Tag: Kashmir

Method to the madness?

A swirling vortex of entropy As boulder hurtles down a slope towards its eventual endpoint, it picks up speed. So it is with change and...

Heavy snow in Kashmir closes highway, strands travellers

Heavy snowfall over the past two days has closed down occupied Kashmir's main highway, stranding hundreds of travellers, officials said Sunday. So far there has...

Cooperation the only way forward, says Tharoor

India is genuinely committed to peaceful relations with Pakistan, which is why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had embarked on yet another round of peace...

Kashmir body annoyed over Fahim’s absence

The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on Thursday expressed annoyance over the absence of Commerce Minister Amin Fahim from the committee meeting as he was...

Pakistan offers to move cannons from Kashmir border

Pakistan has proposed moving heavy artillery away from the Line of Control, the de facto border with India in the region of Kashmir, the...

Ruling party official shot dead in Indian Kashmir

Suspected militants Saturday shot dead an official of the ruling party in Indian-ruled Kashmir, police said, days after rebels made a failed bid on...

Our political puppeteers

They run the show still… That the armed forces and the ISI constitute a state within a state is no secret. That they intend to...

The Kashmir concern

This disputed territory of Kashmir is under constant dispute, and there seems to be no solution for this problem. Even though the liberals all...

Security? What security?

Clinging to fallen idols… What is the basis of our tug-of-war with the US? The question of national security. This question is one of sensitivity...

Policeman killed in attack on Kashmir minister

A policeman was killed and a civilian injured when suspected militants opened fire in Indian Kashmir, police said, adding the region's senior minister escaped...

Acquittals over Kashmir 1983 cricket pitch sabotage

A court has acquitted 12 men accused by Indian Kashmir authorities of damaging a cricket pitch during a one-day match between India and the...

Residential property rents go through the roof

The rent of residential properties in Rawalpindi and Islamabad has recorded a sharp jump as a large number of people from the upper parts...

AJK president insulted Kashmiris: MC

Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Yaqoob Khan insulted the people of Kashmir when he favoured the decision of granting India the status of...

Trade for peace

Being our neighbour’s keeper We are back full circle to a proposal long familiar to the people in India and Pakistan: keep business separate from...

Kashmir in Gilani-Singh talks

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday said that Pakistan and India are successful in reducing the trust deficit and started building the trust. Addressing...

Opportunity beckons

Positive signals emerging from both Islamabad and New Delhi raise hopes of improvement of relations between the two countries. Pakistan recently released an Indian...

Former Indian minister suggests South Asian Union

Former Indian minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, who also served 26 years of his life in the Indian foreign services, has said that Pakistan is...