6 A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is EDITORIAL z Sunday z October 25, 2020 ready to be the servant of the society. —Dr. B R Ambedkar DELHI TRIGGERS NARRATIVE ON Need to check child 'RAIDERS' IN Pak's nuclear weapons, cause of marriage, trafficking „PRIYANKA SAURABH or the first time in last 73 years, the Government of ccording to data provided by the National FIndia in coordination with the Government of worry amidst turmoil AChildLine-1098, a huge increase in child Jammu and Kashmir has triggered its own narrative, crime cases has been recorded during the seeking to dismantle 's version of tribal invasion „BRIGADIER DR VIJAY SAGAR DHEMAN Present disarming of Sindh Police, standing from the Grey list. This means Corona lockdown. The figures have been pro- of 1947 in Kashmir. akistan has a chequered history of abduction of IGP Karachi, mass leave by Pakistan will continue to reel under vided during lockdown by National ChildLine- On October 22, 1947, armed hordes of the tribal raiders non democratic polity gravely Sindh Police personnel, with Pakistan abject poverty and will not get bail out 1098 which presents a different picture of child of Pakistan's province of North Western Frontier Pinfluenced by military. Rangers (Army) taking over of adminis- package to rescue its citizens from trafficking. During the lockdown, the trend of Province, now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with sup- Immediately after independence, even tration shows the brutal crushing of impoverishment. Meanwhile, the default child trafficking and child marriage has port of Pakistan's Army and establishment, had invaded when the Queen of England was still the Sindis in Pakistan. This happened after on Chinese loans has halted the funds to increased. From March 2020 to August 2020, the territories of Jammu and Kashmir. The invasion led premier of the country, Pakistan decided Nawaz led opposition opened the outright stall CPEC projects. All this combined CHILDLINE carried out ground manipula- to Maharaja Hari Singh signing an instrument of acces- to take on the path of dictatorship/mar- front against Imran-Bajwa coalition. shows a way for Pakistan to surrender its tion in 1.92 lakh cases, compared to 1.70 lakh sion with on October 26. The next day, on October tial law. Over a period of time, the mili- Nawaz Shrief, being in exile in London, souverenity in Balauchistan the way it in 2019 in the same period. The number of dis- 27, the made its first landing on the tary kept influencing/ousting the civilian has launched an unscathed attack happened in Humbantota port in Sri tress calls from March 2020 to August 2020 Airport and repulsed the invasion over the elected govt on the pretext of inefficiency, against Army by openly naming the spe- Lanka. was 27 lakh as compared to 3.6 million in the weeks. personal ambitions or Islamisation. cific generals including Bajwa and his The utter chaotic conditions prevalent same period last year. Certainly, this should With the commemoration being limited to a wreath-lay- During this sojourn, Pakistan with the supporters. Nawaz Shrief , in doing so, in Pakistan point towards tumultuous have been reduced according to the circum- ing on a memorial of Battle of Budgam, New Delhi has connivance of China was able to clandes- has been very careful not to commit polit- pandemonium which has created lawless- stances. There have been 10,000 child marriage not come up with an informed narrative over the tinely acquire/build nuclear arsenal. ical suicide. He has fully exploited the ness. It will raise a serious question on cases between April and August 2020. decades. On the other side, Pakistan-backed separatists Nuclear weapons, being the harbingers of internal turmoil created in Pakistan by capture and subsequent control of There are many different reasons that give and terrorists in Kashmir have been observing October wiping out the humanity from the surface very high rates of inflation, the subver- Nuclear weapons. Pakistan, as it is rife rise to child trafficking, the primary reasons 27 as 'Black Day' and enforcing a shutdown against the of earth, have to be protected from all sion and suffering of population by with irresponsible statements on use of being poverty, weak law enforcement, and lack Indian Army's first entry on that day, since 1989. After inimical forces specially the ever flourish- Chinese, perfidious use of Pakistani nuclear weapons whether they are politi- of good quality public education. Smugglers conversion of the erstwhile State into the union territo- ing Jihadi institutions in Pakistan. resources by China (CPEC) and Imran's cians (Imran/Rashid), Jehadi terrorists who take advantage of children are may be from ries of J&K and Ladakh and withdrawal of J&K's special Today, it appears that that Pakistan is return of favour to Bajwa by granting or even section of Press in Pakistan. any other region of India, or may also know the status, the Union government had decided to observe on the verge of a civil war with Nawaz him extension as Army chief. The move- Prior to this turmoil, what was said child personally. Child trafficking is most fre- October 22 as a 'Black Day', in an attempt to float a new Sharief leading the PDM alliance against ment has gained alarming proportions about the Pakistani Nuclear weapons was quent in Latin America and the Caribbean. narrative and contest the one espoused by Pakistan, sep- Imran Govt supported