By Afshain Afzal
India is playing a great game by instigating Kashmiris for a very bright future. The plight of the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir is before our eyes that how miserable life they are spending due to fear and uncertainty. Despite all this, the Indian military has come up with a new scheme for the Kashmiris that they would be able to win people of Jammu and Kashmir on Pakistan’s side of Line of Control (LoC) to their side. As per their claim, “The country has over 50 per cent of people below the age of 25. If we take them in as Agniveers, teach them and send them back, we will absorb some, others by paramilitary, and police forces and the remaining can be self-employed." However, there are reports that non-Kashmiris from Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir are being sent to Pakistan as Kashmiris to merge in civilian population in Pakistan to carryout subversion and sabotage.
The General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Indian Northern Command, Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi has threatened Pakistan, “the Indian Army is ready to execute orders like taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir”. Reacting over the statement the Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations issued a statement on 24 November 2022, “The unwarranted statement of a high-ranking Indian Army Officer concerning Azad Jammu and Kashmir is an apt manifestation of Indian Armed Forces’ delusional mindset and showcases the vivid imprint of domestic political showboating on Indian military thought.”
New Delhi is standing tall as the Government of India has mounted on the shoulders of countries including the United States and France and perceives if it is India’s actual height. We should never forget that when Indian Prime Minister Indra Gandhi ordered her Chief of Army Staff General S.H.F.J. Manekshaw to swiftly conduct a surgical strike on East Pakistan, followed by the installation of an interim Indian government and the subsequent return of refugees, General Manekshaw replied, “Indian Army need six to seven months preparing for combat.” The Prime Minister was shocked and told Manekshaw to leave the idea and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was tasked to arm and train Hindus Mukti Bahini guerrillas who had already been living in India as refugees from East Pakistan since long.
As usual New Delhi, instead of mending fences with Pakistan has started propagating baseless allegations that Pakistan is using its soil for operations inside disputed Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. General Upendra Dwivedi in his recent statement claimed, “There are nearly 300 terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of them, 82 are from Pakistan, 53 local residents and around 170 are unidentified. Beside this, 160 terrorists are present at the launch-pads in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir along the LoC who are waiting to infiltrate.” It is interesting to note that such statements are usual pattern of Indian Army and the Internal Affairs ministry as long leaves are being granted to Indian Army personnel due to winters and almost all forward posts are being vacated or strength there have been reduced to minimum.
It is shocking to observe that as per reports Indian intelligence agencies are planning a self-engineered terrorist attack in mid-December 2022. As per the available details revealed by Indian D Company, a major show of force leading to killings, however, the target and location were not revealed. In a hoax incident, which was revealed by Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramban Mohita Sharma claimed. “A private bus was intercepted at Nashri checkpoint on 25 November 2022, IED kept in a container in the back seat was found by the bomb disposal squad”. With mere objective to malign Pakistan, India carryout self-engineered terrorist activities but often forgets that such strategies lead to loss of life and injuries of innocent human beings. It is high time that India should resist from using threatening tone and shun self-engineered terrorist activities to pave way for dialogues and confidence building measure for peace and harmony in the region.

BERLIN, 26 November 2022, (TON): according to a draft text seen by AFP "German MPs are set to approve a resolution declaring as genocide the 1930s starvation of millions in Ukraine under Joseph Stalin, adopting language used by Kyiv."
The joint text by deputies from Germany’s centre-left-led coalition and the opposition conservatives is intended as a warning to Russia as Ukraine faces a potential hunger crisis this winter due to Moscow’s invasion.
Lawmakers plan to vote on the resolution next week, following Ukraine’s memorial day for the famine, which falls each year on the last Saturday in November.

WASHINGTON, 26 November 2022, (TON): The US military said "two rockets targeted a US patrol base in northeastern Syria but did not result in any injuries or damage to the base."
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces visited the origin site of the rockets and found a third unfired rocket, the US military said in a statement.
The base was located in Al-Shaddadi, Syria.

KYIV, 26 November 2022, (TON): Millions of Ukrainians were still without heat or power on Friday after the most devastating Russian air strikes on its energy grid so far.
Residents have been warned to brace for further attacks and stock up on water, food and warm clothing.
Moscow says the attacks on Ukraine’s basic infrastructure are militarily legitimate, and that Kyiv can end the suffering of its people if it yields to Russian demands.
Ukraine says attacks intended to cause civilian misery are a war crime.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said “together we endured nine months of full-scale war and Russia has not found a way to break us, and will not find one."

TUNIS, 26 November 2022, (TON): Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Tunisia Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Saqr received a delegation comprising senior representatives of the Saudi ministries of justice, sport, and media.
The delegation is taking part in meetings of the Arab Administrative Development Organization, an affiliate of the Arab League, currently taking place in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
Saudi Arabia aims to foster relations among the world. Earlier this month, the Arab League summit in Algiers concluded with a pledge of continued Arab support for Palestine, and condemnation of Israel’s use of violence and its blockade of Gaza.

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 November 2022, (TON): Malaysia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said "his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a close election."
Anwar, 75, was sworn in as premier, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of sodomy and opposition figurehead.
Anwar, who was appointed by Malaysia’s king following an inconclusive election, said his primary concern was the economy and he would have a smaller Cabinet than those of previous administrations.

DHAKA, 26 November 2022, (TON): The Boston Consulting Group has said that Bangladesh is on course to become a $1 trillion economy by 2040, driven by consumer optimism, innovation in emerging economic sectors and a young engaged workforce.
The BCG said in a report released "with average annual growth of 6.4% between 2016 and 2021, the South Asian nation has outpaced peers such as India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand."
The report said "Bangladesh's domestic consumer market was set to become the ninth-largest in the world."

DHAKA, 26 November 2022, (TON): State Minister of United Arab Emirates for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh on Friday sought more cooperation from Bangladesh to expand the air connectivity between Bangladesh and the UAE.
The UAE State Minister said this while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban, according to a press release of the Prime Minister's Press Wing.
He thanked the Prime Minister for her government's warm hospitality extended to his delegation during the IORA Ministerial meeting held in Dhaka on 23-24 November 2022.

BERLIN, 26 November 2022, (TON): Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "she had aimed to convene European talks with Vladimir Putin the year before his invasion of Ukraine but in the end did not see any possibility of influencing the Russian president at the end of her term."
Merkel told the Spiegel news magazine in an interview published that she and French President Emmanuel Macron had planned to hold an independent talk format with Putin within the European Council in 2021, her last summer in office.
She said “but I no longer had the strength to push through because, after all, everyone knew: she’s leaving in autumn."

RIYADH, 26 November 2022, (TON): Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani Al-Swad visited the Kingdom after receiving an invitation from Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed matters of common interest in the field of energy and agreed to continue to carry out important projects in gas, petrochemicals, electricity and renewables.
They also reviewed ways to enhance communication between Riyadh and Baghdad to further explore shared opportunities in these fields and transform them into tangible partnerships.