Islamabad agrees for Constitutional Reforms in Kashmir
Region: PakistanGovernment of Pakistan has agreed to empower Pakistan Administrated Kashmir (PaK) by bring needed amendments in the Interim Act 1974. This was announced by Pakistani’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs; Manzoor Ahmed Wat... more
Views: 779Floods flushed away nine people in Kashmir
Region: Pakistan
At least nine people were died when a passenger bus was flushed away by rain water while crossing a poorly constructed bridge in a remote area in Pakistan administered Kashmir, officials say. They fear more casualties as... more
Views: 742Poverty Stricken Pakistani Citizen Offers “Eye For Sale” To Feed Children
Region: PakistanA jobless Pakistani citizen has offered his ‘eye for sale’ to feed his poor family. The Pakistan government has declined to reinstate his job where he claims he was sacked illegally, forcing him to take an unu... more
Views: 829Human Rights abuses continue unabated in Pakistani Kashmir
Region: PakistanMuzaffarabad A human rights group in Pakistan administrated Kashmir has expressed concerns over growing incidents of human rights violations, mainly attacks on journalists. “We are concerned over de... more
Views: 1092Muzaffarabad Demands Empowerment From Islamabad
Region: PakistanThis week Pakistani Prime Minister received a startling welcome from people of Pakistan- Administrated Kashmir (PAK) with growing demand of transfer of more constitutional, executive and economic clout from Islamabad to Mu... more
Views: 797Pakistani Kashmir Demands Power and End to Corruption
Region: Pakistan
In Pakistani Kashmir dozens of civil society activists staged a peaceful demonstration; calling for much-needed reforms in region’s Interim Constitution Act “to pave way for worthwhile democracy, good governanc... more
Views: 1365Stateless Kashmiris call to join Olympics community
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
London: Organisers of 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday were urged to include athletes of Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed state controlled by India and Pakistan. A group of Kashmiri Diaspora Community members took part in ... more
Views: 1509Anti-Militants Protests in Pakistani Kashmir
Region: PakistanAnti-militant protests rocked Pakistani Administrated Kashmir’s Neelum Valley when people came out on roads and demanded evacuation of activists of some banned militant outfits from their area. Protesters declared... more
Views: 670Journalist Arrested for Exposing Felling of Historic Trees
Region: PakistanBy Zafar Iqbal NEELUM VALLEY, Jammu and Kashmir, A journalist has been arrested by police and is being detained after the publication of photos he took of historic trees chopped down by government officials. Eld... more
Views: 988China To Open Consulate In Pak-Controlled Gilgit Baltistan For Strategic Grip
Region: ChinaWritten by ZAFAR IQBAL China will open a Consulate in Pakistan controlled Giligit Balitistan which recently became as a focal point of diplomacy after a series of enigmatic visits of US envoy and other officia... more
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Zafar Iqbal is a freelance writer, campaigner and educator. He is architect of Press for Peace (http://www.pressforpeace.org.uk/), which works for the promotion of peace and sustainable development in South Asia, raising the voice of deprived communities and focusing gross root peace building and conflict resolution interventions in Himalayan State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Being a campaigner he is a passionate and ardent supporter of change in his social and political milieu.
As a freelance and independent writer, he contributes to various newspapers and online sources like Eurasia Review, Environmental News Service, Daily The Kashmir Monitor, Media Helping Media etc.
He writes on political, environmental and geo-strategic dimensions of contemporary South Asia.
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