Four Misses on Kashmir at the UN General Assembly on September 26, 2022The in-person 77th session of the UN General Assembly heard Pakistan on 23rd and India on 24th September. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was represented by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs took the floor on behalf of the Republic of India. Pakistan had to tell two sobering tales, one […]
UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council and Kashmir on September 16, 2022The world community is meeting at the two most important platforms in Geneva and New York. UN Human Rights Council is conducting its regular 51st session from September 12 till October 7, 2022. On September 8, United Nations General Assembly approved the appointment of Under-Secretary-General Volker Türk as the next United Nations High Commissioner for […]
India’s Kashmir Case versus Pakistan’s Kashmir Case on March 10, 2022Indian and Pakistani interests in the State of Jammu and Kashmir are a consequence of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. There would have been no problem today if demilitarization had been accomplished by the UN Representative on India and Pakistan and the UN-supervised vote conducted by the UN Plebiscite Administrator on Kashmir. India has taken an […]
India- Pakistan Water Politics and Kashmir on March 4, 2022A 10-member Indian delegation completed its three-day participation at the annual meeting of the Permanent Commission on Indus Waters (PCIW) from March 1 to 3, 2022, in Islamabad. The Indian delegation had three female members in it. It would have discussed the flood flow information and future programmes, meetings and inspections. The annual PCIW meeting […]
Kashmiri Leadership and the Quality of Advice on February 21, 2022The question of the four components of Kashmir case, namely, rights, dignity, security and self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir has a well-recognised UN template. Government of Pakistan has agreed to strengthen these efforts and accelerate the compliance with the UN template by providing political, moral and a diplomatic support. To achieve this, […]
Cause of Sufferings in Indian-occupied Kashmir on December 30, 2021The PTI-favoured President in Azad Kashmir has used his discretion to appoint nine honourary advisors to work on Kashmir. Eight in the list are from his tribe. It has no merit and has not been received well in the community. Barrister Chaudhary Sultan Mahmood is a law-knowing person and has remained involved in drawing huge […]
OIC Islamabad Moot and Kashmir on December 23, 2021The 17th Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Organization of Islamic Cooperation on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has ended in making recommendations and pledges in Islamabad. It was convened by Saudi Arabia as the OIC chair and hosted by Pakistan. It is a common convention to applaud the host and more […]
Indian Army to Take Over the Pencil Village of Kashmir on December 16, 2021We know a lot about the people and the habitat of Jammu and Kashmir. However, there is a lot more left that most of us have never tried to know. For example, many Kashmiris and Pakistanis do not know that there are Kashmir properties, land, and structures in India and Pakistan, which have a ‘sovereign’ […]
Indian Plan to Retrieve “Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir” on November 30, 2021We often remind ourselves that it is of no use if we bury our heads in the sand like an Ostrich. But when it comes to its real-time personal application, we dither and look out for justifications for burying our heads in the sand. Justifications would not avert the danger. In fact, Ostrich does not […]
General, Lynching is Against the Military Code on November 24, 2021A tweet on November 19 from PSF quoted India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, that “it is a good thing that Hindu vigilante groups that are prevalent throughout India and have now been sent to Occupied Kashmir, would be able to lynch anyone they deem to be a “terrorist” with a free hand.” […]