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Crackdown, Negotiations and an Election in Limbo-II: PaJK Into Deepest Political Crisis
Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir has plunged into its deepest political crisis in years, as a sweeping security crackdown collides with a mass protest mo...
Less Than Two-Thirds Of MPs Met Even The 75% Attendance Benchmark: Study
A new study by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative on the 2026 Budget Session reveals that fewer than two-thirds of MPs in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha m...
UN, UK Raise Alarm as PaJK Crisis Passes Six-Week Mark
Six weeks into the deadliest unrest in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir in years, the crisis has drawn rare, explicit concern from both the UN and UK. UN...
The Crisis Unfolds-I Protests, Negotiations and Elections Push: PaJK Into Deepest Political Crisis
The unfolding crisis in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir has transformed Rawalakot’s roads and markets into symbols of deep political turmoil, as protest...
Rights Group Confirms 34 Killed in PaJK Since Crackdown, still probing 16 more
A new report by the Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Observatory (JKHRO) says it has verified 34 civilian deaths, with evidence suggesting up to 50, since a sweeping ...
From Ban to Centre Stage: Türkiye's Headscarf Moment at NATO
The 2026 NATO summit in Ankara became a powerful visual marker of Türkiye’s social and political transformation, as First Lady Emine Erdoğan, once excluded from...
Deadly Overnight Clashes Rock PaJK Ahead of Planned Long March
Deadly overnight clashes in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch Division have left at least five people dead and many injured, amid sharply conflic...
The Forgotten Voices Behind and After Kashmir's 1931 Uprising
The story revisits Kashmir’s pivotal 1931 uprising by recovering the overlooked figures who shaped its course beyond Sheikh Abdullah. It traces how Abdul Qadir’...
Political Crisis Casts Shadow Over July 27 Elections in PaJK
Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir faces a deepening political and constitutional crisis as a month-long protest movement, curfews, shutter-down strikes an...
PaJK polls set for July 27 as electorate grows by 17.65%
Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold its 12th general election on July 27 to elect a 45-member Legislative Assembly, amid a sharp 17.65% rise in th...
Kashmir demonstration in London has shattered the ground
A massive Kashmiri demonstration in central London has been described as a political rupture rather than a routine protest, with nearly 10,000 people marching f...
The Unseen Order
The essay meditates on the mysterious order underpinning the universe, arguing that scientific explanations, while valuable, cannot fully account for the cohere...
Kashmiri Leaders Join India-Pakistan Peace Appeal, Urge Modi, Sharif Revive Dialogue
In a rare show of unity, leading Kashmiri politicians Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have joined 117 eminent Indians and Pakistanis in ...
Ladakh a Transparency Black Hole; J&K RTI Filings Up by 25%, Backlogs by 63%
Published on: 22 Jun 2026, 1:00 amCopiedFollow UsNEW DELHI: While the Right To Information (RTI) movement in Jammu and Kashmir is visibly gaining ground, the ba...
No Normal Ties With Pak Until Terror Ends, Govt Tells Parliamentary Panel
Published on: 20 Jun 2026, 8:58 pmCopiedFollow UsNEW DELHI: Just days before embarking on a four-day study tour of Jammu, Srinagar, Kargil, and Leh, the Parliam...
Govt Moves to Take Over 1200 Kanals of Paddy Fields in Pulwama, Farmers ask Why
Published on: 17 Jun 2026, 11:05 amCopiedFollow UsPULWAMA: On the morning of June 4, 68-year-old Haji Abdul Qayoom Sofi walked towards his five-kanal paddy fiel...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Rights Activist Khurram Parvez, Jailed for Over Four Years
Second NIA case still pending; his release from custody depends on a hearing listed next month
British Kashmiris take the PaJK Crisis to Parliament as troops open fire in Rawalakot
On the day security forces killed civilians at a funeral in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the British Kashmiri diaspora mounted a coordinated lobbyin...