“Politics makes strange bed fellows” – this proverb, meaning that that political alliances in a common cause may bring together those of widely differing views, is today most applicable to Pakistan. Eleven political parties, including the PML (N) and the PPP that are sworn enemies have come together under an umbrella organisation named Pakistan Democratic […]
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Human Right Day, 2020, witnessed a new dawn in Jammu and Kashmir
On December, 10, every year, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. This date coincides with the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1948. For many years, in Kashmir, the day has been marked by protests and fallacious attempts to project the Indian state as […]
Enforced abductions remain unabated in violence infested Balochistan
Balochistan, the most restive province of Pakistan, has for long remained in the grip of violence. Reports of atrocities being committed on innocent civilians by the Pakistan Army and its sponsored terrorists are received frequently, despite an attempt to keep them under wraps. The root of the problem lies in the fact that the people […]
Indo-Pakistan War, 1971: Remembering India’s great victory
On the evening of 3 December, 1971, at about 5.40 PM, fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air force (PAF) carried out a coordinated, pre-emptive air strike on Indian Air Force bases in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala and Agra. The air strikes were supported by heavy Artillery shelling all along the border and […]
Stark comparison: Repressed Gilgit-Baltistan and free Jammu-Kashmir
Polling for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir commenced on 28 November. The first phase witnessed nearly 7 lakh voters casting their ballot in 43 constituencies of the UT (25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu) to decide the fate of 296 candidates in the fray. […]