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Pakistan underestimating threat of terrorism
Pakistan is committing a grave mistake. It is underestimating the threat that terrorism is posing it at the moment. Terrorism is the baby that it gave birth to and nurtured, in the…
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Kashmiri Pandits’ dilemma – life or livelihood
Yet another complex striation has arisen in Jammu and Kashmir after the Union territory administration warned the striking Kashmiri Pandit employees that they would not get salaries for sitting at home. This…
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Clock turns full circle in Kashmir – Farooq is back at Centrestage
The clock turned full circle in Kashmir politics on Monday when Farooq Abdullah was reelected as National Conference president, burying all speculations as to who his successor would be. These speculations had…
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Who will be new army chief of Pakistan?
Pakistani media headlines reflect an obsession with the appointment of the new army chief in the country as the political parties and leaders are mulling and contesting over the name among the…
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What is real in Kashmir politics?
Kashmir politics is veering around the narrative and content of new politics of realism which tests itself with all the reality checks as to what will help the youth to look forward…
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Pakistan faced with Bangladesh moment yet again after 51 years
At his Gujranwala rally in the small hours of Wednesday, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently leading a “freedom march” to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, hinted in very clear terms that Pakistan…
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Harsh realities of PoK exposed, while Kashmir progresses
For the first time in Jammu and Kashmir contrasts are being drawn between this side and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on the other side of the Line of Control, something which was…
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J&K’s non-BJP political groups fear undermining of the role of natives in elections
Despite reports circulating in media about the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Avny Lavasa, having withdrawn her order in which she had authorized the revenue authorities to list all those residing in the district…
- Pakistan
Pakistan army chief delivers a message to his nation, India and US
Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa is making news in the United States by making announcements about the army’s role in his country, but the message is for the larger audience…
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Amit Shah’s J&K visit contains a message for PoJK
Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday evening in particularly challenging times in the Union Territory, and these challenges manifest in his itinerary for three days beginning Monday –…
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Azad’s new party staring at tough road ahead
In politics, they say time and noise matter the most. Though it’s too early to pass any verdict on the course Ghulam Nabi Azad’s new outfit “Democratic Azad Party” will take and its likely…
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Confusing political narratives ahead of Assembly polls in J&K leave people confused
A lot of guesswork is going on as to when the Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir, a large and majestic state, now reduced to Union Territory, and ironically that too…
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Stunning growth of tourism in Kashmir fills strategic gaps
Tourism in the post-Article 370 abrogation has emerged as a strategic asset for stakeholders in Kashmir as more than two million arrivals till ending August have changed the way tourism was looked…
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Demand for statehood for J&K turned into a political movement
A political movement has been set in motion for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which since October 31, 2019, is reeling from its degraded status of Union Territory, following the split…
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Azad’s September 4 tryst with J&K – a firm road ahead or beaten track
Ghulam Nabi Azad, hitherto known as the veteran leader of Congress for most of his 50-year-association with the grand old party of Indian politics, is attempting to redraw political map of the…
