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Employment Nexus: PDP MLC Issuing Jobs on His Letter Pad!

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In a major embarrassment to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, a report said its MLC from Budgam’s Khansahib, Saifuddin Bhat has issued employment orders (the authority not within his power as a legislator) on his letterhead to as many as 22 people for the posts of chowkidaars and sweepers in the Health department in nexus with CMO Budgam, who ‘stamped’ on such orders. “Bhat who was made PDP MLC this year has gone out of way in issuing orders to employ as many persons in the Health department, apparently with…

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Shah advises Sushma Swaraj to examine Kashmir history

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Terming the arrest of Hurriyat leadership in New Delhi against the spirits of India democracy pro freedom leader Shabir Ahmed Shah Tuesday questioned that if Kashmir is not an issue and Hurriyat leaders are irrelevant then why former Prime Ministers of India talked to pro freedom leadership from Kashmir in past. “The claims made by Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj with regard to Kashmir issue and Kashmiri separatist leaders are not only astonishing but baseless as well. “Swaraj forgot that her mentor Atal Bihari Vajpayee exchanged letters with me and…

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Centre evaded talks with Pakistan on Kashmir: Hurriyat

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Moderate Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday accused the Centre of “evading” the NSA-level talks with Pakistan by refusing to discuss Kashmir, an issue it described as the main reason for the “huge trust deficit” between the two countries. “India’s attempt to evade talks on Kashmir issue was extremely unfortunate, imprudent and contrary to the historical, political and ground realities of Jammu and Kashmir,” the Hurriyat said in a statement after its meeting at the residence of Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here. Terming the Kashmir dispute as the “core issue” between the…

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Kashmir not a third party, it is integral to dialogue: Sharif

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Pakistan Prime Minister says that any discussion with India, minus the Kashmir issue, would be futile. Asserting that Kashmiri separatist leaders are not a “third party”, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that any dialogue process with India which does not include the Kashmir issue will be futile. “Kashmiri leaders are not a third party, but an important party to this issue. Any decision on their future cannot be made without their opinion and consultation,” he said at a Cabinet meeting on Monday. The Prime Minister told the Cabinet…

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Salman Khan BROKE his promise, claims his adopted family in Kashmir!

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The family reports that Salman hasn’t kept his word and that all their attempts to contact the actor have gone in vain Apart from his acting, stardom and crazy fan following, Salman Khan is also known for his philanthropic side. Not only does he actively involve himself with his Being Human NGO, he also makes sure to not let any opportunity to help other go by. Accordingly the actor made headlines for the same while he was shooting in Kashmir for his last release, Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The actor had adopted…

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JK fails to keep NHAI on toes

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The expansion of Srinagar-Jammu highway continues to be on at a snail’s pace. This is notwithstanding J&K government’s repeated assurances that it would keep the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and its concessionaires on the toes. A latest status report of the project has exposed the sluggish approach of the NHAI and its concessionaires—Ramky Infrastructure Private Limited and Navayuga Engineering Company—in widening the Srinagar-Qazigund and Qazigund-Banihal portions of the highway. According to the report, 66-km Srinagar-Qazigund stretch of the mega project has recorded least physical progress among four portions…

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Separatists—the silent winners in latest Indo-Pak slugfest

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The slugfest over NSA level talks between India and Pakistan has brought into focus Kashmir’s separatist leadership after New Delhi asserted that any engagement between Islamabad and pro-freedom leaders was unacceptable to it. Last time, the separatists were at the centre-stage of Kashmir politics in the summer of 2010 when an anti-India uprising swept the Valley. That time an unnerved New Delhi rushed a parliamentary panel to Kashmir to reach out to the pro-freedom leadership, as a fire-fighting tactic. As war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad resulted in…

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New Delhi’s biggest blunder in NSA talks fiasco was to make Kashmir separatists relevant again

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The separatists of Kashmir — both the moderate and hawkish wings — had been marginalised and were fighting for space, when New Delhi threw them the lifeline of relevance. The cancellation of talks at the national security adviser (NSA) level between the two nations might well work for New Delhi in domestic politics, but in Kashmir, the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership has emerged as the unlikely winner of this fiasco. If Pakistan continues to maintain its stand that no talks will be possible if the Hurriyat leadership is not…

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Counting the human cost of the conflict

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Planned high-level talks between India and Pakistan have been cancelled hours before they were due to start on Sunday, amid mutual recriminations. The talks over the disputed Kashmir region aimed to resolve a dispute which has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years. The ongoing series of skirmishes between the two countries has a devastating impact on the lives of those living in Kashmir.

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Aborted NSA talks put fresh spotlight on Kashmir

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The National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan—which have now been called off—put a fresh spotlight on Kashmir, after the recent issue of killings along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. While the US urged India and Pakistan to resolve all bilateral issues, including “disputed” Kashmir, in a direct manner and come up with a “common approach to resolve them”, the UN chief asked both nations to “address their differences through dialogue.” ‘KASHMIR A DISPUTE’ On Thursday, few days before the scheduled NSA talks in New Delhi—which…

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