to informs the governments of Burma and India that if they are sincere in their wishes to mend diplomatic relations with the PRC, first, they must completely break all tie with Chiang Kai-shek, unconditionally any kind of support and assistance to this regime, making it into an official declaration. Under the condition that the governments of these countries accept the aforementioned proposals of the Chinese government, the Indian and Burmese government may send their representatives to Beijing for negotiations.’This, then, was the Chinese strategy, and the tactics were determined accordingly.It is interesting to note how despite having the weaker hand, it appears from above like the Communist China is offering a privilege to others. There are multiple things at play here. China’s clarity on what’s non-negotiable (there cannot be two Chinas), its ability to play on the guilt or ego of the other party for its interests (India has to show it is not a camp follower of America) and its chutzpah in setting the terms of its own recognition; including asking India to send its representatives to Beijing and not the other way around. Now contrast this with how Gokhale describes the Indian approach.The lapses on India's part - the absence of wider political consultations within the Indian leadership, the overlooking of its national interest in its anxiety over the timing, and the erroneous assumption that the act of officially recognising the People's Republic of China was tantamount to the automatic establishment of formal diplomatic relations - led the Government of India to see the act of recognition as its only objective. In the process, India unilaterally gave up some crucial negotiating cards.First, India severed ties with the Nationalistic government in Taiwan.….the cutting off of ties with Nationalist government in Taiwan was inevitable, but it should have been part of the give-and-take during the negotiations. Instead, India squandered a bargaining point as a concession to Communist China even before the negotiations commenced. Likewise, India made efforts to reassure the Chinese side that it would not harm them by aligning with the Americans. This mean that India gave up any leverage that was to be gained by allowing the Chinese side to believe that it had the option of leaning to the side of the Americans in case China did not accommodate its interests in the process of diplomatic recognition. Thus, India lost another tactical advantage that might have allowed it to extract assurances from the Chinese communists.Thirdly, and most significantly , India did not lay out substantial 'asks' for the Chinese side to fulfil as a counter-response to their demands, even though they were aware of Chinese preconditions. The Government of India felt that making recognition dependent upon fulfillment of conditions by the new Chinese regime may be seen as hard or humiliating.…..India's approach to the whole idea of recognition was a mixture of emotionalism and conjecture. There was no strategy. The timing became the central point of the exercise. This too was determined by international calendar rather than by India's national interests. The Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Conference was to be held in Colombo in mid-January 1950. Nehru decided that India should recognise the People's Republic of China before the other members of the Commonwealth. It was accordingly decided to do so on 30 December 1949. Getting It Wrong Again?I believe Nehru gets a bad rap in today’s India. He had his flaws. But he was a great man by every definition of the term. I don’t think we will see someone like him in our polity anytime again. And I defend him stoutly on most issues including his economic thinking. I’m no statist and I have no time for central planning but I’m not sure I’d have been a free marketer at the time of independence. So, I give him a wide berth there too. But on foreign policy, I think Nehru has no excuses. He had strange notions of India being some kind of a vishwaguru, he personalised diplomatic decisions without considering the diverse set of views from his experts, he put himself at the centre of negotiations which undercut the negotiating options of his diplomats and he had a vague, narcissistic self-image of a global statesman that eclipsed India’s interests often. The above extract on the recognition of PRC and India’s handling of the Tibet issue soon after was a result of this approach to diplomacy. When I read these lines again, I wonder how much, if, at all, things have changed since then. Gokhale ends his book with a chapter on ‘Lessons for India’ where he outlines his experience of how China negotiates and what the Indian side should look out for. There are reams of practical advice here. The Chinese attention to details at the pre-negotiation stage: everything from the setting of the agenda, laying the benchmarks for the other side to meet prior to the negotiations and to push for unilateral gestures as a show of goodwill. Then the tricks and tactics used during the negotiations. The insistence on agreeing on principles that will act as the framework, the incremental nibbling technique (the salami-slicing equivalent of diplomacy), the playing on the guilt of another party, the random usage of old Chinese proverbs, the sense of their relative position in the hierarchy of global powers and their ability to manipulate the other side are all discussed at length with specific instances. And finally the post-negotiation setting of the narrative. The Chinese focus on getting everything just right is relentless. Reading this chapter and going by the book title ‘The Long Game’, you almost place Gokhale in the camp of those who believe in the extraordinary powers of China to think really long term. Like we have written before, we think this to be a gross exaggeration. But Gokhale makes a strong case for us to update our priors. China might not always be playing a long game. But it surely does have a game. If the content in this newsletter interests you, consider taking up the Takshashila GCPP. The certificate course is customised for working professionals. The course begins on 4th September.This slide from the Fundamentals of Public Policy module, co-anchored by Pranay Kotasthane and Ameya Naik gives a good idea of what the course has to offer.PolicyWTF: Market Pricing with Government CharacteristicsThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneDid you know that the price of a paracetamol tablet is capped at