by Gen Qamar and imminent civil war like situation is "We manufactured Nuclear Bombs Child trafficking is also most prevalent in devel- aratist and territories. Javed Bajwa and ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz being crushed by military. because we could not have peaceful sleep oping countries, although it also occurs in devel- Hameed of Pakistan Army. The multi- The passions amongst the masses are due to security reasons and now we can- oped and industrialised economies. Trafficking Anti-terror, anti-Pak demos; centric turmoil in Pakistan raises serious being fuelled with anti-China sentiment not sleep because of scare of losing con- of a minor (under 16 years) for prostitution in questions about safety, security and oper- on account of promises of employment, trol of nuclear weapons." Now with pres- India carries a sentence ranging from 7 years exhibition-cum-symposium on 1947 ational control of Pakistani nuclear extremely high cost of electricity, wide ent pandemonium and unclear under- imprisonment to life imprisonment and fine. weapons. The shades of paramountcy in range of corruption with heavy losses to standing as to 'who will wield power and Abetment of sexual exploitation of a minor girl Dew days back, a demonstration of young men and this maze of likely civil war varies from state and usage of Pakistan territory by in what measure', the Pakistani Nuclear (under 18) or a foreign girl (under 21) is pun- women walked to the Srinagar headquarters of the the combined opposition led by Nawaz China for its own economic, strategic and weapons can well be tamed by Jihadi ishable with imprisonment up to 10 years and United Nations Military Observer Group of India and Sharief against collusion of 'Imran and defence purposes. forces, that can spell potential doom for with fine. Pakistan at Sonwar in Srinagar while shouting pro-India Army' on one side, to power struggle Besides the surrender of Pakistani ter- the entire world. Only 100 nuclear bombs Although anti-human trafficking police have and anti-Pakistan and anti-terror slogans. The partici- within the Army between 'Bajwa support- ritory to China by Imran Khan from are enough to engulf the whole world in also been set up by the state governments, pants complained that the UN had encouraged Pakistan- ers and Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar and his Khyber Pass to Gwader port, Imran has thick smog which will deplete the entire human trafficking is increasing in many states sponsored terrorism with its 'selective condemnation of supporters aided by the then CJI Asif decided to cede two islands outside Ozone layer surrounding the Earth. including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. violence', implying that the world body had remained a Saeed Khosa' to the individual insurgent Karachi port to China for military pur- Ozone layer protects the Earth against Due to child trafficking in the lockdown and mute spectator to the killings perpetrated by terrorists groups in Blauchistan, Sindh, Gilgit poses. This would translate in loss of UV radiations from the Sun which will increasing child labour due to the closure of in Jammu and Kashmir. Baltitan and Khyber Pakhtunwa. In case livelihood for more than 1,00,000 native literally burn every possible animate and schools, some children from coastal areas joined On the same day, similar but thicker demonstrations of conflagration of present turbulence, it fishermen. non-animate thing on the surface of the fisheries industry. After getting information were organised by the Kashmiris across the LoC in is the obscurity that threatens the The financial position of Pakistan earth. about this matter, the authorities took action Muzaffarabad, Mirpur as also in Islamabad and several humanity as regards the eventual control needs less to be said. It had to borrow (The author is leading Defence and and closed it. The focus of the administrative metropolises across Europe and America. of Pak nuclear weapons which could be One Bn $ from their coloniser China to Strategic Expert, prolific writer, machinery was to avoid corona, so criminal ele- At Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre in captured by irresponsible stakeholders or pay part debt to Saudi Arabia. The National TV News Commentator and ments had the opportunity to commit child Srinagar, a two-day national symposium-cum-exhibition the rogue Jihadi institutions. FATF has not upgraded Pakistan's Internationally Accredited Life Coach) crimes. Of the total cases, 32,700 cases were on 'Memories of 22 October 1947' was organised by the related to child marriage, sexual offenses, emo- National Museum Institute of History of Art, tional crimes, and cyber crimes have been Conservation & Museology (NMI) of the union Ministry reported, among which 10,000 cases were of of Culture. It was inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor Reopening of schools post lockdown child marriage only. Manoj Sinha and, among others, attended by the Union Many industries were operating even during Minister of Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel „DR SATYWAN SAURABH Asian economy found that India would home. The online education used in the the lockdown. Child labor activities have been through virtual mode. ccording to the United Nations poli- incur a huge economic loss of approximate- lockdown is out of reach of poor people. In observed in these