Archive for 'Flash Points'
Fai-Victim of Indo-US nexus
Posted on13. Jan, 2012 by S M Hali.
"Now for the resumption of NATO supplies, besides other conditions, should also include release of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai and Dr Aafia Siddiqui." Raja Mujtaba By S. M. Hali Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, a staunch and ardent supporter of the Kashmiri cause, is an American citizen of Kashmiri origin, from Indian Occupied Kashmir. He was arrested [...]
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Kashmir: Trilateral Perspective
Posted on20. Sep, 2011 by Sobia Hanif.
Indian authorities believe that if Pakistan were to leave alone the resistance in Kashmir, the struggle for emancipation would die its own natural death. Such an argument falls short of logic on the ground that no freedom struggle could sustain itself solely on foreign sponsorship for so long. By Sobia Hanif While unchecked and unrestrained [...]
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Massacre In Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
Posted on06. Sep, 2011 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal To divert attention from the recent discovery of killing fields in Indian held Kashmir (IOK), Indian intelligence agencies are working overtime to spin the stories linking Somali pirates with Pakistan by stating that Somali pirates are being trained in Pakistan to carry out a proxy war against India! To [...]
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State Eliminators in Kashmir
Posted on28. Aug, 2011 by Sajjad Shaukat.
By Sajjad Shaukat During the Bosnian War (1992–1995), Serb forces slaughtered more than 10,000 Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina and buried them in the unamed mass graves. The ethnic leansing campaign of the state eliminators continued throughout areas controlled by the Serb Army. That genocide was repeated in Kosovo where several men and women were [...]
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Palestine: Arduous odyssey of statehood
Posted on26. Aug, 2011 by Kourosh Ziabari.
Even the close allies of Israel and those who support the continued occupation of Palestine admit in their privacy that the actions and policies of the Israeli regime are beyond the pale and run counter to the very principles of humanity and morality. By Dr. Ismail Salami and Kourosh Ziabari The plight of the Palestinian people [...]
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Kashmir: Mass Graves Imbroglio
Posted on26. Aug, 2011 by S M Hali.
By S M Hali:
The Pakistan Army intervened in Swat at much less but here the Army is being kept at bay, while the Sindh Rangers and Police are being used with their dilapidated equipment, weaponry and total lack of commitment to take action, thus the killing continues unchecked with impunity.
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Plight of Women in Kashmir
Posted on19. Aug, 2011 by Assabah Khan.
By Assabah Khan Kashmir is one of the conflict zones of the world; it has been divided into Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir. Kashmiri society is yet to come out of its traditional and ethnic ways of life. Extremely rigid patriarchy tends to lead to the self negation of women. Women’s voices [...]
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Kashmir: From Eid to a nightmare
Posted on17. Aug, 2011 by Assabah Khan.
“We were engrossed in merry-making of Eid. A pall of gloom descended when one Major Punia of 17 Jat Regiment and two surrendered militants Bashir Ahmad alias Bashir Langoo and Khaliq Rai from Lethpora Pampore barged into our house at 10.00 PM on the intervening night of Feb 1 and 2, 1998 and dragged my [...]
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Continuing Relevance of Jammu and Kashmir
Posted on16. Aug, 2011 by Sobia Hanif.
By Sobia Hanif The Jammu and Kashmir dispute is an intricate issue, which lies at the heart of most of the conflicts between the nuclear rivals of South Asia. It would be over optimistic to hope for a permanent congenial environment for the people of the region without resolving the Jammu and Kashmir issue according [...]
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The Unjust Arrest
Posted on26. Jul, 2011 by Dr Raja M Khan.
The US Justice Department shows how just it is. Note: The author himself is a Kashmiri. By Dr. Raja Muhammad Khan The news of the arrest of Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a peace promoter by United States authorities has come as a shock wave among the Kashmiris living across the globe. This icon of peace [...]