Syed Ishrat Husain

The courts were acknowledged that Afzal was a surrendered militant who was in regular contact with the security forces, particularly the STF of Jammu and Kashmir police. How do the security forces explain the fact that a person under their surveillance was able to conspire in a major militant operation?Is it plausible that organisations such as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba or Jaish-e-Mohammad would rely … [Read more...] about Kashmir: peace of the graveyard (Part-II)

Human rights abuses in the Jammu and Kashmir state are an ongoing topic. The mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression. Some human rights groups say more than 100,000 people have died since 1989 while the official forms from Indian sources state the estimates of number of civilians killed due to the pro-freedom movement are above 50,000 … [Read more...] about Kashmir: peace of the graveyard (Part I)

I lived most of my life with misconceptions about different religions and sects, but since I got back from Hajj some 10 years ago, I have spent most of my time reading about misconceptions and unanswered questions.May I take your permission to clear the misconceptions about Hinduism; it may help to respect people without judging their religious beliefs. I always believed as I was told that … [Read more...] about Hindu

In the early hours of September 2, 2015 a three years old Syrian boy of Kurdish ethnic background Alan Kurdi drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Alan Kurdi and his family boarded a small plastic or rubber inflatable boat, which capsized about five minutes after leaving Bodrum in Turkey. Sixteen people were in the boat, which was designed for a maximum of eight people. They were trying to reach the … [Read more...] about A refugee

On third January it was Khadija's birthday, while she was cutting her cake; I asked her how confident she is about her appeal against the acquittal of Husain Shah's sentence? She smiled back at me and said, "I have faith in the current judiciary. It was a tough decision initially after the attack to stand against the powerful opponent."Women in Pakistan usually give up seeking justice given … [Read more...] about Be the heroine of your life not the VICTIM

After meeting several charities based in Pakistan, I decided to work with Read Foundation to establish a school in Azad Kashmir, because READ foundation takes the responsibility from acquiring the land to building the school, and finding teachers too. I have chosen the responsibility of raising funds for the total cost of the building of the school and furniture for 240 pupils. For that I arranged … [Read more...] about Flying slippers and an astronaut

Pakistan: Asia Bibi a Pakistani Christian woman was convicted of blasphemy in 2010, and sentenced to death after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) during an argument a year earlier with Muslim colleagues. The workers had refused to drink from a bucket of water Bibi had touched, because she was not Muslim. At the time, Bibi said the case was a matter of women who … [Read more...] about A life lived with or without religion