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Can Dhoni wish Pakistan luck and be let off?
WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE
Shahid Afridi, though could not pull off a miracle in the World Cup, but did leave some pleasant impressions as a sportsman. By wishing India luck in the finals, (which incidentally received an instant sanction from the stars above), he went a step ahead. Earlier also he behaved like a thorough MoreIn the name of national interest
This narrow, biased, partisan and imprudent understanding of national interest
Statecraft By Happymon Jacob
‘National interest’ has the ability to mobilize national resources and national imagination in pursuit of the goals of a nation; it can also be the last resort of the ruling class to hoodwink the people. Hundreds of unnecessary wars have been fought, unholy alliances have been forged, human rights MoreDogra Certification Row!
…a needless move by a thoughtless coalition
MATTER OF CONCERN By Dr. Javid Iqbal
While as the government is an institution meant to ensure smooth saili by trying to erase social disparities, overcome economic dichotomies and smoothen political discourses, the coalition governments in J&K State over the last few years have mastered the artless and heartless manufacturing of More- Kashmir
Condemnations continue to pour in
MOULANA SHOWKAT’S KILLING
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Apr 9: Condemnations against the killing of Jamiat-e-Ahlihadees president Moulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, killed in a in an IED blast on Friday at Maisuma here, continued to pour in on the second More
- Srinagar City
Boonpora in troubled waters
Defunct drains, bad roads make life of residents miserable
SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI
Srinagar, Apr 8: Residents of Boonpora Batamaloo are virtually living in inhuman conditions as the area has been waterlogged for the last two to three years. The residents said defunct drains and More
- Jammu
PDP holds demonstrations across Jammu
Jammu, Apr 9: The People’s Democratic Party Saturday confined to the Jammu region its demonstrations to press for an early resolution of the Kashmir issue, and put off its agitation in the Kashmir valley More
- Briefs
Tractor crushes youth
AYUB JAVED
Pulwama, Apr 9: Three days after an infant was crushed to death by a speedy Santro car at Kralchek village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, a 26 year old youth lost his life in another More
- Business
Indonesian travel operators on FAM tour to Valley
Will facilitate investment in tourism sector
GK BUSINESS REPORTER
Srinagar, Apr 9: Prominent Indonesian travel operators are currently on a visit to Kashmir to explore the potential of developing tourism in the Valley. “This week some top Indonesian tour operators More
- News
Cross LoC trade pioneering CBM: Zardari
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Islamabad, Apr 9: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari today described the cross-LoC trade between the two sides of Kashmir as a "pioneering" confidence-building measure. Zardari made the remarks during More


