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Interview | Parvaiz Bukhari, by David Barsamian

Parvaiz Bukhari is an independent Kashmir-based journalist whose articles appear in major South Asian newspapers, journals and magazines. He was interviewed by David Barsamian in which he talks about Kashmir and many other related issues. Give a sense of what life is like in Kashmir, day-to-day interactions that average Kashmiris would have with one of [...]

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Editorial: The question remains unanswered

For decades Indian-held-Kashmir has been going through a turbulent time. Once people were fighting the Dogra rulers for their rights and then after the partition of British India people had to live in an atmosphere where they had no power over their land. The princely state Jammu and Kashmir shared borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan [...]

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The arrest of Kashmiris: Police, family, evidence?

By Fahad Shah The arrest of two Kashmiri youth from Delhi and Jharkhand by the special cell of Delhi Police is yet to be investigated thoroughly but the police, a few hours after the arrest, said they recovered some “incriminating documents and material” from the two men. There are many versions in the story. Family [...]

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‘Milne Do’ – Let Kashmiris Meet

Story by: Beena Sarwar | Pakistan Summary A video report on Milne Do, an emotional meeting between Pakistani and Indian Kashmiris. What do people from Kashmir want, and how do they feel about the conflict? The report was produced by VJ Movement.

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Pakistan: A Journalist’s View

Pakistani Journalist, Beena Sarwar interviewed by David Barsamian. Cambridge, MA  18 January 2012 Beena Sarwar is an independent Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker. She is the Pakistan editor of Aman ki Asha (www.amankiasha.com), a joint initiative of “The News” in Pakistan and “The Times of India.” She was a producer for GEO TV, the largest [...]

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In Response to Mr. Sandeep Bamzai

The views expressed are authors own, it does not necessarily reflect The Kashmir Walla’s editorial policy. The deadliest of lies is the lie of misinterpretation, When one pictures others emotions and sentiments through the mask of hidden agenda. The idea is who gives them right to speak on others behalf and then colour their voices [...]

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Who is Maqbool Butt?

Maqbool Butt said in a Special Court of Pakistan: “I have disliked self-praise but now when my role is being distorted, deliberately, I am forced to claim that at every stage of my life, I have not only supported the peoples struggle against exploitation and oppression but always actively participated in. I have consciously chosen [...]

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I am writing my biography: Yasin Malik

Eleventh February is remembered as Maqbool Butt’s death anniversary. Every year demonstrations are held in many parts of world. His followers and the people of Kashmir demand the return of his remains from Tihar Jail, where he is buried, to Kashmir. Kashmiri groups, on both sides of the dreaded line of control and all over [...]

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The Leader: Maqbool Butt

“Nations survive because of that (strong) spirit, that abiding passion for liberty, which according to our Holy Prophet (pbuh), “emboldens one to recite the Kalima-e-Tawheed (the call for truth) before a tyrant, and that too with the conviction that this is the greatest Jihad”.  —Maqbool Butt Of all the heroes in Kashmir’s struggle for freedom, [...]

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Maqbool Butt’s Statement in Lahore Court

[Ed. Note: The following statement is a historical document regarding the struggle for the right of self-determination of Kashmiri people. Maqbool Butt, a prominent pro-independence leader of Kashmir, was hanged by India in Tihar Jail, Delhi, on February 11, 1984. He passed most of his life in the prisons of both India and Pakistan.] Call [...]

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Exclusive | David Barsamian on Journalism in Kashmir

For obvious reasons freedom of the press in Kashmir is limited and constrained. Military occupation with its attendant curfews, roadblocks, checkpoints, searches, surveillance, wiretapping of calls and emails, and state-sponsored violence from custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings to torture and disappearances, produce immense pain and suffering among Kashmiris. Intimidation and fear are widespread. That is [...]

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Facebook shows Pakistan side of Kashmir as Independent

By Fahad Shah World’s rank two website, facebook.com, a social networking site which has 800 million users throughout the world, in its Maps, shows the Pakistan side of Jammu and Kashmir as an independent part, naming it as “Azad Kashmir”. Another disputed state of India, Arunachal Pradesh, and Aksai Chin, a part of Jammu and [...]

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