approximately Rs 2 by the government? Apparently, over 200 companies produce paracetamol under different brand names. Such levels of competition should’ve kept the price of paracetamol low in any case. Why the price cap then? Turns out that not just paracetamol, nearly 14 per cent of drugs by value, and 25 per cent by volume in India fall under price controls. Not only are their prices capped, but the mechanism used for capping is disingenuously labelled ‘market-based pricing’. I find this label fascinating because this is the second instance I know where the government actively distorts market prices and yet is successful in passing the blame on markets for the resultant price rise. Consider the case of pharmaceuticals first. Market-based pricing here obviously doesn’t mean that a drug can be priced on the basis of demand and supply alone. Instead, it just means that the price cap will be calculated by averaging prices of brands that held at least a 1 per cent share of the market for the formulation.Anticipating the unintended consequences of such a policy is not difficult. One, price caps ‘disincentivise’ differentiation and innovation. Why would any new company invest in creating a new formulation when it cannot reap the benefits by charging higher? Two, price caps foster collusion and rent-seeking. With new entrants impeded from disrupting the sector, incumbents can benefit by colluding with each other. By collectively and incrementally increasing the price of their brand, the price cap threshold can be pushed up. And three, the engineered market-based pricing deepens the scepticism Indian consumers have with the price system. No wonder that an ordinary Indian intuits that market-based price is just a euphemism for unreasonable price hikes. Another sector where the government passes off its active price distortion as a market-based mechanism is in fuel pricing. Since 2010 and 2014, the price of petrol and diesel have been deregulated respectively. If the market were truly allowed to operate, petrol and diesel prices should’ve hit an all-time low over the last few years because of the excess supply. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic even depressed the demand. And yet, petrol prices hit a century because the government more than compensated for the drop in market prices by increasing the tax rate on the two fuels. We have covered this chicanery in many previous editions. So the next time you see sticky high prices, poor quality, or both, first investigate the government diktats on pricing in that sector.As a parting shot, it’s important to understand the beauty of the price system. Hayek’s landmark essay The Use of Knowledge in Society explains that the price system is a decentralised coordinating mechanism for society. As he wrote in the essay:“Assume that somewhere in the world a new opportunity for the use of some raw material, say, tin, has arisen, or that one of the sources of supply of tin has been eliminated. It does not matter for our purpose—and it is very significant that it does not matter—which of these two causes has made tin more scarce. All that the users of tin need to know is that some of the tin they used to consume is now more profitably employed elsewhere and that, in consequence, they must economize tin. There is no need for the great majority of them even to know where the more urgent need has arisen, or in favor of what other needs they ought to husband the supply. If only some of them know directly of the new demand, and switch resources over to it, and if the people who are aware of the new gap thus created in turn fill it from still other sources, the effect will rapidly spread throughout the whole economic system and influence not only all the uses of tin but also those of its substitutes and the substitutes of these substitutes, the supply of all the things made of tin, and their substitutes, and so on; and all his without the great majority of those instrumental in bringing about these substitutions knowing anything at all about the original cause of these changes. The whole acts as one market, not because any of its members survey the whole field, but because their limited individual fields of vision sufficiently overlap so that through many intermediaries the relevant information is communicated to all.”Every time the government interferes with the price system, the information residing in the price gets diminished. The real-world implications of this loss are all too familiar — price caps lead to shortages and poor quality, price floors lead to wasteful expenditure. Distorting prices costs lives.Not(PolicyWTF): Civics vs Political ScienceThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneOne of the positive changes in our education system is the improvement in the quality of NCERT textbooks. Readers over the age of thirty will recall studying a boring subject called “civics”. This subject was the first and sometimes the only introduction to political science to many people of this age group. Not only was it boring, civics explicitly avoided introducing students to the messy details, ambiguities, and contradictions of our social and political lives. Framed with a colonial mindset, it gave the impression that subjects’ enjoyment of the rights granted by the State is contingent on them performing duties. Last week, I happened to search for what students were learning in Civics today. I was pleasantly surprised. There is no Civics anymore. The National Curriculum Framework 2005 acknowledged has reimagined the sterile commandments into richer political science discussions. Have a look yourself here.  Of course, upgrading textbooks is the easier part of the problem. Changing the minds of teachers and parents who have internalised simplistic and wrong models is far more difficult. Perhaps the loss of nuance in our political discourse is a consequence of being “curriculated” in an uncritical way. For now, I was just happy going through the new textbooks.HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Article] TCA Raghavan reviews Shivashankar Menon’s book in India Today. Menon on Nehru: “Nehru’s ideas, prioritising legitimacy over power, also led him to ignore real threats and ultimately to failures, as in his dealings with China.”[Podcast] The Seen And The Unseen by Amit Varma. Episode 234: Kanti Bajpai on India vs China[Podcast] The Seen And The Unseen by Amit Varma. Episode 231: The China Dude Is in the House Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com

