Jawed Naqvi THE flag of Jammu & Kashmir, which was taken down from the Srinagar Secretariat over the weekend, carried the symbol of a plough. The Congress party’s election symbol in 1952 under Jawaharlal Nehru was two bullocks in harness — do baelon ki jodi. In a monsoon-fed agricultural economy, both symbols represented the productive […]
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Imran nominates himself as “ambassador of Kashmir”
Kashmir Times Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that he has nominated himself as the “ambassador of Kashmir” and will keep fighting till the region attains “freedom.” He also cautioned that both the countries were nuclear powers and in case of a war between the countries, it could have an effect on the […]
Black liberation activist freed after 40 years in prison
By TeleSur “It is a beautiful day,” his wife, Debbie Sims Africa said. She was the first member of the Move Nine group to be released on parole last year. After 40 years in prison, Mike Africa Sr., of the Black liberation group, Move, has been released on parole. Africa is the second member of […]
Modi denies any outside intervention on Kashmir issue
Online Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, with United States of America President Donald Trump by his side, categorically stated that there was no space for any country to mediate between the bilateral issues facing India and Pakistan. The statement from Modi came as he met President Trump on the sidelines of the G7 […]
An abrogation of democratic principles
By Navnita Chadha Behera, Dated: 8/14/2019 The recent abrogation of Article 370 ending the special status of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in the Indian Constitution along with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, bifurcating the State into two Union Territories (J&K and Ladakh), have delivered a knock-out blow to the long-drawn-out peace process in […]
Hopes for peace follow Trump-Khan meeting
Muhammad Serajuddin in Karachi There has been a lot of media hype over Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to the United States. His meeting with US President Donald Trump on July 22 was indeed crucial for both countries. The US and Pakistan, two old friends and allies, were becoming increasingly indifferent to each […]
What August 5 spells for India’s Muslims
By Ali Ahmed “Consequently, this is a battle that Kashmiris should not be left out in the cold to fight isolated and singly. It needs Muslim India to stand up on their side, not for selfish existential reasons – for our turn is next, if not quite ongoing – but for principled and strategic reasons. […]
India annexes Kashmir and brings us back to partition
Muhamad Serajuddin in Karachi Pakistani kids are taught in and out of school that Kashmir is our “shah rug” (jugular vein). Indians believe that Kashmir is their “atoot ang” (indispensable body part). Urdu and Persian poetry is full of paeans to the beauty of Kashmir. If there is paradise on earth “it is this, it […]
Distorting Shimla
Javed Jabbar INDIA’S blatant violations on Aug 5 of UN resolutions on Kashmir, its own constitution and multiple pledges to hold a plebiscite are perverse outcomes of a disrespect for the written word — and for unwritten yet binding codes of conduct. Though the threat to abolish Kashmir’s special status was present in the 2019 […]
India’s secularity at stake under BJP: Faces a looming disaster
Muhammad Serajuddin in Karachi With the ultra-nationalist Hindutva philosophy of RSS, Bhatariya Janata Party won the Lok Sabah elections in 2019 having PM Modi re-elected for another term. However, the hate campaign and divisive policy of BJP led to dozens of incidents of attacks on minorities further increasing the process of alienation of religious minorities. […]