industries. Raghvendra Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, cy, the threat of 24 million children ly ($ 420 billion) in future. The result of the meantime, a disparity will arise The painful journey of Love Sonia (Mrinal Government of India and Prof Manvi Seth, Dean, Anot returning to school due to the closure of schools and other education- between students who are receiving online Thakur) exposes the illegal marketization of National Museum Institute, New Delhi were also present impact of epidemic on education, and eco- al institutions can be huge, which is more education and those unable to obtain online children, an innocent teenage girl from a poor on the occasion. The exhibition displayed curated nomic decline of COVID-19 has now than the sum of the remaining South Asian education. peasant family in North India. Sonia is tricked archives of key events of 1947. changed. He said that the educational damage. However, in Unlockdown 5.0, the The lockout caused a mountain of finan- into sex work while searching for her beloved On the sidelines of a symposium, the exhibition depict- funding gap is also likely to increase by one Indian government has indicated to open cial damage in every region. The closure of sister Preeti (Riya Sisodia) in Mumbai. After ed The Treaty of Lahore, The Treaty of Amritsar, The third. Over 1.6 billion learners worldwide schools. private schools reduced economic access of months of grassroots vandalism and exploita- Popular Will of 1947, Economic Blockade of Kashmir, have been affected by the disruption of the But there will be a serious decline in edu- teachers and other staff. India's greatest tion by her vassal broker, Faizal (Manoj 1947- Towards Accession, The Invaders Backed by education system. 86% of children at the cation and productivity during this period. strength is its youth power. In such a situ- Bajpayee), Sonia was packaged in a cargo con- Pakistan, Pakistani Militia Leaders, Plunder in primary- level have dropped out of school The best way to know the health of a ation, zero education in a year would be tainer and shipped to service customers world- Muzaffarabad and , The Church Attack, effectively. country's economy is to understand the very painful. Recently there was talk of wide in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. But dur- Maqbool Sherwani-- The Hero of Baramulla, Instrument UNESCO estimates that 23.8 million average income of the population there. An demographic dividend in India. As a result ing a sex party for Hollywood high-rollers, she of Accession, Key Dates, The Gilgit Game and People's children and youth may or may not have increase in average income refers to of this lockdown, a large number of people finally breaks free and seizes her life back with Militia. A publication on 'Memories of 22 October 1947' access to school next year due to the eco- increase in productivity (making overall will no longer attend schooling and may support from anti-trafficking charities. was also launched on the occasion. nomic impact of epidemic. The number of income higher), and the second is the now drop-out of schooling. In such a situa- There have been more cases of illegal trade in During his address, the Lt Governor observed that the children who do not return to their educa- return of new income generated by tion, it would turn into a demographic div- rural areas. Trafficking is where children and two-day Symposium and Exhibition is a medium to tion after school closure is more likely, with increased productivity to workers in the idend, a demographic curse. young people are tricked, coerced, or persuaded expose the atrocities inflicted by the Pakistani govern- girls and young women likely to be disgrun- form of higher productivity. In the present The main facts of the World Bank report to leave their homes and move or transport and ment and its army upon innocent women, children, and tled, as school closures are more likely to times, where continuous technological showed that South Asian governments then exploited, to work or sell them is forced. men of Jammu & Kashmir on October 22, 1947. lead to child marriages, pregnancy, and changes are taking place, the utility of both spend about $ 400 billion on education, so Children are exploited, sexually abused, cheat- The day reminds us of all the atrocities meted out by gender-based violence etc. education and skills increases. In the cur- the loss will necessarily exceed this amount. ed. The discovery of labor, financial constraints Pakistan and its army on innocent civilians including Even for those who do not drop out of rent time, the phase of Industry 4.0 is India will suffer the most in total economic made these children more vulnerable to human young kids and women. Even after 73 years, the pain school, learning losses can be severe, espe- beginning which will be based on intensive losses of South Asian countries, estimated trafficking. and terrors of Operation Gulmarg of Pakistan are fresh cially in the early years of education. learning and machine learning requiring at $ 420 billion. The World Bank reported It is a very pathetic situation even after meas- in our memories, he added. 