SC resolution on Kashmir: 73 Years Later on January 4, 2022World Kashmir Awareness Forum lamented the 73rd anniversary of the non-implementation of January 5, 1949, United Nations Security Council resolution prescribing a self-determination plebiscite in the disputed territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir obtained independence on August 15, 1947, when British paramountcy lapsed. At that moment, under international law, […]
G7’s neglect of Kashmir issue could culminate into another global catastrophe on June 19, 2018The Group of Seven (G7) summit this week in Charlevoix, Canada, reiterated their commitment to “shared values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and our commitment to promote a rules-based international order” but was silent about subjugated Kashmir. The G7 deplored nuclear and missile proliferation but was silent about the weapons […]
IHK atrocities: UN must intervene on October 4, 2017In a memorandum submitted to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, I, the Secretary General of World Kashmir Awareness Forum along with Barrister Sultan Mehmood Choudhary, former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir highlighted the following: We are writing to urge a leadership role of the United Nations in resolving the 70-year-old Kashmir conflict that has […]
The Silence of World Powers Gives Sense of Impunity to Indian Forces on August 8, 2017 “KASHMIR represents a Government’s repression not of a secessionist or separatist movement but of an uprising against foreign occupation, an occupation that was expected to end under determinations made by the United Nations. The situation has been met with studied unconcern by the United Nations that has given a sense of total impunity to […]