RAMADAN: Market and the Month
“Does Ramadan bring any significant change in sales?
BUSINESS By Muhammad Tahir
Ramadan comes with its own economy. Dates, fruits and other delicacies bolster the business of food importers. As new Islamic TV shows are launched during Ramadan, advertising revenues for satellite television stations show upward trend. Publishers do particularly well during the holy month with the More
Documenting Deceit
This book brings to fore the intricate relationship between law and politics.
BOOK REVIEW By Abdul Majid Zargar
Article 370 - The Constitutional History of Jammu & Kashmir Author: A G Noorani Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 474 The constitutional History of J&K is much more More
Event and Consequences
Partition brought a trail of miseries, sufferings and animosities in its wake
HISTORY By Maqsood Ahmad Lone
The partition of British India in (1947) was one of the most painful events in the world history, and the debate over it is endless. It was one of the several partitions that were carried out in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Middle East since 18th century. It was a kind of tension between different religious More
- Kashmir
Mushtaq Shah of Bohri Kadal passes away in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi, Aug 25: Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, a Kashmiri migrant hailing from Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar passed away here on Wednesday. Shah alias Ashfaq Kashmiri was suffering from cancer and was undergoing More
- Srinagar City
No respite from dog menace for Srinagarites
Construction of dog pounds hits roadblock
ADIL BASHIR
Srinagar, Aug 25: Efforts to check the dog menace in the City has received a major jolt as residents of Khimber village in Ganderbal district have forced the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to suspend More
- Jammu
Victim’s body to be exhumed on Aug 29 for fresh DNA sample
SURANKOTE FAKE ENCOUNTER
ISHRAT BHAT
Poonch, Aug 25: In a new twist to the Surankote fake encounter case, the police have sought permission from the district administration for exhumation of the victim’s body for collecting fresh DNA samples More
- South Asia
Yaqoob Khan sworn in as new PaK president
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, Aug 25: The former Prime Minister and central leader of Pakistan Peoples’ Party Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan on Thursday took oath as the 22nd president of Pakistani administered Kashmir (PaK More
- World
Rebels fight to capture Gaddafi loyalist-held cities
Tripoli, Aug 25: Rebels battled pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces today in Libya's east and faced stubborn resistance in the capital while the opposition moved to assert control over the oil-rich country even More


