The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January, 6, 1948 took up an agenda item termed as ‘India-Pakistan question,’ that related with the Jammu and Kashmir issue. It is now more than 72 years and the agenda continues to remain unresolved, mainly because Pakistan is unwilling to accept the reality that it is in forcible occupation of […]
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Shimla Agreement: Indian negotiation was naive and strategically compromised
On 29 August, 1972, the final agreement between India and Pakistan based on the Shimla Summit between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was signed by the two chief negotiators, Parmeshwar Narain Haksar of India and Aziz Ahmed of Pakistan. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held the Shimla Summit with President […]
Kashmir: A timely lid has been put upon the fallacy of ‘Azaadi’
As the situation turns for the better in Jammu and Kashmir with reorganization of the state into two Union Territories and abrogation of Article 370, there arises a need to look at the, by now, failed concept of “Azaadi” (Freedom) that had been propounded over decades by some self appointed leaders of the Kashmiri people. […]