From Moorcroft to Modi: Kashmir Black Day and the Unfinished Struggle for Dignity
By Jawad Khan Every year, 27 October is observed as Kashmir Black Day, marking the arrival of Indian troops in Srinagar in 1947 and the beginning of a prolonged dispute…
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Kashmir between Realpolitik and International Law: The Unfulfilled Promise of 1947
Amir Mushtaq The Kashmir dispute represents a continuing tension between international law and realpolitik. While international law is grounded in principles such as self-determination, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and…
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Bigwigs behind Kashmir skullduggery
Nisar Ahmed Thakur October occupies a particularly significant place in Kashmir’s chequered history, marked by incidents of betrayal, deceit and political intrigue. It was in this month that the state’s…
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Anti-Muslim Hatred and the Occupation of Kashmir
Usama Imtiaz When a Kashmiri is branded a terrorist simply for being Kashmiri, it reveals a disturbing reality: a people living under occupation can also be made to feel like…
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Kashmir’s Half-Widows: Suspended Between Hope and Loss
Asma Misbah In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), thousands of women live with a loss that never reaches an ending. They are known as half-widows, wives whose husbands…
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The Case India Brought: From Security Council Referral to the Plebiscite Pledge
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar “And covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.” Thomas Hobbes, political philosopher, Leviathan, 1651 Chester Nimitz, the…
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Makkah Pact Bars Signatories from Withdrawal for 10 Years
News Desk: ANKARA: Makkah defence pact would require Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye to help defend one another for at least 10 years, according to the previously undisclosed full text…
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Saudi-led coalition says intercepted five drones in Eastern, Madina regions
TDV: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said it had intercepted five drones launched towards the kingdom, including in the Madina region home to one of Islam’s holiest cities. “Four…
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27 October: The Plebiscite, the Voter Register and Kashmir’s Future
Zainab Noor Indian occupation forces reached Srinagar on October 27, 1947. On the same day, Governor-General Lord Mountbatten stated that the issue of the state’s accession should be settled through…
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Uniform sermons: An attempt to bring Mosque Pulpits under state control
By Nisar Ahmed Thakur “It is important to recognise that the proposal to introduce a common theme for Friday sermons is not necessarily the Waqf Board’s own undertaking; rather, it…
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