Narendra Modi’s re-election spells trouble

By Faizah Gilani
Narendra Modi is back in office for a second term as Prime Minister of the World’s largest democracy. But what does this mean for secular India, and the issue of Kashmir?
For secular India, and for all those that oppose bigotry and hatred in all its forms, these are indeed worrying times. The India that we are seeing More...

AJK Assembly connects with British Parliament
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
It is encouraging and the beginning of a good parliamentary practice that Abdur Rashid Turabi MLA and Convenor All Parties Kashmir Coordination Council, introduced a Resolution in More...

Kashmir – General Dhillon’s threat to mothers
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
Pakistan is a nuclear state. It has cancelled out the threat of Indian size, military might and nuclear reach once for all. Unless Indian leaders decide to consign their cities and More...

Kashmir – Use of violence begets violence
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
The first ever suicide attack on a CRPF convoy on Thursday 14 February on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora in Indian held Kashmir, killing a large number of CRPF personnel More...

India’s ludicrous claims on Myanmar and Pakistan link clearly shows they are in no mood for peace.
By Faizah Gilani
According to a recent Al Jazeera report, India has deported at least 1,300 Rohingya refugees since December. The United Nations has accused Myanmar regime of genocide against the persecuted More...

Kashmir movement doesn’t need a messiah. It needs sincerity.
By Faizah Gilani
The freedom movement for Kashmir has always suffered major obstacles. India’s influence on the world stage has been a huge stumbling block for those advocating Kashmir’s right to self-determination, More...

Elections 2018 and Kashmiri demographics
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
The last election of May 11, 2013 placed Pakistan on the radar as a country which in addition to Muslims is a home to seven non-Muslim More...

Brutal murder of Shujaat Bukhari: a huge loss to the Kashmir cause
By Faizah Gilani
The murder of Rising Kashmir’s Shujaat Bukhari has shocked and stunned all those associated with him, as well as those that keep a close eye on the political situation within the troubled More...

Track II on Kashmir and Shujaat’s Murder
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
Shujaat Bukhari’s murder is a great loss. Planned murder of professionals in all disciplines, medicine, education, journalism, More...

Asifa case exposing ugly side to “shining India”
By Faizah Gilani
A bright eyed, full of life, eight-year-old Muslim girl, Asifa was abducted in mid-January. She was heavily sedated and subjected to gang rape, torture, and then killed. Her body was eventually More...