July 8, 2016 remains a date etched in memory. Burhan-ud-Din Muzaffar Wani, only 21, died in Kokernag. He was laid to rest in Tral, yet his presence did not fade. Ten years later, his name still stirs debate, emotion and reflection far beyond Kashmir. Burhan Wani altered the grammar of resistance. He did not follow...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 8, 2026 Nearly 10,000 women and girls have reportedly disappeared from Jammu and Kashmir since 2019. According to figures presented by Ajay Kumar, India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs in Parliament, 9,765 females—including 1,148 girls under the age of 18—have been reported missing. If...
When India suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 in the aftermath of the April 2025 Pahalgam incident and the subsequent military exchanges of Operation Sindoor, it did something far more dangerous than another round of border posturing. It turned water—the most elemental source of life for more than 240 million...
On 5 August 2025, the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, police officers in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir raided bookshops across the Valley and seized 25 books. Among the forfeited titles were works by Arundhati Roy, A.G. Noorani and Anuradha Bhasin, scholars and journalists whose writing had documented Kashmir’s history from perspectives the...
In Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, protracted conflict has inflicted profound and enduring psychological wounds, particularly upon young women and adolescent girls. In Kashmir, women have been intimately involved in the conflict and continue to be victims of the continuous cycle of violence and abuse. As women and members of the community, they face psychological and...
On 19 June, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, India’s delegation made an admission that deserved far more scrutiny than it received. Confronted once again with international concern over its conduct in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi’s representative dismissed the Indus Waters Treaty as “outdated,” arguing that a six-decade-old technical arrangement could...
Every year, state-sponsored tourism campaigns invite the world to experience Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir as an unblemished paradise, a place of blooming tulip gardens, world-class ski gondolas, and Himalayan luxury untouched by the noise of modern life. The marketing has worked. Official figures recorded 1.78 crore visitor arrivals in 2025. By the metrics of the...
“Capital begins to flow in the wrong direction when imports become artificially attractive, eventually consuming domestic industry.” “سرمائے کا پانی غلط جگہ بہنے لگتا ہے اور درآمد سستی دکھا کر اپنی صنعت کو کھا جاتی ہے۔ غیرت وہ نہیں جو حقیقت سے منہ چھپائے، غیرت وہ ہے جو حساب کا سامنا کرے۔” This powerful observation...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & JusticeJune 30, 2026 The filing of a 737-page chargesheet by Kashmir’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) before a Special Court in Srinagar against Yasin Malik and four others in connection with the 1990 abduction and murder of nurse Sarla Bhat raises profound legal and political questions. Coming more...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairman : World Forum for Peace & Justice June 26, 2026 Today’s meeting in New York between Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman of the World Forum for Peace & Justice, Sardar Taj Khan, Senior Vice Chairman of the Kashmir Mission USA, and Ambassador Hameed Ajibaiye Opeloyeru, the Permanent Observer of the Organization...
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