'Simulation of developing countries partici- high technical knowledge. And this techni- that in South Asian countries a child will ures taken for children. Legal measures and Terming terrorism as a collective enemy of humanity, pating in the International Student cal knowledge is only possible through edu- suffer an average loss of $ 4400 (about 5% constitutional provisions have been made for LG Sinha said that the entire world knew about the actu- Assessment (PISA) programme shows that cation. of the amount earned in full work time). the welfare of children in our country, such as al perpetrators of terrorism and it was high time for without exemptions, a third [equivalent to a Ensuring productivity growth is primari- The lockdown has left nearly 391 million Article 21 (a): - Provision for compulsory edu- India to defeat their evil designs by spreading communal three-month school closure] learning loss ly a federal responsibility, encouraging full children in the South Asian region out of cation in the age group of 6-14, Article 24 ban harmony and love for humanity. during Grade 3 is 72% of students. It is employment potentials, such as strong school, creating a learning and earnings on child labor in hazardous work till the age of "We have decided to educate our new generations how briefly stated that by grade 10 they have labour laws, fair trade policies, and mone- gap. The World Bank said that students, fourteen. While Article 39 (e) - asks the state to this land, that preaches universal brotherhood, was dropped out of school or will not learn any- tary and fiscal policies. Some new steps can who have been away from schools for 5 ensure that children of tender age are not mis- trampled by Pakistan, its army, and its government on thing. be taken in this area, such as maintaining months, may have forgotten the old learn- used. The duty of the state for childhood care in October 22, 1947. It was their mission to plant the seeds The World Bank has said that emerging strong labour standards, including mini- ing due to lack of practice. Article 65 and Article 51 says that it is the fun- of communal hatred among the peace-loving people. world power India may face economic loss- mum wage laws that will protect low-paid There is a need to focus immediately on damental duty of parents to ensure that their Pakistan has been blatantly claiming that the raids were es as a result of the closure of schools. By workers. Education is very important to how we can reduce this risk. The National child receives education for the age group of 6 made by tribal Pashtuns, while the truth is that it was the way, whole world is currently facing the understand labour law and to take advan- Education Policy brought by the government years 14. Pakistan Army dressed as tribals. It is necessary to Corona epidemic. But in India, the disease tage of government schemes. In countries has the concept of vocational training which The National Policy for Children that came in break the misconceptions that have been spread over the knocked in March, and immediately a lock- like India, increasing education increases will reduce the harm caused by this lock- 2013 defines a child as everyone under 18 years years. It is necessary to unmask Pakistan and its sympa- down was implemented by the Indian gov- economic growth. down. The online platform became a medium of life, survival, development (mental, physical, thisers," Sinha asserted. ernment to mitigate the effects of the epi- The lockout has resulted in the loss of for education communication during the emotional, social, cultural, cognitive), educa- "It is documented that the Pakistani army and its prox- demic. All schools, colleges, and universi- education, economic loss to industries, and lockout. Although online education also has tion, health, and participation. Here, the ies crossed Garhi Habibullah and attacked ties were also closed in this lockout, which social damage in society. The children were its limitations but it has tried to reduce the Ministry of Women and Child Development Muzaffarabad, and just as they ruthlessly killed civil- disrupted teaching, which is interrupted till forced into child labour due to closure of learning gap. The government must regulate monitors the schemes for the welfare of children ians, they also murdered some of our soldiers. The ruth- date. schools and lockdown. It also affected gen- education fee by which those individuals can across the country. National Child Helpline less Pakistan army killed Hindus and Sikhs and forcibly A report by the World Bank about the der equality. With online education, girls enter the education system, whose economic 1098 was established under this ministry. sold their young women in Rawalpindi and Peshawar. impact of school closures on the South were forced to receive an education at capacity is reduced due to lockdown. Even Sister Maria, a nun at a Baramulla Church was killed. Maqbool Sherwani, a Kashmiri who resisted them, faced by the residents of the area. Duryodhana seeing Krishna alone might harm him, grew con- was also shot down mercilessly by the Pakistani maraud- Through your esteemed daily, I would like to give a reminder to cerned about his [Krishna] safety. He expressed his emotions to ers," Sinha added. YOUR COLUMN the concerned agencies to pay attention towards the problems Krishna and advised him to take force along with him. To this Former VC of University of Jammu Prof Amitabh being faced by the residents. what Krishna replied is very instructive. He said, 'You needn't Mattoo, who has also served as advisor to former Chief Repair lanes of Channi Himmat Arjun Thakur, worry Yudhishthira. Duryodhana would not dare do that. Even Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, spoke in