esides plundering the wealth of India for personal gain and for the Raj, the British rulers of India also plundered the human resources of their Empire, especially for fighting its imperialist wars in far corners of the world. Indian troops fought for the Empire in China, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, etc. They also fought the Empire’s war against Japan, and many thousands went into captivity in Japanese POW camps, notorious for their inhumanity. In India the British promoted the myth of “The Martial Races”, whereby large tracts of land, such as in Northern Punjab, were deliberately left undeveloped so that their youth could provide the cannon fodder for imperialistic wars for want of any other job opportunities.

A few years ago, the British government announced a Prisoner Award Scheme, whereby British and colonial troops who were taken POWs by the Japanese became eligible for a one-time award of ten thousand pounds each. Renowned columnist Kamran Shafi wrote on numerous occasions blasting the British for not giving this award to the few surviving POWs (or their heirs) now residing in Pakistan, because the scheme was very selective, in favour of the Whites....more

Thanks for helping me in order to promote my “Defence related theories” so that we could prepare our nation for possible unstable circumstances that we might face in near future. I want to send a message through your Journal to Pakistan’s top leadership and other influential lobbies that time has come when we need to think beyond our current level of approach in every aspect.

President Musharraf’s remarks are correct that we are a considerable size of nation and can’t be ignored. The policy of the west is to ignore Pakistan in all forms of media despite the fact they understand very well its importance.....more