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Appointment of a Plebiscite Advisor

Section 8 of the 1970 Act: This section placed the responsibility on the Azad Kashmir Government to act in accordance with the UNSC Resolutions, which…

Burhan Wani is a symbol and not a legacy!

The legacy of the Kashmir struggle traces its origins to the slogan “Kashmir for Kashmiris” and the first sacrifice of 22 martyrs on 13 July…

Azad Kashmir at UNGA – Missed Opportunity

I will be making a detailed response to the Prime Minister’s reference to Kashmir in his UNGA address. At this point, however, I wish to…

The giant ‘Broken Chair’

The giant ‘Broken Chair’

Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy – IVLocal Authority Concept Deliberately Sabotaged A careful and unbiased examination of the role of the politicians of Azad Kashmir after the…

Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy – II“Agent and a Quisling”

Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy – II“Agent and a Quisling”

Pakistan has submitted itself in writing to the jurisdiction of the UN Charter on 8 January 1948. It has welcomed the reference made by India…

Does Plebiscite have a future?

Does Plebiscite have a future?

Kashmir has lost its regularity on the UN SC agenda which it had continued to occupy for 48years from January1948 to August 1996. Does Plebiscite…

‘Pakistan lacks viable Kashmir Policy’?

‘Pakistan lacks viable Kashmir Policy’?

This article takes further and examines the merits of the views expressed by Director GeneralStrategic Studies Institute and MNA Dr. Shireen M Mazari published in…

The Azad Kashmir Government was recognized to hold direct discussions with the Commission

The Azad Kashmir Government was recognized to hold direct discussions with the Commission

A Government was reconstituted on October 24, 1947. It was intended to be a non-communalgovernment, comprising both Muslims and non-Muslims in the cabinet. This provisionalgovernment…

UNCIP Visits to Azad Kashmir

UNCIP Visits to Azad Kashmir

On July 8, 1948, the President of the Azad Kashmir Government, Sardar Mohammad IbrahimKhan, lodged a formal protest with the Chairman of the United Nations…

Azad Kashmir Government’s invitation to UNCIP and Memorandum

Azad Kashmir Government’s invitation to UNCIP and Memorandum

Azad Kashmir Government formally reconstituted itself on 24 October 1947. “TheProvisional” declaration admits that it is a consequence of the “The Provisional AzadGovernment, which the…

Jurisprudence of Bilateralism

Jurisprudence of Bilateralism

Relations between India and Pakistan continue to be bedevilled for the last 77 years (1947-2024). It is because the ‘nationalists of opportunism’ in politics far…

Kashmiri Waters and self-determination

Kashmiri Waters and self-determination

UN General Assembly in July 2010 recognized that access to water and sanitation as a fundamental right but did not specify that the right entailed…

First International Offer to Resolve the Kashmir Dispute

First International Offer to Resolve the Kashmir Dispute

On January 1, 1948, India formally referred the Kashmir issue to the United Nations underArticle 35 of the UN Charter. However, prior to this, on…

Azad Kashmir – A Foreign Territory

Azad Kashmir – A Foreign Territory

Attorney General Munawar Iqbal Duggal argued in the Islamabad High Court case of Kashmiripoet Ahmad Farhad that Pakistani courts have historically treated Azad Kashmir as…

Clarifying the Jurisprudence of the Kashmir Case

Clarifying the Jurisprudence of the Kashmir Case

As of May 28, 2024, the jurisprudence surrounding the Kashmir issue remains complex. TheIndian government’s actions on August 5, 2019, including the abrogation of Articles…