Call for an end to militarisation, colonisation of all parts of Kashmir, arrests and torture of Kashmiri leaders and activists; resolution of conflict through dialogue By Haider Ali Lahore: Leftist, feminist and student organizations have expressed deepest concerns over the annexation, militarization and occupation of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) against the will of the Kashmiri people, international laws on …
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to provide relief to citizens when he came to power last year, but his government has only added to their miseries, says Harris Khalique. by Harris Khalique When Imran Khan was elected as Pakistan’s prime minister on August 17, 2018, some Pakistanis saw him as the the best option, but others saw Khan as a messiah, …
Herald Report Indian security forces have maintained tight restrictions across its controlled Jammu and Kashmir during Eidul Azha, fearing protests against the revocation of the Himalayan region’s special status a week ago. Streets and markets were practically deserted on August 12 as a result of the security lockdown, now in its eighth day, reports said. In the city of Srinagar, …
By Ron Synovitz & Freshta Jalalzai KABUL — Mohammad Wali was just 12 years old when his widowed mother began arranging his marriage to a 24-year-old woman from their village in Ghazni Province. “I don’t want to be married,” the young Afghan boy is said to have pleaded with his mother. “I just want to play soccer and cricket. …
Herald Report Islamabad: Left parties and women organizations of Pakistan have condemned the Indian government’s revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy. In a statement, it will escalate tensions in the region and will affect tens of millions of working class and women in the two countries. AWP: The Awami Workers Party AWP), a Left party, condemned the Indian government move, saying, …
#kashmir Posted by Suchitra Vijayan on Sunday, 4 August 2019 By Hassan Akber What Has India Done? After days of troop surges, arrests, speculation and denials, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a presidential order and a bill in Parliament on August 5, 2019. Through the order, India has revoked Article 370 of the Indian Constitution thereby ending …
Professor Faisal Devji on Muslim depoliticisation, Hindu nationalism and historians mimicking detectives. Here is excerpts from an interview with Seema Chishti of The Indian Express What do you make of contemporary history writing? As Gandhi realised more than a century ago, history, or rather historical consciousness, had not only come to define the self-proclaimed superiority of western civilisation in …
Herald Report CHITRAL: Three people died and four sustained injuries as under-repair water pipeline fell into Chitral river on Saturday, police and local rescue service sources told The High Asia Herald. Local people were busy in repairing the main pipelines running over the Chitral River in Mori Payeen village, 30km away from here. The incident occurred when one of the …
Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic Front (WDF), Pakistan’s premier socialist-feminist organization, has condemned a recent verdict of an anti-terrorism court awarding 90 years prison term to political activists Iftikhar Hussain Kabalai, a leader of Karakoram National Movement. WDF president Ismat Shahjahan in a solidarity message …
Paris-based Watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of an “alarming decline” in the state of press freedom in Pakistan and called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to take urgent measures to address the situation. RSF took issue with Khan’s recent statement during a trip to Washington that talking about curbs on press freedom in Pakistan was a “joke,” outlining several …
