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 & Justice June 24, 2026 The Arria-Formula Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”, held at UN Headquarters in New York on 23 June 2026, highlighted a fundamental truth about the international...
According to reports, the remarks of the Punjab Education Minister regarding PhD degree holders have caused serious concern among the academic community, as such statements raise important questions about the respect for higher education, research and national intellectual capacity. At a time when countries around the world are investing in research, innovation and highly educated...
The recent turmoil in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has tested the resilience of its people. With the Joint Action Committee declared outlawed and effectively sidelined, the region is witnessing a gradual return to normalcy. Life in most districts has resumed its rhythm, elections are moving forward despite restrictions under Section 144, and ordinary citizens are...
The National Budget 2026-27 has once again raised a serious question mark over Pakistan’s national priorities. Allocating only Rs 433 per person annually for education clearly demonstrates that education, the most fundamental and decisive sector for national development, has not been given the importance it deserves in our policy-making process. This allocation is not merely...
The mention of the circular issued by the Indian government on 1st June, 2026, to “comprehensively re-verify every citizen of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)” should have been taken for what it actually is: the most silent genocide ever “designed.The order demands all citizens to provide new iris scans, fingerprints and facial recognition...
The world is moving towards AI, digital economies, and smart cities and it is tempting to think that electricity is given in every part of the planet. But in the mountains of Kashmir, there is a village where darkness is still a part of everyday life. Their story is not of the distant past, but...
According to reports, the controversy originated when the son of a local Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) allegedly used the office washroom of the District Police Officer (DPO) Hafizabad. A disagreement reportedly followed, during which the DPO allegedly asked the young man to “Get Lost.” What could have been resolved through a simple conversation,...
Fifty years ago during the Second World War, in Nazi Germany enforced disappearances were born as a practice against Jews and Communists. Over time, however, this inhuman practice transcended its historical origins and evolved into a global phenomenon, reappearing in different conflict zones under varying political contexts. One of its most tragic contemporary manifestations can...
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