The Yusuf Buch era has ended on June 18, 2019“My soul derives comfort from the belief that the participants in my funeral – whether few or many – will be performing an act of the kind that is known to have earned the pleasure of the beloved Founder of our Faith. Its reward lies only with God.” Ambassador Yusuf Buch wrote to the Imam […]
No alternative to self-determination in Kashmir dispute on May 9, 2019The concept of self-determination is a vexing but significant topic in the field of human rights. It is the idea of government by the consent of the governed eternally memorialised in the soaring prose of Thomas Jefferson in America’s Declaration of Independence. Self-determination enjoys universal support and is celebrated in the United Nations Charter, in […]
Changing the status quo in Kashmir on August 20, 2018India is celebrating its 72nd Independence Day to commemorate its freedom from colonial British Raj. We extend our warm greetings to the people of India on their Independence Day celebration. India certainly has the right to celebrate this historic day within its legal boundary. But the world’s largest “democracy” had no such democratic intentions for […]
The UN’s passiveness over Kashmir atrocities on August 12, 2018Kashmir is one of the most idyllic settings in the world. A picturesque valley located between Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China, it also shares a small strip of around 27 miles of land with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kashmir is a natural paradise. The history of the freedom of Kashmir dates to 1931, when the people […]
India and Pakistan must back off and let Kashmiris choose on June 10, 2018“The best way to solve any problem is to remove the cause.” — Dr Martin Luther King Kashmiris need to be given their right to make their own decisions. So far, the story has been just about India, Pakistan, and their fight to the finish line that is Kashmir — but what the people of […]
Kashmir: the bone of contention on April 12, 2018“The Kashmir dispute has an international dimension because it has the sanctity of the United Nations Charter and the United Nations Security Council resolutions and has become a big obstacle in the growth, peace and stability of both India and Pakistan. The unresolved conflict over Kashmir threatens the international peace and security of the world. […]
Kashmir: a classic case for self-determination on March 19, 2018As the time-honoured adage advises,to every complex problem, there is a simple solution.But it is wrong. I do not bear simple panaceas or simpleminded slogans. What I do hope to offer is an unstarry- eyed view of the fate of self-determination in Kashmir; and, the indispensability of convincing India that its national and economic security […]
Kashmiris will never abandon the demand for freedom on February 23, 2018Kashmir a is living proof that it is not going to compromise, far less abandon, its demand for freedom, which is its birthright and for which it has paid the price in blood and suffering that has not been exacted from any other people of the South Asian subcontinent. Compared to the sacrifice Kashmir has […]
Kashmiri aspirations must be respected on January 5, 2018“If parties (India & Pakistan) come here and both of them call upon the Security Council to make recommendations for the solution of their (Kashmir) dispute, ought they not in advance agree to abide by it? They are not bound to ask the Security Council to make such recommendations, but if they do, I ask […]
India must take to a saner course in Kashmir on December 19, 2017Istanbul, Turkey. December 17, 2017 “We urge the United Nations and the world powers that it exercise its good offices with all the three parties to the dispute — India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir — immediately to set a credible peace process in motion. Every day of delay means many innocent lives lost. […]