The Instrument of Accession: The Duress Question
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar "To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will." Rousseau wrote that in The...
Kashmir’s Disputed Accession: Seventy-Nine Years Without a Final Settlement
Laiba Tariq On the morning of 27 October 1947, Indian aircraft landed at Srinagar. These aircraft were carrying Indian soldiers...
27 October 1947: The Beginning of Kashmir’s Unfinished Struggle
Minahil Gul 27 October 1947 remains a decisive date in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. For Kashmiris, it represents...
KIIR chief seeks UN intervention in pre-trial detainee M Yaseen Bhat’s prolonged detention
Islamabad: The Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani has urged the UN Working Group on Arbitrary...
The Standstill Agreement and the Contested October
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides wrote that line...
Three international documents adopted at Astana religious leaders’ meeting
Astana: Participants of the 24th meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions adopted...
The Women the World Has Forgotten: Kashmir’s Half Widows
By Zainab Noor Nearly every family in the Dardpora village of Kupwara district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...
The Hidden Cost of Occupation: How New Delhi’s Security Grid Stifles Women’s Development in IIOJK
Madiha Munir When geopolitical analysts evaluate the protracted conflict in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the discussion almost always centers...
Settler colonialism cloaked in democracy
By Nisar Ahmed Thakur The International Day of Democracy, established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2007, was...
Altaf Ahmed Bhat pays glowing tribute to Shaikh TajammulIslam on his 5th death anniversary
ISLAMABAD: Senior leader All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Chairman Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), Altaf Ahmed Bhat, has paid...
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