memory of Dear Editor, Channi Himmat. if so happens you would get entire kingdom without a war. As I Maqbool Sherwani who laid down his life while stalling Condition of roads in Channi Himmat has deteriorated to such myself alone would destroy Duryodhana and his host of allies the advance of tribal invaders to Srinagar. Other promi- a state that it has become difficult to ply vehicles as most of lanes Be strong to maintain peace along with their armies.'Obviously, even to live peacefully or to nent speakers were Sushant Sareen of Observer are in deplorable condition. Dear Editor, work out compromise with the adversaries we need to be strong Research Foundation (ORF) and Prof Raghuvendra The lanes and by-lanes in our area have not been repaired after In 1999 during the rule of Atal Bihari Vajpayee NDA enough or else our overtures for the peace will be mistaken for Tanwar whereas prominent defence analyst Maroof Raza digging for laying of sewage pipes. The entire road stretches have Government when the nuclear test was conducted there were weakness and cowardice. This is exactly what we learn from the and Iqbal Chand Malhotra joined the symposium become bumpy and there are numerous uneven patches in the many, belonging to Communist parties being on forefront, who character of Krishna as exhibited in the above episode. It is in the through webcast. middle of the roads and lanes making it difficult for residents to criticised the step in name of 'India being peaceful country', the view of this crucial worldly ways of life that our seers and sages in Lt Gen (rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain, Chairman of Central move out. The roads and lanes in our area were dug up around so-called repository of Gandhian principle. But meanwhile, in order to infuse the virtues of strength among the people laid the University Kashmir and a former GOC of Srinagar- five -six months ago but have not been repaired making them what is called sheer unprecedented way, the man who emerged to tradition of celebrating the 'Vijayadashmi'- the festival of worship- based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen (rtd) Gurmeet Singh, Lt prone to accidents. welcome the move of nuclear test was none other than Nobel ping the weapons, the symbol of strength. All our gods and god- Gen (rtd) PJS Pannu and author-researcher, Dr Ramesh Digging was done here quite long but now it seems the con- peace prize winner, Dalai Lama, the top Buddhists' monk. It desses carry the weapon in one hand, and scripture in other. More Tamiri, Dr Mukulita Vijayawargiya, Ashutosh, Prof cerned executing agencies have forgotten to complete the work seems that he had realised the importance of power after having notably, Bhagwan Ganesha is the god of knowledge and Devi Dipankar Sengupta, Maj Gen (rtd) Devnesh Agnihotri and have left the lanes in pathetic condition causing apprehen- helplessly seen the miseries of his followers living in Tibet under Saraswati the Goddess of intellect and wisdom. Even they are also spoke at length while as a message written by Maj sions of serious accidents mainly to two wheeler drivers and eld- autocratic Chinese misrule then. And now in face of our stand-off seen holding the weapons, giving the message that without Gen (rtd) SV Thapiyal was also delivered through virtu- erly people. Almost every lane in the area has deep pits and pot- with China on the border has made everybody know how the step strength the Dharma and society can't be secured. So also from al mode. holes which are posing grave threat for the residents. The condi- taken then was strategically extremely pragmatic. However, much the life of great personalities we find that to be strong enough Presentations at the symposium threw light on a variety tion of streets is so poor that it is hard for residents to move out. paraded exclusivist notion of 'Non-violence' has actually made us socially we have to be organised indispensably. This is what exact- of topics focussing on sacrifice of Maqbool Sherwani, role The situation further deteriorates during evening hours, making overlook the true tradition of our all-inclusive approach to the ly happened in Rama's time. Men and women, Harijan and of Indian Air Force, template of terrorism, battles fought it almost impossible for children, ladies and old-aged people to way of life. And one instance of Mahabharat given ahead may Girijan [all those living in forests and mountains], winning the for the destiny of J&K, role of Indian army in the defence come out of houses. We cannot describe in words the complexity expound the way of life enshrined in our scripture: love and confidence of all, Rama organised and took with him and of Kashmir, contesting of narratives, Pakistani invasion we are facing due to the apathetic approach of the concerned This was the time when the great war of Mahabharat was all set succeeded in fulfilling the mission of eliminating Ravana. of J&K, British role in the tribal invasion, Rashomon agencies, who despite repeated reminders did not pay any atten- to begin. Yet, as a last effort to avert this impending disaster, Shri E. Rajesh Pathak, gambit: delegitimising rival narratives on accession. tion towards the difficulties faced by the people. Krishna decided to approach Duryodhana to work out some com- Surabhi, Gomati colony, It is sad to say that no one bothers to take stock of problems promise. But Yudhishthira, fearing that evil-natured Nehru Nagar, Bhopal.