By Sadiq Shaban Around this time of year, when scorching heat starts to grip most parts of mainland India, the picturesque valley of Kashmir, high up in the Himalayas, starts receiving tourists in droves. Famed for its salubrious weather and lush scenery, Kashmir is one of the most beautiful places in the Indian subcontinent. But

By Tariq Rizwan February 5, each year is observed as a Kashmir Day when a part of Kashmir was liberated from India called Independent Kashmir (in Urdu it is called Azad Jummu & Kashmir – AJK in 1948. In Pakistan, AJK is recognized as a separate state with a Parliament, Prime Minister, President and other

By Nitasha Kaul Indian desperation to possess the territory of Kashmir in its entirety, even if it means sacrificing all Kashmiri, and many Indian, lives, is a blot on Indian democracy. A Kashmiri Muslim family runs for cover as protesters clash with Indian security forces in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Dar

Along with your votes, give your elected leadership the task of resolving the Kashmir Issue once and for all. To the People of India, India’s elections have begun and you are exercising your votes to choose your new political representatives. Whoever you end up electing will be momentously placed to exercise real leadership and take

Taliban have no role in Kashmir: Geelani Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday said that there was no role for Taliban in Jammu and Kashmir. “India has started raising the Taliban bogey to justify its control on Jammu and Kashmir. They are raising unnecessary hue and cry about the Taliban to

Pakistan has given firm assurance to the Kashmiri leadership that there was no question of deviating from its traditional stand and that the dispute’s solution has to be in line with the aspirations of the people of the occupied state to be expressed in a free and fair plebiscite held under the auspices of the