Corruption and accountability in Azad Kashmir on June 16, 2019Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Indian administered Kashmir are part of a global habitat. Pakistan keeps a strong constituency and influence in these two territories. In 1960s, the 13 year old Islamic Republic of Pakistan was able to give a long-term development loan to West Germany. Circumstances have changed and Pakistan is faced with the demon […]
Does it matter to have a chief minister from Jammu? on June 9, 2019Kashmiri leaders and Government of Pakistan, believed and encouraged us to believe, that they will have good news from Modi Government or any other Indian Government after the elections. Therefore we compromised to be killed and humbled in the valley, until elections were over. The good news that came from Modi Government is that it […]
Makkah declaration and failure of Kashmiri delegation on June 4, 2019Makkah Declaration of Islamic Summit adopted on 31 May 2019 has underlined the importance “of the cause of Palestine as the central cause of the Islamic Ummah” and remains silent on “the cause of the people of Kashmir”. On 29 May 2019 President of Azad Kashmir has addressed OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir […]
Kashmir and Minorities a Litmus Test for Prime Minister Modi on May 28, 2019Indian voters have decided with increased majority to keep Narendara Modi as Prime Minister for a second term. People in Pakistan, in Kashmir and in the neighbourhood, shall have to put on hold their suspicions about BJP led government and give Modi a chance. People of Kashmir continue to have an issue with RSS since […]
Hurriyat offers itself for a dialogue with Delhi on May 22, 2019Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday 19 May 2019 said at the seminar in Srinagar that “he was hopeful that the new government in Delhi will engage with the Hurriyat leadership in Kashmir and he will offer support”. Engagement and dialogue are the only instruments used by all civilizations to resolve their disputes in […]
Merits of Martyr’s Week in Kashmir on May 18, 2019Awami Action Committee headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has announced a week long programme from 18 May to remember Kashmiri martyrs. Remembering the martyrs means endorsing the cause for which men, women, elderly and Kashmiri youth laid down their lives. It is commendable that Awami Action Committee has continued with its practice in this regard. […]
Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir – first meeting on May 11, 2019People of Kashmir, their sympathisers and human rights defenders have a sense of relief that the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir held its first meeting at the Parliament House on 10 May 2019. It was chaired by Syed Fakhar Imam MNA and resourced by its Director General, Nasim Khalid.Minister Foreign Affairs, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi […]
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 and Kashmir Connection on April 15, 201913 April 1919 marked the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It was ordered by Colonel Reginald Dyer who was commanding the British army. Michael O’Dwyer Lieutenant Governor of Punjab had endorsed Dyer’s action, in which five hundred men, women and children were killed. Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester and the Partition Museum […]
Merits of the Indian ban on civilian traffic in Kashmir on April 10, 2019It was Hitler’s German government that forbade Jews from using pathways and streets in Poland from 9pm to 5am in 1939. After a long lapse we see that Modi’s Government of India started a Sunday and Wednesday two day per week ban from Sunday 7 April 2019 on civilian traffic in the Indian administered part […]
Would the Indian government ban Hurriyat? on March 7, 2019The Indian government has banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (Indian-administered) for five years. This socio-religious organisation has been banned athird time by New Delhi. The JI was first banned in 1975 during the emergency for opposing the Indira-Abdullah accord and second time in 1990. The second ban was revoked in 1993 by the P.V. Narasimha […]