Ranjan Chauhan The United Nation Military Observers Group In Indian and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has a swanky address, 1/AB, Purana Qila Road, Connaught Place, Delhi – 11000, from where it has been functioning since 1949. A whopping 40 million dollars is being spent annually by the United Nations on this organisation. The UNMOGIP came into existence between 1949 and 1951 to … [Read more...] about Towards a dignified closure of UNMOGIP
Pakistan
Modi sets people centric agenda for Jammu and Kashmir
Jaibans Singh Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir has generated a fair amount of interest and speculation as was expected. The Prime Minister went to the state specifically for inauguration of the Katra-Udhampur rail link and a 240 megawatt hydro-power project in Uri, Kashmir valley, which has been built by the National Hydroelectric Power … [Read more...] about Modi sets people centric agenda for Jammu and Kashmir
To engage or not to engage in dialogue with Pakistan
Mehtab Karan Singh “Do you think it is possible to have a discussion amidst the deafening noise of bomb blasts and gunshots? So, to have a reasonable discussion, first the blasts and gunshots have to stop,” said the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, to a national English news channel in a recent interview. Political parties in India have been following a … [Read more...] about To engage or not to engage in dialogue with Pakistan
Time for closure of the Hurriyat chapter has arrived
Mehtab Karan Singh The All Party Hurriyat Conference (Hurriyat) has split yet again!! Would it make a difference? A logical answer would be a big “No” since the so-called “conglomerate” was never unified in the first case. The Hurriyat came into being in 1993 to raise a wholly misguided voice of separatism in the Kashmir Valley. It was an amalgam of 27 political parties of the … [Read more...] about Time for closure of the Hurriyat chapter has arrived
DGMO meeting over; prepare for business as usual in Jammu and Kashmir
Jaibans Singh For about three months now the Indian media has been waiting with a bated breath for the meeting between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian and Pakistani armies that was decided upon by the Prime Ministers of the two countries in New York on September, 29. A lot of water has flown under the bridge since then. Pakistan has not … [Read more...] about DGMO meeting over; prepare for business as usual in Jammu and Kashmir