Opinion

Altaf Hussain Wani In the carefully curated theatre of “normalcy” that India attempts to stage in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, even the smallest, most symbolic gestures are policed with an intensity that betrays a profound anxiety.…

Altaf Hussain Wani The recent Christmas season served as a geopolitical mirror, reflecting two neighboring nations moving in starkly opposite directions. While the festive lights illuminated a renewed commitment to pluralism in…

Altaf Hussain Wani As winter tightens its grip on the valleys of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK), the cold enveloping the region is not merely seasonal. It is juridical and political. It reflects a deliberate…

By Anza Kayani What does it mean for a woman living in the Indian illegally Occupied Kashmir to live in fear every day, of losing her family, her dignity and her peace of mind? This is not a question; it is a lived experience for the…

By Samra Khaksar More than 70 years have gone by since the subdivision of the Indian subcontinent but the Kashmir issue still remains to dodge diplomatic answers. Although it is constantly claimed that things are normal, developmental…

Zainab Khan ‎Child‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ abuse is one of the most neglected issues among the problems in Pakistan. Children constitute the most significant segment of the population, who have been subjected to sexual and physical abuse, and it is…

By Mehr un Nisa What we saw in Bihar is impossible to ignore. Chief Minister of Bihar, India, Nitish Kumar forcibly pulled the hijab of Muslim woman Nusrat Parveen during an official ceremony. She had come to receive her appointment…

Altaf Hussain Wani Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar arrives not merely as a film but as a cultural artifact crystallizing a troubling trend in contemporary Indian cinema—the weaponization of the medium to serve narrow nationalist agendas.…

By Sara Rasool Taus In the long and painful history of the subcontinent, power has often asserted itself through the humiliation of the vulnerable. Today, a disturbing metric of this dynamic is the targeted persecution of Muslim women,…

By Mehr un Nisa India has a long and well-documented record of exploiting terror incidents, information vacuums and moments of human tragedy to push propaganda and disinformation against Pakistan. This is not a new phenomenon. Over the…