‘Neither the begging bowl has been broken nor 5 million jobs and 100m houses provided’ Farman Ali Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government has miserably failed to fulfill its electoral promises. The dream of a “change” has shattered within a year. Unless structural and drastic changes are made in state policies, power structure and fair distribution of wealth and resources are ensured, any …
The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation
The position of women rests, as everything in our complex society, on an economic base.—Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling by Margaret Benston The “woman question” is generally ignored in analyses of the class structure of society. This is so because, on the one hand, classes are generally defined by their relation to the means of production and, on the other hand, women are …
Kashmiris accuse Indian troops of beatings, abuse
They’re marauding our homes like a victorious army, say Kashmiris Herald Report Stories of brutality, violence, arrests, and intimidation of Kashmiris by Indian soldiers continue to appear in international media since the worst clampdown in the Indian-controlled part of the Himalayan state, last month. Despite a ban on communication and media, reports of torture, abuse, and arrest of Kashmiris especially …
Over 20 protesters arrested after pro-independence rally in AJK
At least 22 arrested after demonstrators clashed with police near Tatrinote village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. News Desk Police have arrested at least 22 people at a pro-independence protest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after clashes broke out between authorities and demonstrators, police and activists told media. The clashes took place on Saturday near the village of Tatrinote, about 80km south of the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, …
GB’s young doctors to launch protest drive from Sept 6
YDA, PMA observe August 26 as ‘black day’ against the attitude of health authorities, give 10-day ultimatum to government to accept five-point charter of demands, enforce regularisation act by Inayat Abadali Gilgit: Young Doctors Association (YDA) and Pakistan Medical Association GB chapters observed ‘black day’ against what they called exploitation of the young professionals, ‘irresponsible’ attitude of health department bureaucrats …
Modi sets worst example of tyranny in IoK: Bilwal
https://youtu.be/0docWadtm4g PTI govt’s foreign policy has left Pakistan isolated on world stage: Bilawal Herald Correspondent SKARDU: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday blasted the PTI-led government for what he called flawed foreign and domestic policies. He also lambasted the Indian government for the clampdown in occupied Kashmir and arrests of political leaders and activists. “[Narendar] …
How Gilgit-Baltistan fits into Kashmir dispute
Mudabbir Ali offers an overview of the discussion within Gilgit-Baltistan on the region’s political future byMudabbir Ali It has now become a part of mass consciousness that Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is a disputed territory. The chequered political history of GB has been an important reason (among others) that the case of GB itself could never be presented in a way …
A collective vision for Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan has recently seen peace, tranquility and social harmony after being plagued by sectarian violence for nearly three decades. Amir Hussain Many people think that this peace and tranquility is schematic and short-lived rather than being systemic and long term in nature. Schematic because the peace and harmony has been attained without much political efforts at reconstructing the institutional structures …
Pakistani Left express solidarity with Kashmiris
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 …
Minto challenges out-of-turn hearing of reference against Justice Isa
Veteran legal expert and AWP founding president Abid Hassan Minto and ex-chairperson of HRCP I.A. Rehman have jointly filed the petition challenging SJC’s out-of-turn hearing of references against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justic K.K. Agha Herald Report A veteran legal expert and a human rights defender have approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan challenging the hearing of a …
