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Saving the Kashmir Cause Begins with Justice in Azad Kashmir.
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Saving the Kashmir Cause Begins with Justice in Azad Kashmir.

Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 28, 2026 The tragic killing of more than a dozen civilians in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, has left Kashmiris across the world grieving and searching for answers. No political objective, however noble, can justify the loss of innocent lives. If, as widely reported, these civilians were...

Journalism Under Siege: The Erosion of Press Freedom in IIOJK.
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Journalism Under Siege: The Erosion of Press Freedom in IIOJK.

As the world marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2026, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, the plight of journalists in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir remained largely overlooked. The territory remains one of the most dangerous and restricted places in the world for media professionals, where intimidation, surveillance, and...

Kashmir and the Åland Islands:History Offers Lessons for Peace.
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Kashmir and the Åland Islands:History Offers Lessons for Peace.

Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 27, 2026 A conversation this week with a European visitor prompted me to revisit one of the more intriguing territorial disputes of the twentieth century. He asked whether there were any useful parallels between the Åland Islands and Kashmir. The question lingered in my mind....

Pakistan’s Wheat Policy: From “Bumper Crop” to Emergency Imports – A Cycle That Must End.
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Pakistan’s Wheat Policy: From “Bumper Crop” to Emergency Imports – A Cycle That Must End.

The Federal Government of Pakistan has reportedly decided, on the recommendation of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, to import one million tonnes of wheat to meet the requirements of the provinces and ensure the availability of wheat across the country. This decision has once again exposed a fundamental contradiction in Pakistan’s wheat...

Austerity for the Poor, Prosperity for the Powerful: A Tale of Two Governments.
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Austerity for the Poor, Prosperity for the Powerful: A Tale of Two Governments.

The Federal Government’s latest cabinet decision has laid bare one of the most disturbing contradictions in Pakistan’s governance. At a time when the country is confronting an unprecedented fiscal crisis, a public debt exceeding Rs90 trillion, soaring inflation, shrinking economic opportunities, and a rapidly declining standard of living, the government has chosen to reward the...

Kashmir, the UN and the Pursuit of Peace
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Kashmir, the UN and the Pursuit of Peace

Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 23, 2026 The United Nations Security Council’s high-level debate on July 23, 2026, on “Strengthening the Mechanism for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes” served as a timely reminder that diplomacy remains humanity’s most effective instrument for preventing war. Convened as a follow-up to Security Council...

Pakistan’s Transit Corridors: Strengthening Iran’s Supply Chain Resilience.
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Pakistan’s Transit Corridors: Strengthening Iran’s Supply Chain Resilience.

An NSTN Perspective Recent disruptions to global supply chains have highlighted the importance of diversified logistics corridors. For Iran, supply chain resilience depends on having multiple international gateways that reduce reliance on any single port or transport route. Pakistan is now well positioned to become one of those strategic gateways. The Government of Pakistan has...

Livestock: Pakistan’s Most Effective Pathway Out of Poverty.
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Livestock: Pakistan’s Most Effective Pathway Out of Poverty.

Poverty remains Pakistan’s greatest socio-economic challenge. Millions of families struggle every day to meet their basic needs for food, healthcare, education, and shelter. Despite numerous poverty alleviation programmes, subsidies, and cash transfer schemes introduced over the past several decades, rural poverty continues to persist. The challenge before Pakistan is therefore not simply to provide temporary...

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