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Page6 Octoberber 24 Saturday.Qxd (Page 1) 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 KASHMIR 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 Pakistan'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 India 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 Indian Army 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 Srinagar 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.
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