China recently celebrated 70 years of Communist party rule and its rise to global superpower status with a grand military parade, showcasing the country’s domestic technology and a promise from President Xi Jinping that “no force can shake the status of this great nation”. It was held in Chinese capital on October 1, 2019. This was China’s…
Imagine a 10-year-old girl walking in the relative calm of her surroundings. Then imagine she is abducted by known or unknown assailants and taken to a dark and cold place. Imagine she is all alone, scared, helpless and powerless against these ruffians. Imagine her little mind can’t fathom what is about to happen to her….
The contemporary faces of human right abuses and their relevance to the disputed territory of Kashmir cannot be ignored while analysing the South Asian security environment. A wave of human right abuses mainly involving frequent massacres, enforced disappearances and suspension of political and social freedoms by Indian forces in Kashmir has become a reality for…
“Stand united, work selflessly, perseveringly and in a disciplined manner and I assure you no power on Earth can prevent you from the attainment of a liberated Kashmir and the realization of your just and legitimate rights. Our sympathies are with you in your struggle and I wish your session all success.” Quaid’s Message to…
This subject attracts great amount of attention, particularly from the board, whenever any human resource (HR) related presentation is made. So much has been written upon the subject in fact, on these pages, I have also written more than once about loyalty at work place. So, what’s new? In the current day and age of…
Lists are nothing new. For years, they have been used to enumerate one thing or the other. All esteemed publications use them. Fortune, Time, Forbes you name it. Recently, there have been two lists that are the talk of the town. The FATF list and the Entity list! Being on the FATF grey list is…
Kashmir has been under Indian military siege for the last one month and so called western civilized world is still silent. Police or military barriers abound in both urban and rural areas, and intimidation is a rather common occurrence at these checkpoints in occupied Kashmir. The occupied Kashmir seethes with a repressed anger generated by…
Brief Overview of the Situation The recent move on Kashmir by Modi and his fascist BJP/ RSS Regime has changed the security landscape of the region. The said landscape was mostly at a stalemate level for many decades because previous Indian regimes never touched the special status of Kashmir that was given as a result…
Introduction: There was a time when a King with strong armies would invade and conquer other territories, this was the period of the kingdom and empire building which continued till the last century, it ended with decolonization after World War-II. The League of Nations was reorganized as the United Nations. A new world order came…
Pakistan has aptly decided to take the Kashmir dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Federal cabinet has given the go ahead. Decision has been taken after considering all legal aspects. Pakistan indeed has a strong legal case against India. Case would be focused on ‘human rights and genocide in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Two consecutive…
