Kashmiri Pandits: On the road to extinction

Kashmiri Pandits: On the road to extinction
By P.N.Razdan
The Kashmiri Hindu���s tragic saga continues to this day with neither the state nor the central governments doing enough to relocate those who fled their homeland.
Kashmiri Pandits, the Hindus of Kashmir valley, have been Kashmir’s original inhabitants. Their roots in the valley can be traced back [...]

Gilgit-Baltistan package termed an eyewash

Gilgit-Baltistan package termed an eyewash
The Dawn
 GILGIT/SKARDU: Public representatives, nationalist and progressive political groups and activists on Saturday rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order, saying it is gimmick of words to perpetuate the bureaucratic rule over the region. Labour Party Pakistan Gilgit chapter chief Advocate Ehsan Ali rejected the package and said that it [...]

PoK leaders want merger with India

PoK leaders want merger with India
By d-sector Team
Fast changing geo-political equations have made India extend its helping hand to political groups in PoK who have now been openly seeking New Delhi’s help in their struggle for survival and freedom.
While all and sundry in India are criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for bringing Balochistan on to [...]

Plight of the people of Gilgit Baltistan

Plight of the people of Gilgit Baltistan
 Constitutional, political and socio-economic deprivation, miseries and plight of the people of Gilgit Baltistan Northern part of Kashmir’ Speech delivered by Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri on April, 2008 in European- Parliament Respected Baroness Emma Nicholson, Member European Parliament, Vice Chair Foreign Affairs Committee and Vice Chair sub- committee on [...]

End reign of terror, deprivation in Gilgit, Baltistan: EU-Kashmir Alliance

Brussels, Apr.8 (ANIRepresentatives of the European Parliament and the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA) on Tuesday called for an end to Pakistans reign of terror and deprivation in the remote and underdeveloped areas of Gilgit and Baltistan.
Brussels, Apr.8 : Brussels, Apr.8 : Representatives of the European Parliament and the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA) on Tuesday called [...]

Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman of Balawaristan National Front: An Interview

Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman of Balawaristan National Front:  An Interview.
Courtesy:  Hindu Sitah
February 23, 2003:  Unidentified gunmen killed at least nine Shiite Muslims and wounded eight as they headed to evening prayers in Karachi; the interesting fact is that all the victims hail from northern region  (GILGIT BALTISTAN).
In an exclusive Interview with Mr. Abdul Hamid [...]

VIRTUAL MILITARY RULE IN POK

With the election of Maj.Gen.Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan, former Vice-Chief of the General Staff, as the so-called President of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) on August 1,2001, POK has been brought under virtual military rule, with Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, the elected Prime Minister, reduced to a figurehead.  Maj.Gen. Anwar Khan had earlier taken premature retirement from [...]