23+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1179+ words) As Pakistan and India observe their Independence Days on August 14 and 15, respectively, a little-known story behind those two dates reveals an extraordinary historical irony: in different ways, both nations entered freedom on August 14, 1947. Thus, for the British clock it was…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1555+ words) MUZAFFARABAD: In an election already marked by protests, disputed results and orders for repolling, perhaps the most consequential result came quietly from the mountains of Bagh in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir (PaJK). Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, former prime minister and…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1583+ words) Seven years have passed since August 5, 2019, when the Government of India abrogated Article 370 and ended the special constitutional status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir. For decades, proponents of Hindutva, going back to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, had argued that Jammu and…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1511+ words) ANKARA: Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday signed a landmark defence agreement in the holy city of Makkah, committing themselves to collective security under a pact that declares an armed attack against any one of the three countries will…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (930+ words) “The clerks began to play the game of political passions.” — Julien Benda, “The Treason of the Intellectuals” They have not been conquered by ideology. They have been subdued by the prospect of an unpleasant airport interrogation, a cancelled invitation or…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (813+ words) MUZAFFARABAD: The Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Observatory (JKHRO), which has been documenting civilian casualties in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir (PaJK) since the unrest began on June 7, has updated its verified civilian death toll to 89. The independent monitor's latest tally, covering…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (758+ words) NEW DELHI: Seven years after Jammu and Kashmir lost its special constitutional status and was downgraded from a state to a Union Territory, former government interlocutor Radha Kumar argues that the prolonged delay in restoring statehood has eroded democratic accountability,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (294+ words) Carriers of Harsher Stories Ayaz, with all his subtleties, illustrates how the centuries-old Bhand Pather served as a critical socio-political mirror of the challenges confronting society, bringing to light the agonies and suffering of the people through poignant and powerful…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1537+ words) Today, the consequences of that decision are visible everywhere — in the hollowed‑out democratic institutions of Jammu and Kashmir, in the lived experience of its people, and in the shifting dynamics across the Line of Control (LoC). The debate has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1537+ words) Today, the consequences of that decision are visible everywhere — in the hollowed‑out democratic institutions of Jammu and Kashmir, in the lived experience of its people, and in the shifting dynamics across the Line of Control (LoC). The debate has…...