Kashmir is a powder keg, a nuclear flashpoint in South Asia. This dispute has consumed more than 5 lakh lives only from 1947. Kashmir which is having 5000-year-old history was an independent country till it lost its sovereignty at the hands of Mughals on 1585 A.D.
We must not allow any of the above to happen. We have a lot of strategic and human interests in (J&K) and the country as a whole and we must protect both these.
The Curfewed Night a beautiful portrayal of the ground situation in Kashmir by Basharat Peer.
Kashmir needs no introduction to the people on the watch for Human Rights violations in the conflicts around the world.
Dr BR Ambedkar, the principal drafter of the Indian Constitution, had refused to draft Article 370.
“My only crime is that I have rebelled against the forces of obscurantism, ignorance, greed, exploitation, slavery, nepotism and hypocrisy.”
There are jeeps available at Dowarian towards Ratti Gali Lake. The jeep would take PKR 5,500 on same day return & PKR 7,500 for next day return from the Lake.
Neelum Valley is a magnificent nature’s marvel with freshwater streams and rivers. Surrounded by sparsely populated hamlets, lush meadows and pine forests, Neelum Valley is the largest valley in the northern region.
The labourers of this factory were paid daily wages of 41/2annas per head which was perceptibly too scarce, especially in view of the escalating of cost of living and the huge profit it grossed.
The people of that area were oppressed and subjected to worst treatment. Feudalism, landlordism, moneylenders, everything was there. And there was repression from the British government and Maharaja as well. We were in school those days, and this ill treatment did not let us to be mute spectators. We started resistance against this oppression when our age was just around 15 years.