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Defending The Indefensible

Defending The Indefensible

On the SMA debate between B R Singh and Ajaz-ul-Haque By Z G Muhammad On 13 and 14 April 2019, GK published a two-part article, ‘In Defence of Sheikh Abdullah’ by  B.R. Singh a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Besides having served as Principal Secretary to former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah for about six years, in the bureaucratic circles, he is known for his nearness with his former boss? Timing chosen for writing three thousand four words … Read entire article »

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Was USA Really Interested in Independent Kashmir Or Communist Propaganda

Was USA Really Interested in Independent Kashmir Or Communist Propaganda

    Punchline Red Herring and Truth By Z. G. Muhammad   Like Banquo’s ghost in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Adlai Stevenson revisits Kashmir’s political narrative at regular intervals. For more than eleven years his ghost persistently hovered over the political horizons of Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi- inside the court rooms, in the Parliament and public places.  It has once again reappeared after a report prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) years ago has been declassified and published in a section … Read entire article »

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Nehru is Villain of Kashmiris: Prem Nath Bazaz

Nehru is Villain of Kashmiris: Prem Nath Bazaz

Punchline Rereading Prem Nath Bazaz- By Z. G. Muhammad     The whole truth about 1947 happenings and after in Kashmir is still to be told.  On the Kashmir Freedom Struggle and the Kashmir Dispute, a plethora of books has been written by those who have been witness to the whole saga.   Some eminent historians of international repute have also added to genera of our bibliography.   Books, like the History of Struggle for Freedom of Kashmir by Prem Nath Bazaz … Read entire article »

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Prem Nath Bazaz’s Writings and Kashmir Freedom Movement

Prem Nath Bazaz’s Writings and Kashmir Freedom Movement

. Revisiting Bazaz’s Writings. By Z.G. Muhammad   I do not like Pandit Prem Nath Bazaz. So don’t many others in my tribe. Let me use a harsher word, I hate him for his Machiavellian role in 1935, in misguiding the protagonist of the movement led by the Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. The Muslim Conference had largely adopted the 17 point memorandum presented in October 1924, by the Muslim intelligentsia to Viceroy Lord Reading seeking justice for beleaguered … Read entire article »

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Fatigued Kashmir Leaders and Peoples Sufferings

By Z.G. Muhammad Mere mention of the Kashmir Bar Association conjures images of hundreds of black coat wearing lawyers shouting full throat slogans, facing baton charges and arguing in the courtrooms’ cases of human right violations, Time and again, for past twenty five years by arranging free and frank debates on issues confronting the people’ >political movement the bar has been shaping collective consciousness of the people. Couple of days back, in the backdrop of change of guard in New Delhi and Kashmir related alarms, like abrogation of the Article 370, creating separate and insulated colonies for migrants and providing citizenship rights to the non-state subject refugees from Pakistan, emanating from the Raisina Hills, the association had arranged a one day seminar on “New Challenges … Read entire article »

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Spilling The Beans: Analysis with Difference

  Z.G. MUHAMMAD   It is like proverbial mosquito entering into snout of an elephant and the aftermath thereof. That is how best one can describe the controversy sparked after The Indian Express in its 20 September 2013 issue carried a report about findings of an army probe into ‘misusing’ of funds by former Army Chief General V. K. Singh. In the long list of startling revelations, three directly concerned Jammu and Kashmir:  One, Rs 19 million given to Ghulam Hassan Mir, presently Agriculture Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, to engineer a change of Government in Jammu and Kashmir. Two, Rs.24 million given to an NGO named “Jammu and Kashmir Humanitarian Service Organisation (JKHSO),” which was linked to “Yes Kashmir.” and third buying off-air interception equipment, to conduct “unauthorized” covert operations. ’ Should I … Read entire article »

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Sovergenity Of Kashmir Assembly….

Sovergenity Of Kashmir Assembly….

  Z. G. Muhammad Hypothetically let me believe, there is no Kashmir dispute.  There are no United Nations Resolutions guaranteeing right to self-determination to entire state of Jammu and Kashmir as it existed on August 14, 1947. India and Pakistan   are not signatory to the international agreement for holding of plebiscite in the state under the aegis of the United Nations. Indian parliament has not resonated with pledges and promises of living by international commitments and agreements … Read entire article »

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