Kashmir valley has always been a very challenging place for electoral politics. For most of its historic existence, Kashmir has been governed under monarchial system led by both native and...

To be fair to all players, Kashmir is one of the trickiest places in the world for political operations. Given the modern history of Kashmir and the evolution of mainstream...

Kashmir valley is the most youthful administrative units of India, wherein according to the last census, 63% of population is under the age of 30 years and nearly 70% is...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi’s recent declaration of making Gilgit Baltistan as Pakistan’s “provisional” province has once again brought global attention to this mysterious region. While we Kashmiri people...

There is much noise emanating from Kashmir centric mainstream political parties criticizing the implementation of amended Panchayat Raj Act that is to create the third tier of grassroot governance in...

South Asian countries recently observed birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, legendary 19th century Muslim social reformer of British India. But unfortunately, the present generation of Muslim men and...

Recently an unusual phenomenon occurred in Kashmir valley when thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, most of whom were from Sunni Sect turned at the funeral event of a slain Shia Muslim...

 Kashmir is one of the rare places on the earth, which is associated with nearly all major faiths of the world in some form or the other. The valley of...

In one of the recent TV debates, a Pakistani Punjabi female news anchor asked Babar Qadri, a well-known Kashmiri TV commentator, a heavily loaded question about the condition of “oppressed...

In 2015, Fatima Bhutto niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto wrote that in a predominantly Muslim country (of Pakistan), it is no longer Hindus or Christians who face...