A Tale of Melancholy on February 6, 2020For ages, we have been hearing slogans like, “Kashmir is burning;” “Kashmiris demand their right of self-determination;” “The Kashmir Dispute must be resolved according to the UN Resolutions;” “Wake up United Nations;” “Kashmir Bany Ga Pakistan;” “Pakistan stands with Kashmir;” “Go India Go Back” and many more. These slogans reflect the moral stance of the […]
Counting leaves in garden: Indian censorship in J&K on December 15, 2019Bursting vistas of the universe, Mawlana Rumi once said, “There is a voice in us all that is ever-present, a voice that always sings its melody to the world. This is the voice of truth and certainty, the voice that lays bare the hidden mysteries.” Kashmir is singing, from the time I could hear, sometimes, […]
Prisoners of Paradise on August 9, 2019India’s cancellation of Kashmir’s special status will have consequences; it will give impetus to Kashmiris’ freedom movement Although border skirmishes between Pakistan and India along the Line of Control (LoC) are usual for Kashmiris, they prefer an uneasy peace and normalcy. As a writer who loves drawing attention to human sufferings, I feel impelled to […]
Nuclear giants and ethical infants on July 9, 2019The international community’s aggressive policy towards Iran is short-term with no substantial results on the ground. Iran has recently announced it would start enriching uranium above a concentration of 3.67 per cent. This happened a few hours after Iran had given a 60-day deadline to the remaining parties to the deal–China, France, Germany, Russia and […]
Kashmir demands sanity on February 22, 2019The ravishing Kashmir valley has suffered waves of intense unrest and sporadic violence since 1947. Three generations of Kashmiri populace have witnessed the horrors of conflict. Not only Kashmiris, people of the South Asian region are also the immediate burden-bearers of the turmoil. Any incident happening in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) determines the course of […]
Revitalising Nuclear security on August 11, 2018Over the past decade, there has been significant development in ensuring that stockpiles of the essential ingredients of nuclear weapons around the world are secured from theft and transfer to unauthorized actors. Yet, there remains a precarious gap between the pace of progress and the scope and urgency of the threat. This threat, if ignored, […]
Pakistan-Australia: an emerging liaison on August 12, 2016“Blazing Trails: Australia and Pakistan” was a letter written by the then Australian minister for foreign affairs Bob Carr for one of the English newspapers in Pakistan in 2013. The writer celebrated the history of friendship between the two countries saying, “Our ties today are stronger than ever.” Similarly, in 2015 an Australian tourist Sophee […]