ANALYSIS – High time to reconnect Central and South Asia through Kashmir

24 August 2022 Press Release Courtesy: Anadolu Agency (AA) Once a highly connected region is now least linked geography in world due to trust deficit and lack of political will to address issues...

Kashmiri women seek inclusivity, equity and justice:

22nd August 2022 Altaf Hamid Rao MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times): “Women have to get hold of the wheel of their life; think about the top priorities, growth areas, and the obstacles in achieving...

Can the youth of Pakistan afford to be apolitical?

18th August 2022 Ishba Aziz Khan Pakistan today is facing the biggest political instability and is at the point where there is a lot of chaos, confusion and disturbance in the society. Pakistani...

Call to ensure participation of women in decision making

14th August 2022 Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Women’s participation in decision making must be ensured at all levels as women have some inbuilt negotiation capability and better skills to manage...

Opinion: Criminalizing dissent in Kashmir

5th August 2022 Ershad Mahmud Since the revocation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution three years ago on August 5, 2019, Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir has become a land where the silence of...

Opinion: Anatomy of a budget

01st July 2022 Ershad Mahmud The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir presented a budget of Rs163.7 billion for the next fiscal year in the legislative assembly a few days ago. During the last few...

Launching Event of the Report, “Building Sustainable Tourism in AJ&K”

Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR) in collaboration with the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir launched a report on “Building Sustainable Tourism in AJK”, on June 21, 2021 in...

Opinion: A snub to the BJP

16th June 2022 Ershad Mahmud For the first time in the last eight years, the BJP government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has succumbed to foreign pressure and removed two spokespersons for...

Opinion: Saving Yasin Malik

2nd June 2022 Ershad Mahmud The life imprisonment sentence given to Yasin Malik by an Indian court has brought the Kashmir conflict back into the international spotlight. The sentence has renewed the...