From the Newsroom is a DH podcast that brings to you the major developments of the day. Today, cyclone Nisarga makes landfall in Maharashtra, relief operations are underway. The US investigates many countries including India for “unfair” digital services taxes. Terror outfit JeM leader Masood Azhar's kin was killed in an operation in Pulwama. For latest news and updates, log on to www.deccanherald.com Check out our e-paper www.deccanheraldepaper.com To read news on the go, sign up to our Telegram channel t.me/deccanheraldnews

In this episode Samir Kalra speaks with award-winning author Yudhijit Bhatacharjee about the rise of Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar, and the role of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in the Kashmir conflict.

Welcome to the Silk Roads and Monsoon Winds Podcast. A podcast where we look at everything modern Asia! Joining me for my fourth episode is Hari Prasad, an independent researcher on Middle Eastern and South Asian politics and security, focusing on extremism, non-state actors, and counterinsurgency. He specializes in counterinsurgency operations in the Kashmir region of India. We discuss the India-Pakistan rivalry in light of the recent escalations which took place in February, why he thinks a stalemate is going to continue, the ongoing conflict in Kashmir and who is to blame, and what role he thinks the US should play in bringing peace to the subcontinent. Follow Hari at @HariPrasad91 Sources mentioned in episode https://www.amazon.com/Our-Moon-Has-Blood-Clots/dp/8184000871/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Rahul+Pandita&qid=1553056324&s=books&sr=1-2-catcorr https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109117/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Rage-Kashmir-David-Devadas/dp/019947799X https://warontherocks.com/2019/02/drivers-decisions-dilemmas-understanding-the-kashmir-crisis-and-its-implications/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/jaish-e-mohammed-under-the-hood/ https://www.amazon.com/Not-War-Peace-Motivating-Cross-Border/dp/0199467498 https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1105120433588719616 https://www.amazon.com/Brokering-Peace-Nuclear-Environments-Management/dp/1503604853/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=moeed+yusuf&qid=1553057476&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Intro and outro music: 'Six Feet Off The Ground' by Nana Kwabena Cover photo: Indian policemen stand guard during a curfew in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir in 2016, TRT World and Agencies. CORRECTION: at 11:46 Hari stated that the leader of JeM, Masood Azhar, had been arrested by Pakistani authorities. Azhar was not in fact arrested by the Pakistani authorities, although 44 militant suspects were detained on March 5 (including Azhar's brother). Source: https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/pakistan-arrests-44-suspected-of-involvement-in-pulwama-attack/

In this episode we break down the Masood Azhar story and it’s impact on India and it’s neighbors, and the world as a whole. We also talk about Indian web series that are piquing our interest and the countdown to the results of India’s most defining elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently alleged at a poll rally in West Bengal, that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had not come out in support of the UN declaration of Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’. “Why Didi, because this will upset your vote banks,” Modi had thundered with a mischievous smile. For more podcasts from The Quint, check out our [Podcasts](https://www.thequint.com/news/podcast) section.

Why did China finally allow Masood Azhar to be sanctioned by the UN? What do these sanctions actually achieve? What are China's motivations behind doing this now? And how will it affect the India-China dynamic? Manoj Kewalramani and Suyash Desai join Yazad Jal to discuss these issues and more. Editor: Ananya Iyer

Aadit Kapadia is joined by Mohal Joshi as they discuss Masood Azhar, Sri Lanka Attacks and Elections in Amethi, Rajasthan & West Bengal

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The United Nations on Wednesday listed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist after China lifted its hold on the proposal. "Big, small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in UN Sanctions list.  China had put a hold in March on a fresh proposal by the US, UK and France to impose a ban on the chief of the JeM, which claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulwama terror attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the UN decision to declare Masood Azhar as a global terrorist is a big success for India's efforts to root out terrorism and proved that the country's voice can no longer be ignored on the global stage. Listen to this podcast for more

The most important question that comes to mind after China has lifted its hold on Masood Azhar’s designation as a terrorist under UN rules is: Why now? Why plumb in the middle of the general elections? The simple answer would be: to oblige Narendra Modi, whose government has assiduously campaigned to have this done. But that would be too simplistic. This is a political bargain, plain and simple. 

Thursday, May 2, 2019 Guaido's bid for power appears to fizzle, and another child dies in US custody. This is TRT World’s Daily News Brief for Wednesday, May 2nd. Guaido's coup attempt appears to fizzle The power grab in Venezuela by Juan Guaido earlier this week appears to be petering out. President Nicolas Maduro appears to be firmly in control with the backing of the military. The Trump administration appears to have egg all over its face. Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks for jumping bail A British judge has sentenced Julian Assange to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail in the UK. For the WikiLeakers founder, it could get worse fast. Today, he faces an unrelated hearing that could see him extradited to the US on a computer-hacking charge. Among the data WikiLeaks dumped was a video of the US military murdering two Reuters journalists in Iraq. William Barr says 'no thanks' to House questioning US Attorney General William Barr has been defending his rollout of the Mueller report on the Russian hack of the 2016 US presidential election. But even Mueller has objected to Barr's soft sell of his report that did not rule out that the president obstructed justice. Trump is reported to be happy with Barr. UN adds Masood Azhar to 'global terror' list The UN has declared Masood Azhar a global terrorist. The Security Council backed the US-sponsored move after China withdrew its opposition. Azhar is head of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed. JeM claimed a suicide attack in India-administered Kashmir in February that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police. 16-year-old migrant boy dies in US custody And finally, A 16-year-old boy trying to migrate to the US has died in custody. He died at a hospital in Texas after he was caught after he crossed the border. He was the third child to die in US custody since Trump ramped up his attacks on refugees and immigrants. And that’s your daily news brief from TRT World ... For more, head to TRTWorld.com.

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Masood Azhar was been blacklisted by the UNSC as a global terrorist, on 1 May. And it couldn’t have come at a better time for the BJP which is campaigning for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election before the remaining phases which has some crucial constituencies in the Hindi heartland go to polls. On the other hand, there seem to be glaring differences among the parties in opposition about the Congress cutting into the Mahagathbandan’s vote share in certain constituencies. BSP chief Mayawati, on May 2, accused the BJP and Congress of having a tacit understanding and unitedly working against the SP-BSP alliance. All this and more on this episode of Chunav Tracker. Tune in!

