2021 – Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR)

December 26, 2021
News / Views

The greatest burden

26th December 2021 Ershad Mahmud The resolution of the Kashmir issue remained close to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s heart during the last years of his life. The Quaid-i-Azam had...

November 28, 2021
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28th November 2021 Ershad Mahmud The detention of award-winning Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez by India’s National Investigating Agency (NIA) has triggered worldwide criticism. For a long time...

October 21, 2021
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Kashmir: closed chapter?

21st October 2021 Ershad Mahmud Recently, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah warned Pakistan that more surgical strikes could be carried out in case of transgressions at the India-Pakistan border....

September 14, 2021
Young Voices on Kashmir

Challenges in AJK

14th September 2021 Irtaza Muhammad The year 2021 has been a significant one in terms of politics for Azad Jammu and Kashmir due to the general elections and the...

September 5, 2021
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An uncompromising leader

05th September 2021 Ershad Mahmud Denying a respectful burial and public send-off to iconic Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Gilani is another scar on the face of Indian democracy. The...

August 24, 2021
Young Voices on Kashmir

Kashmir Premium League changes the dynamic of AJ&K

24th August 2021 Ishba Aziz Khan The Kashmir Premium League is a Twenty20 league launched in Azad Kashmir in 2021. The league ran from August 6 to August 17...

August 22, 2021
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India’s options

22nd August 2021 Ershad Mahmud Unlike Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia; India decided to shut its embassy in Kabul and evacuate the diplomatic staff. Interestingly, the Taliban escorted the...

August 13, 2021
Young Voices on Kashmir

Indo-Pak rapprochement: views from Azad Kashmir

13th August 2021 Qaiser Khan After two years of increased hostility on the Line of Control-LoC in the disputed Kashmir region, India and Pakistan reached a ‘respite’ and reiterated...

August 11, 2021
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Challenges in AJK

11th August 2021 Dr. Waqas Ali The PTI emerged as the victorious party in the eleventh elections of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Around 58 percent voter turnout...

August 5, 2021
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Two years of lost autonomy

05th August 2021 Ershad Mahmud Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed unprecedented constitutional, political and socio-economic engineering since the nullification of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian...