Jammu and Kashmir has suffered tremendously in the shadow of the gun for the last almost three decades. Violence hit the youth of the region most of all. Their education and development suffered since families were engrossed in the day to day challenge of survival. As a result, they lost out on employment opportunities and […]
Kashmir
Kashmir: Separatist & inimical forces plan to derail democratic process
Three terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter in Lawaypora area of central Kashmir, in the outskirts of Srinagar, in a joint operation of Police, Army and CRPF. The gunfight broke out after the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Lawaypora area following specific inputs about the presence of terrorists […]
Pakistan Army’s self-destructive strategy of cease fire violations
Diwali celebrations in India and across the world entail bursting of crackers and associated festivities. The Pakistan Army, however, has devised its own celebration model that involves raining of artillery shells and automatic fire along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir. It derives great pleasure in causing misery […]
Attempting to change the status of Gilgit-Baltistan is Imran Khan’s latest blunder
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has, on November, 01, announced that his government would give “provisional provincial status” to its occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gilgit-Baltistan was a part of the pre-Independence princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It became a part of India on the basis of the legal accession of the state to the […]
Theatrics cannot pay dividends in new age Kashmir
The family run so-called mainstream parties of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, mainly the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ruled the state (in turns) for decades on end by propagating euphoric dreams. The NC spoke incessantly about “autonomy” while the PDP forcefully spoke of “self rule.” Both concepts did […]