100 Days
Rameez Makhdoomi On third day of Eid ul Fitr , July 8 , 2016, when whole Kashmir was busy with festivity the evening came with a news that would go on to alter the entire situational paradigm of Kashmir ;...
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Muzzling Media
Farzana Mumtaz/ Rameez Makhdoomi Many believe and state that media especially local media in Kashmir is being muzzled. In dramatic turnaround of events, On Sunday, 2 October, 2016 , the J-K government ordered ban on the publication of English...
India- Pakistan Relations Collapse
News Kashmir Analysis India – Pakistan relations are on the verge of total collapse. Pertinently, the nearly three month long Kashmir agitation which has killed 88, 13000 injured and hundreds blinded coupled with URI attacks resulting in death of 19...
Operation Crush Down (Noted Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez Detained Under PSA)
Rameez Makhdoomi Recently, noted human rights activist, Khurram Parvez has been booked under the infamous Public Safety Act (PSA).Sessions court in Srinagar had ordered the release of human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was taken into preventive de...
Weakening PDP
Farzana Mumtaz The downslide in ruling party People’s Democratic Party is evident, with the resigning of PDP Member Parliament Tariq Hamid Karra both from Parliament and basic membership of party , political watchers are seeing it as severe blow to...
Blinded Eid
Farzana Mumtaz Eid al-Adha (, “Festival of the Sacrifice”), also called the “Sacrifice Feast” or “Bakr-Eid”, is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. On this ...
APD Visit Ignites Cautious optimism in Kashmir
Farzana Mumtaz It was on September 20, 2010 that a 39-member all-party delegation visited Kashmir to assess the situation in the wake of violence that claimed more than 120 lives .Pertinently, valley wide protests had broken out in 2010 after...
HM Visit fails to enthuse Kashmir
News Kashmir Analysis Keeping in view the continued violence and unrest of Kashmir in mind the Home Minister Rajnath Singh was recently on a two day visit to Kashmir, his second visit in a month. As Kashmir unrest...
Kashmir – Graveyard of Reputations
Rameez Makhdoomi & Farzana Mumtaz Kashmir is witnessing currently an unprecedented wave of unrest and agitation . Scores are dead, thousands injured and many other blinded due to infamous pellets in the 2016 agitation so far. Just few days back...
Kashmir in Pain
Farzana Mumtaz Kashmir is tremendously suffering on account of the prevailing situation which has worsened over the past few weeks, since the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani. With more than 55 deaths, 6000 injuries and about 200 mostly youngsters...