“You Gave Pain, Now…”: Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Message To Centre On Kashmir
“Those who say that there is no restriction in Kashmir should ask me. I am a living example,” the senior Congress leader said.
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Month: September 2019
In Kashmir, Growing Anger and Misery
The conflict turns messier, and everyday life suffers, as the disputed territory remains on lock down. Here are images from the front lines of the Kashmir crisis.
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Imran Khan Op-Ed: ‘Pakistani nation will not sit back until Kashmiris are given their right of self-determination’
In my earlier New York Times article dated Aug. 30, 2019, I apprised the world about Pakistan’s peace overtures vis-a-vis Indian intransigence manifesting in a perpetual threat to regional and global peace. Post-Pulwama face-off bears testimony to the perils of hostilities in nuclearized South Asia.
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Binding resolutions
IN a recent seminar in Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute, a senior official remarked that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir were passed under Chapter VI of the UN Charter and not under Chapter VII, and are therefore not binding but only recommendatory.
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Trump’s Kashmir fixation
As euphoria over PM’s US visit subsides, it’s evident there was no clear outcome.
On three days in New York last week, US President Donald Trump spoke on Kashmir — after his meetings with Pakistan PM Imran Khan and PM Narendra Modi and during his final press conference at the UN Headquarters on Thursday.