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Kamal Davar
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The writer, a retired lieutenant-general, was founder of the Defence Intelligence Agency and deputy chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party activists and supporters of former Pakistans Prime Minister Imran stand amid teargas fired by police during a protest against the arrest of their leader, in Lahore on May 10, 2023. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | After Imran's arrest, Army facing flak, is Pak on brink...

    With a thousand fires burning now, Pakistan is also on the brink of a total economic collapse

    11 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh (ANI file image)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Tackling Amritpal, foiling ISI designs: Delhi, Pun need...

    India and Punjab cannot afford a recurrence of the internal security environment which prevailed in the 1980s

    5 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

    We have removed the Khalistani flags from Vidhan Sabha gate. we are investing and going to register a case, SP Kangra Khushal Sharma said. (ANI)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Khalistan' push to target India: Pak reviving Zia's...

    The intelligence and security agencies must maintain a tight vigil on the overall situation in Punjab and abroad

    1 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

    File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding a folder-case containing the Union Budget 2022-23. (Representational Image/PTI)PhotoOpinion
    Kamal Davar | More bangs for the buck: What FM must ensure for the...

    Importantly, the demands for the country's security preparedness always remains a major financial challenge

    29 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AFP)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Imran Khan is down, but not out: Pakistan on edge again

    Imran suffered a gunshot injury on his lower right leg, while six others surrounding him were injured and one killed as...

    9 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

    China has built many model villages in uninhabited places along the LAC to claim these places as part of its territory. (Representational image: AFP)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Time to be firm tackling Dragon on LAC standoff & human...

    Both nations, according to these reports, now have between 50,000 to 60,000 troops deployed along the LAC in Ladakh

    12 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during a bilateral meeting, at Lumbini in Nepal. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | How Agnipath' hiring by Army impacts India's ties with...

    Nepal has rightly been worried about the adverse financial impact of the Agnipath scheme on its fragile economy

    12 Sept 2022 8:32 AM IST

    Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (ANI File)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Engage directly with Pak Army to break deadlock

    Pakistan's anti-India and Kashmir obsessions coupled with the export of terror remains the cornerstone of its foreign...

    21 April 2022 12:40 AM IST

    The Indian Army must train police and paramilitary commandos in special operations and leadership skills at the combat levels. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Kamal Davar | Ramping security or building trust, how best to tame...

    With alacrity, the Centre will have to re-energise its security strategies to combat the Naxals

    16 April 2021 12:02 AM IST

    In this handout photograph taken on May 17, 2020 and released by Afghanistans Office of Chief Executive, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (R) and his rival Abdullah Abdullah (L) exchange documents after signing a power-sharing deal agreement at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Kamal Davar: A glimmer of hope in Kabul

    With Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah having, sunk their differences there is a...

    22 May 2020 7:49 PM IST

    US president Donald TrumpOpinion
    India needs to resist pressure to send troops to Afghanistan

    President Trump, as universally accepted, has been rather successful managing his nation's business interests.

    20 Feb 2020 1:52 AM IST

    Gurdwara Darbar Sahib KartarpurOpinion
    Beware Pak's intentions over Kartarpur

    Both India and Pakistan had the foundation stones for the proposed corridor laid in their respective areas in November...

    17 April 2019 1:13 AM IST

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