Force is no answer

As government chose to ignore the hard truth, results are before us. The situation is spiraling out of control in Kashmir – once again

GUEST COLUMN By Seema Mustafa

One wonders whether those in government are just fools, or is there something more devious in their apathy and indifference. A child in Kashmir could have told the political leaders two months ago, that the escalation of violence would have disastrous results, that the stone pelting youth could not More

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Poonch-Gulmarg Road

A Disastrous Move

Linking Poonch to Gulmarg by road over fragile Pirpanjal range would be environmental and wildlife disaster in Kashmir, cautions Muhammad Yusuf

 This refers to the meeting of some J&K Ministers and bureaucrats, held in Srinagar recently in connection with the construction of a road on Poonch-Gulmarg sector in Kashmir. Many environmentalists, explorers and the adventurers are not happy with this proposal. They fear that it would be More

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Blood on the streets

SITUATION

Who will save us. India and Pakistan fail, our own government is too helpless to rescue us from the mess we are in, writes Burhana Rashid

Recently one more round of talks between India and Pakistan at Islamabad failed. One more golden opportunity was lost by both the countries to bring peace in South Asia. People of Kashmir were seeing just a spark of hope. The two nuclear neighbors once again failed in their attempt to prove their More

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