Discussion and Analysis of the LoC-trade: major issues and challenges

31st March 2019 Qaiser Khan Participants: Sardar Kazeem Khan, President of cross-LoC Traders’ Federation and Trade analyst, Mr Qaiser Khan.Host: Mr Haris Qadeer, FM Voice of Kashmir FM, Rawalakot...

AJK’s discontent over water resources

31st March 2019 Ershad Mahmud Mirpur’s drinking water and other issues related to hydropower projects such as Neelum-Jhelum and Kohala merit an urgent intervention by the federal government. The mega...

Professors from Massachusetts University

08th February 2019 Islamabad Press Release Professors from Massachusetts University suggests people to people contacts and exchange programs to improve Pakistan’s image Center for Peace, Development...

Designed to fail

23rd December 2018 Ershad Mahmud Sustained street protests by people in AJK have brought the CPEC-funded Kohala Hydro Power Project to a grinding halt People in Muzaffarabad, capital of Azad Jammu and...

Line that knows No Control

04th November 2018 Ershad Mahmud Poonch has been divided between India and Pakistan for the last seven decades but a yearning for togetherness is fast growing among the communities on both sides of...

Devolution of power in AJK

10th June 2018 Ershad Mahmud The promulgation of Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act, 1974 on June 1, 2018 enables the government in Muzaffarabad to take major economic decisions and is being...

Ceasefire in Kashmir

21st May 2018 Ershad Mahmud The Indian government has finally instructed its forces to halt military operations in Kashmir and observe a ceasefire during the month of Ramazan, which is a welcome...

Study on divided families of Kashmir launched amidst sobs and tears

15th May 2018 Islamabad Press Release Amidst sobs, tears and nostalgic reverberations; a study on divided families of Jammu & Kashmir titled ‘Tales of Separation and Reunion’ was launched here in...

Power, projects and promises

22nd April 2018 Ershad Mahmud Finally, the 969-MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHEP), which is one of the largest public sector power projects in Pakistan, has begun supplying electricity to...