This week's Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, award-winning reporter Amit Visen, Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about gender pay gap across newsrooms, Rahul Gandhi's use of "ji" for Jaish chief Masood Azhar, Election Commission's presser, custodial deaths in Bihar, government advertisements and more.The discussion starts with Ayush talking about a YouGov poll on dwindling job opportunities in the country. He mentions that the females surveyed are conscious of the disparity in pay. Cherry mentions the BBC's gender pay gap story and asks Amit about his experience with different media organisations. Amit speaks of the prejudice against women journalist that restricts them to female-centric content.Reflecting on what was over-reported by sections of the media, Gaurav talks about the internet outrage over Rahul Gandhi using "ji" to address Masood Azhar. The panel also discusses the misuse of laws such as sedition.Amit talks about the announcements made by the Election Commission and what does no-go for simultaneous elections in Jammu and Kashmir mean. He also expresses his disappointment at the under-reporting of the custodial deaths in Bihar.Ayush and Gaurav share their opinion on the Huffington Post report about the Indian cricket team wearing camouflage caps. “…It's not difficult to see the emotion that they are coming from, post-Pulwama, but does it really require PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] …to say that you all are hurting our sentiments?” says Gaurav. Ayush remarks, “They [Indian government] have given patriotism a bad name by taking it to very irrational extremes but that shouldn't limit our horizon of looking at things.”Cherry discusses the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and some of the announcements made by the Election Commission. Is monitoring the spread of fake news and disinformation across social media platforms within EC's jurisdiction? Is EC's reasoning for not holding Jammu and Kashmir's assembly polls tenable? For answers to these, some media updates and more, listen up!NL Sena: www.newslaundry.com/sena#Kashmir #Election Commission #Lok Sabha #polls See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A draft US resolution that would designate a Pakistani militant as a global terrorist threatens to be China’s, and possibly Pakistan’s showdown at the OK Corral. The draft is supported by Britain and France. The resolution, if formally tabled in the full United Nations Security Council, could force China to justify its ten-year long blocking of efforts to designate Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammed, the UN designated Pakistani group believed to be responsible for last month’s suicide attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.

India Rising: Strategic Affairs Conversations with Mohal and Kishor @mohaljoshi @veggiediplomat In today's episode, we talk about the achievements of Manohar Parrikar, who recently passed away, as Defense Minister. We also talk about Indian media's reaction over failed UNSC resolution on Masood Azhar. Cover tune: Hand In Hand by Nicolai Heidlas | https://www.nicolai-heidlas.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, award-winning reporter Amit Visen, Newslaundry’s head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about gender pay gap across newsrooms, Rahul Gandhi's use of "ji" for Jaish chief Masood Azhar, Election Commission's presser, custodial deaths in Bihar, government advertisements and more.The discussion starts with Ayush talking about a YouGov poll on dwindling job opportunities in the country. He mentions that the females surveyed are conscious of the disparity in pay. Cherry mentions the BBC's gender pay gap story and asks Amit about his experience with different media organisations. Amit speaks of the prejudice against women journalist that restricts them to female-centric content. Reflecting on what was over-reported by sections of the media, Gaurav talks about the internet outrage over Rahul Gandhi using "ji" to address Masood Azhar. The panel also discusses the misuse of laws such as sedition.Amit talks about the announcements made by the Election Commission and what does no-go for simultaneous elections in Jammu and Kashmir mean. He also expresses his disappointment at the under-reporting of the custodial deaths in Bihar. Ayush and Gaurav share their opinion on the Huffington Post report about the Indian cricket team wearing camouflage caps. “…It's not difficult to see the emotion that they are coming from, post-Pulwama, but does it really require PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] …to say that you all are hurting our sentiments?” says Gaurav. Ayush remarks, “They [Indian government] have given patriotism a bad name by taking it to very irrational extremes but that shouldn’t limit our horizon of looking at things.”Cherry discusses the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and some of the announcements made by the Election Commission. Is monitoring the spread of fake news and disinformation across social media platforms within EC's jurisdiction? Is EC's reasoning for not holding Jammu and Kashmir's assembly polls tenable? For answers to these, some media updates and more, listen up!NL Sena: https://www.newslaundry.com/sena See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over China blocking the initiative to tag Jaish-e Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council.

