Hearing of Petitions on Article 370 and Our Duty on July 19, 2023After a prolonged and arduous wait, the Supreme Court of India’s five-member constitutional bench finally convened on July 11, 2023, to address a cluster of twenty-four petitions filed in September 2019 by public-spirited citizens of Jammu and Kashmir. The core focus of these petitions is to challenge the abrogation of Article 370 and the issuance […]
Kashmiri Pandits Observe 32nd Black Day on January 20, 2022Kashmiri Pandits observed 19 January as the 32nd year of their exodus from the Valley. Pandits call their displacement a “holocaust” and demand their return “Ghar Wapsi.” This day is observed as a black day by Kashmiri Pandits living outside Valley and they list several grievances against the “Muslims” that date back to January 1990. […]
Kashmir Policy is in Ruins? on December 8, 2021Kashmir continues to remain an intra-disciplinary (intra-agency) subject. Our hands are not on the handle. Karachi Agreement of April 1949 and the responsibilities assumed by the Government of Pakistan under UNCIP Resolutions in the AJ&K Constitution Act 1974 allocate a higher burden of responsibility on the Government of Pakistan. The question as to whether this […]
Indian disinformation network against Pakistan and Kashmir on December 14, 2020There is an uproar and deservedly so, in Pakistan, on an expose by EU DisinfoLab’s showing a 15 year operation of a network designed to serve Indian interest in EU, UN and in particular at UNHRC and discredit Pakistan. The Brussels-based NGO has said that this Indian network is the “largest network” of disinformation they […]
Kashmir — Indian dilemma and Pakistani dilemma on October 13, 2020India is faced with a serious dilemma in the part of Jammu and Kashmir, which it re-occupied on 5 August 2019. Re-occupation would not have happened if PDP had an understanding of RSS interest in Kashmir. On 20 December 1931 RSS volunteers paraded on the streets of Lahore in favour of Maharaja of Jammu and […]
A different Prime Minister – with a massive and prevailing narrative on September 29, 2020Chinese representative Mr. Hsueh said at the 1012th meeting of the UN Security Council held on 15 June 1962 that, “Let me express the hope that the people of India and the people of Pakistan will face the problem of Kashmir not only with warm hearts, but also with cool heads”. A warm heart and […]
Administration of Justice in Azad Kashmir and corrective measures on June 15, 2020Administration of Justice in Azad Kashmir has been struck by scandals after scandals at a time, when it is badly needed to enforce the provisions of right of self-determination and rule of law. Unfortunately it has dispatched home a very able judge chief justice High Court Mr. Justice M. Tabassum Aftab Alvi after many years […]
A case for Indian reprimand at UN and expulsion on April 21, 2020Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6 of UN Charter describe the manner in which a country could seek membership of the United Nations and the organization could suspend a country from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership or for a persistent violation of the Principles contained in the Charter, could be expelled […]
Gupkar Declaration and challenges ahead in Kashmir on March 23, 2020It is for the first time in the history of Kashmir that all main pro-India political parties had a premonition that India might commit aggression against the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. They decided to meet at the Gupkar Residence of Dr. farooq Abdullah, President Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) on 4 August 2019 […]
UN Forces, new generation of diplomats and Kashmir question on January 27, 2020Indian military machine and surveillance apparatus have managed the 175th day of lockdown in the Valley of Kashmir. India should realise that every occupation and oppression has its sell by date. There are no two opinions that the military and police would not hesitate to stage a blood bath, if the Kashmiris misjudge and offer […]