Freedom in our lifetime

10th February 2016 Mirpur It’s a feeling induced in me from a very tender age that the relationship between the state subjects of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir isn’t a political or national relationship...

Youth of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan resolve to jointly work for the empowerment of both regions

05th February 2016 Report: Durresameen Mirza, member Youth Core Group, CPDR A heated debate is going on regarding the long-awaited constitutional rights of people of Gilgit-Baltistan nowadays in the...

Gilgit-Baltistan: A province or not

24th January 2016 Ershad Mahmud The suggestion that GB be made a province of Pakistan has stirred a new debate, especially about Pakistan’s stance over Kashmir. The undefined status of...

Interactive session with Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi

21th January 2016 Ershad Mahmud As a part of our sustained engagement with intellectuals, and informed citizens to enhance the understanding and build capacity of our young associates on larger...

Working Committee

20th Jan 2016 The participants of the roundtable established a working committee aimed to summarize the recommendation of the roundtable in a report format and present in the next meetings for further...

Debate over the report

15th January 2016 The report generated an intensive debate about the current state of affairs in Azad Jammu and Kashmir viz-a-viz its relationship with the government of Pakistan and peoples’...

Impact assessment

14th January 2016 It has always been hard to quantify advocacy work and make its impact assessment. However, in this case, on the basis of strong evidence, it can be said with confidence that the CPDR...

E-petition: Empowering Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K)

12th January 2016 In May 2014, CPDR initiated an E-petition aimed to moblise public opinion in favor of the constitutional reforms. The petition generated huge interest among the people of Azad Jammu...

Empowering Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K)

11th January 2016 We, the undersigned, call upon the respective governments of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) to take immediate steps to devolve and transfer the executive, legislative...