Punjab’s Kashmir connection
The colonial era governor house in Lahore boasts of two Kashmiri inmates. Its present incumbent, the 29th Governor of Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab, Salman Taseer and his media advisor Farrukh Shah. Son of famed Kashmiri intellectual and perhaps first Ph.D, Muhammad Din Taseer, Salman is a media magnate and an industrialist.
Committed to cooperate
Excerpts from an interview with Pakistan Federal Interior Minister Rahman Malik.
Iftikhar Geelani: What is state of trials into Mumbai terror incident?
Rahman Malik: Within hours...
Not interested in photo-ops
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit talks to Iftikhar Geelani about the state of Indo-Pak relations and the road ahead.
Clear response
Major General Athar Abbas belongs to Pakistan’s top most media family. Brother of astute Pakistani journalists Mazhar Abbas and Zaffar Abbas, the military officer manning public relations of Pakistan Army uses words with political and diplomatic acumen. In his first ever interaction with Indian journalists he talks about Pakistan Army’s operations against Taliban.
The Great Number Game
The credibility of census post-partition in Kashmir has always been suspect, with accusations of fudging. Now leaders across ideological barriers are asking people to...
Emptied Lap
The turmoil has exacted a heavy toll on Kashmir. For each causality reported there is an unreported emptied lap. Shazia Khan meets a few...
PARALYSED STATE
As the confrontation between the government and its employees slumps trade and makes people suffer, KASHMIR LIFE analyses whether a solution to the crisis...
WATERED DOWN
The dispute over use of Kashmir waters is heating up Indo-Pak relations raking up threats of war and a lot of propaganda. Iftikhar Gilani...
Railway Millionaires
As Railways ventured into Kashmir Valley, it paid 600 crore as compensation for land to people. But as the train chugs, the traces of...
CROSS KIN TRADE
Started with fanfare, the Trans-LoC trade through the Jehlum Valley Road, bogged down by lack of modalities has got restricted to few people trading...
A Shrinking Empire
On June 11, 1939, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah converted Muslim Conference into National Conference to give it a pan J&K appeal. While the party has...
Masters In Uniform
The allegations that the army had resorted to taking Kashmiris on forced labour (Begaar) during the last two decades has opened the historical wounds...
Home Calling!
As New Delhi debates its surrender policy and draws flak for calling back ‘militants’ from PaK, hardly anyone explains that apart from intending or...
In Oblivion: Life of a Renegade’s family
They fought India’s war in Kashmir and paid with their lives. Now their families, ignored by government and ostracised by the society, fight a...
HIGH & MIGHTY- J&K’S TOP 10
Irrespective of the political make up of societies and nations, power is always centred among a few people, a few high and mighty. They...