On Wednesday, China placed a 'technical hold' on a proposal at the UN Security Council to designate Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Masood Azhar a global terrorist. What are China's calculations in blocking Azhar's designation? And is it making a mistake by upsetting India over a symbolic issue? Manoj Kewalramani and Pranay Kotasthane discuss with Aditya Ramanathan.

Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar is in the country, but said he is very unwell and not even in a position to leave his house.

The suicide bomb attack that killed around 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama is easily one of the most serious attacks the security forces have faced in Jammu & Kashmir since the beginning of insurgency in 1990. Comparisons are being made with the J&K Legislative Assembly attack in 2001 that led to the killing of 38 people. Both attacks seem to have used the same modus operandi – having a suicide bomber ram an SUV loaded with explosives on to the target. For more podcasts from The Quint, check out our [Podcasts](https://www.thequint.com/news/podcast) section.

Relations between India and China have changed considerably over the past decade as China's growth rate outpaced India's, placing both countries in unique and different positions in the current global geopolitical context. This has been most evident in recent times with China's open opposition to India's NSG membership bid; its blocking India's move to ban Masood Azhar, among other things, while India has grown increasingly closer to the US, and not shied away from a muscular response to terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil. Add to this Donald Trump's victory in the recent US elections and what this posits for the future. In this podcast, Shyam Saran, a senior fellow at CPR, a career diplomat, and an expert on China, analyses the evolving India-China relations, and their future trajectory. Music: The Jazz Piano - Bensound.com

Relations between India and China have changed considerably over the past decade as China’s growth rate outpaced India’s, placing both countries in unique and different positions in the current global geopolitical context. This has been most evident in recent times with China’s open opposition to India’s NSG membership bid; its blocking India’s move to ban Masood Azhar, among other things, while India has grown increasingly closer to the US, and not shied away from a muscular response to terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil. Add to this Donald Trump’s victory in the recent US elections and what this posits for the future. In this podcast, Shyam Saran, a senior fellow at CPR, a career diplomat, and an expert on China, analyses the evolving India-China relations, and their future trajectory. Music: The Jazz Piano - Bensound.com

In part two of The Deobandis, the BBC's former Pakistan correspondent Owen Bennett Jones reveals a secret history of Jihadist propagation in Britain. This follows the BBC's discovery of an archive of Pakistani Jihadist publications, which report in detail the links some British Deobandi scholars have with militant organisations in Pakistan. Among the revelations are details of a lecture tour of Britain by Masood Azhar - a prominent Pakistani militant operating in Kashmir. He toured the UK in the early 1990s, spreading the word of Jihad to recruit fighters, raise funds and build links which would aid young Britons going abroad to fight Jihad decades later. The programme also explores intra-Muslim sectarianism in Britain, and discovers how some senior Deobandi leaders have links to the proscribed organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba, a militant anti-Shia political party formed in Pakistan in the 1980s. But how widespread and representative is this sympathy with militancy? The programme explores the current battle for control in some British mosques, speaking to British Deobandi Muslims pushing back against the infiltration of Pakistani religious politics in British life. As one campaigner says, this is 'the battle for the soul of Islam' and the 'silent majority' must speak out - but can moderate Muslims build the institutional power they need to really enforce change? CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Aimen Dean - former member of Al Qaeda and former MI5 operative Rafaello Pantucci - Director in International Security Studies, RUSI Mufti Mohammed Amin Pandor Toaha Qureshi MBE - Trustee of Aalimi Majlise Tahaffuze Khatme Nubuwwat (Stockwell, London) Aamer Anwar - human rights lawyer Producers: Richard Fenton-Smith & Sajid Iqbal Researcher: Holly Topham

Newslaundry subscribers Garima Chitkara and Amol Sharma join us for the 50th Episode of NL Hafta. In this episode, we discuss Kiku Sharda’s arrest and the Supreme Court’s stay on Jallikattu. We talk about contradictory media reports on Masood Azhar’s arrest in Pakistan and the Sabrimala temple case. Also, our guests share with us why they think independent media matters. We wind up with everyone’s picks of the week.For reference links visit http://www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.