Syed Mazhar Ali shah
Washington wants to use India as a stick to beat China. The recent Defence pact between India and the US may be, therefore, seen in this context but this pact will prove an exercise in futility as India has neither the grit, courage not determination to get the better of China in war. New Delhi has been licking the wounds even today of the drubbing it got from the hands of China in its war against Beijing in 1960s.Trump is therefore. betting on the wrong horse.
POST SCRIPT
Defence Minister Khawaj Asif has hit the nail on the head by saying that India has been trying to engage Pakistan on both eastern and the western fronts and for this purpose it is using Afghanistan as usual.
Thanks to the mediation of Turkey and Qatar the parleys between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been going on well hitherto but unless and until a fool proof visa regimen is enforced in letter and spirit between Kabul and Islamabad and entry into Pakistan of Afghan nationals isn’t made subservient to visa the influx of Afghanis into Pakistan will continue unabated which will be benefitted by the terrorists who will find an easy access into Pakistan for carrying out terrorist activities inside Pakistan. It is a pity that hitherto proper attention is not being paid in this respect.
Newspapers ‘ industry of the country is gasping for breath and is on the ventilator. During the past few years many newspapers have stopped publication rendering umpteen journalists jobless. The future of print media is in the doldrums in this country . The main reason of crisis is financial problem. Print media survives on two factors . First income from publication of newspapers and second advertisements and both of these factors are on the decline. Electronic media has eaten into the print media. The circulation of newspapers has fallen by forty percent. In India over nine crore copies of newspapers are published every day. In India reading newspaper is considered as a social habit. The day of an average Indian doesn’t start without having a look at the newspaper.
