Opinion

Aima Afraz  While India unfurls its tricolor and celebrates its democratic constitution on 26th January, the people of Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) mark the same day as Black Day—not out of spite, but as a solemn reminder…

By Altaf Hussain Wani For nearly four decades the tragedy of 1990 has been repeatedly reframed as a singular, sanitized story: the “genocide” of Kashmiri Pandits and their forever-exile. That narrative—now amplified by some Pandit…

Alina Ijaz More than three decades have passed since Indian occupation forces opened fire on unarmed civilians at Gawkadal Bridge in Srinagar, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). On 21 January 1990, what began as a…

By: Sumaiyya Kainat A time when political leaders across the world are promising to work for gender parity, an act of vandalism in Gwalior India makes it grimly clear that women’s dignity is still revered as dispensable. When public…

Altaf Hussain WaniIn the Kashmir Valley, faith now comes with a barcode. The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s unprecedented surveillance exercise—collecting granular data on every mosque, imam, muezzin, and management committee member—represents…

Engr. Asghar Hayat Each year, thousands of engineers graduate from Pakistan’s universities with hard-earned degrees, only to confront a harsh reality, limited job opportunities, lack of professional exposure, and an absence of…

Altaf Hussain Wani The Indian state’s reservation and recruitment policies in India occupied Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir have long been a subject of contention, particularly in the context of the region’s socio-political dynamics.…

Ehsan Ali The Kashmir conflict has remained a central fault line of South Asian geopolitics, rooted in unresolved territorial claims, competing nationalisms and enduring human suffering. Traditionally examined through military…

By Mehr un Nisa India’s push to accelerate hydropower projects on the western rivers of the Indus basin is not merely a policy shift, it is a brazen assertion of control over shared water resources. The 258-megawatt Dulhasti Stage-II…

By Mehr un Nisa When a mosque is desecrated, liquor bottles are placed inside its prayer space and threats are issued in the name of religious supremacy, the incident goes far beyond a single crime scene. The attack on Mainama Jame…