Kashmir’s never-ending conflict: A timeline of 70 years
The seven-decade dispute over Kashmir has become a humanitarian nightmare, the cause of three wars between nuclear rivals Pakistan and India, and the reason for an ongoing armed rebellion against New Delhi’s rule. BABA UMAR 27 OCT 2017 Source: TRT World The Kashmir dispute remains the oldest unresolved disagreement on the UN agenda. It’s been the […]
Ban shotguns maiming Kashmiris – Amnesty tells India
The “indiscriminate” use of pellet-firing shotguns have caused immense suffering in Kashmir, says Amnesty International in a new report on the impact of the controversial weapon in India-administered Kashmir. BABA UMAR 14 SEP 2017 Source: TRT World In his village, he is known for the shotgun pellets embedded in his right eye. Last year in […]
Kashmir Fake Encounter: Closure Remains Elusive In Pathribal Case
The families of five men killed in the fake encounter of 2000 are not convinced that a court martial will deliver justice, reports Baba Umar JUSTICE IN the Pathribal fake encounter case, in which five villagers were gunned down by the army on 25 March 2000, is being seen as a key to unlock the mystery surrounding […]
How A Man-Animal Conflict Plays in War-Weary Kashmir
Faced with shrinking habitats and blocked corridors, bears and leopards are increasingly coming into conflict with villagers across the Kashmir Valley. Baba Umar reports ON 8 OCTOBER last year, when Meer Ahmad Khan, 55, a forest guard, crossed the perimeter of Nadurbagh forests in Ganderbal district (23 km east of Srinagar) along with four other guards, he […]
Kashmir Brutality Exposed, But No End To The Impunity
Instead of punishing the men in uniform who tortured two young men, the J&K Police is targeting those who exposed the act. Baba Umar reports WHAT WAS hidden in police lock-ups so far is slowly coming out in grainy videos from the Kashmir Valley. A video clip uploaded on YouTube recently shows personnel of the Jammu and […]
Justice Verma’s Suggestions On AFSPA Welcomed in Kashmir
While members of the civil society welcomed Justice Verma’s suggestions on the controversial AFSPA the government remains non committal. Baba Umar reports Those fighting for the complete removal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA-1958) in India’s troubled Jammu and Kashmir and North East, may find a moral backing in the Justice Verma […]
Kashmir Militant Group Warns Of Attacks After Afzal Guru’s Hanging
LeT spokesperson Dr Abdullah Gaznavi told BBC that the group will “any time soon take revenge for this act”. Baba Umar reports Pakistan-based Lashkar Toiba (LeT) has vowed to avenge Afzal Guru’s hanging. It’s spokesperson Dr Abdullah Gaznavi told British Broadcasting Channel that the group will “any time soon take revenge for this act.” Quoting […]
[Exclusive] Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar – The Man India Released At Kandahar
Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, 46, Commander-In-Chief, Al-Umar Mujahideen, is the chief of pro-Pakistan Al-Umar Mujahideen, which had 700 militants when the Kashmiri insurgency was at its peak in the 1990s. Zargar, who comes from a copper polishing family, crossed the LoC in 1988, and rose to lead Al-Umar after breaking away from pro-azaadi JKLF in 1990. Al-Umar’s key […]
‘Nehru Didn’t Want To Publicise Poonch Rebellion Because It Would Have Strengthened Pakistan’s Case’ –– Christopher Snedden
Christopher Snedden is an Australian politico-strategic analyst, author and academic specialising in South Asian studies. His consultancy, Asia Calling, works with governments, businesses and universities. Kashmir: The Unwritten History, he dismisses India’s claim that Pakhtoon tribesmen stoked the Kashmir conflict in October 1947. On the contrary, an uprising by the subjects of princely Jammu &Kashmir in Poonch, who were disenchanted […]
Parvez Rasool: I should be in Indian cricket because of performance, not where I come from
The faded red cherry left the young bowler’s right hand. Matthew Wade, the aggressive Australian cricketer, charged. The delivery was a flighted off-breaker. A perfect deceiver. The stand-in Aussie skipper misjudged the length, sending the ball high into the air to be caught at long-off. For Parvez Rasool Zargar, the 24-year-old Kashmiri all-rounder, it was […]