The Dangerous Call to Abolish AJK’s 12 Refugee Seats
By Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani The call to abolish the 12 refugee constituencies in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly is not a…
By Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani The call to abolish the 12 refugee constituencies in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly is not a…
On 15 January 1948, at the 227th meeting of the United Nations Security Council, India’s representative made a statement that continues to haunt its claims…
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani Kashmir remains firmly under the UN’s continuing jurisdiction. Arbitration Clause 6 in UN Security Council Resolution 91 (1951) insulates the dignity…
By Dr Syed Nazir Gilani Mohammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), is today facing two life sentences. India’s National…
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani 1. Introduction: Context and Purpose This note provides a structured response to two recurring critiques concerning the governance framework in Azad…
By Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani In a world increasingly polarized by war, nationalism, and military compulsion, the right to say no—to dissent in uniform, to…
Memorandum – Addressing Misconceptions in the Joint Awami JAAC Narrative – Reservations on Certain Positions JKCHR MemorandumRefugee Representation in AJK Assembly: Reaffirming Legitimacy and Addressing…
Accountability, Representation and the Future of the 12 Refugee Seats in the AJK Legislative Assembly Date: 28 May 2025In Continuation of: JKCHR’s earlier memorandum on…
Subject: Legal and Political Merits of Retaining the 12 Refugee Seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly To: Members of the Legislative Assembly…
Duty to Kashmiri people’s right of self-determination under the UN framework A formal guidance note / internal memorandum template for Kashmiri civil servants employed in…
Section 8 of the 1970 Act: This section placed the responsibility on the Azad Kashmir Government to act in accordance with the UNSC Resolutions, which…
The legacy of the Kashmir struggle traces its origins to the slogan “Kashmir for Kashmiris” and the first sacrifice of 22 martyrs on 13 July…
I will be making a detailed response to the Prime Minister’s reference to Kashmir in his UNGA address. At this point, however, I wish to…
Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy – IVLocal Authority Concept Deliberately Sabotaged A careful and unbiased examination of the role of the politicians of Azad Kashmir after the…
Pakistan has submitted itself in writing to the jurisdiction of the UN Charter on 8 January 1948. It has welcomed the reference made by India…
Kashmir has lost its regularity on the UN SC agenda which it had continued to occupy for 48years from January1948 to August 1996. Does Plebiscite…
This article takes further and examines the merits of the views expressed by Director GeneralStrategic Studies Institute and MNA Dr. Shireen M Mazari published in…
A Government was reconstituted on October 24, 1947. It was intended to be a non-communalgovernment, comprising both Muslims and non-Muslims in the cabinet. This provisionalgovernment…
On July 8, 1948, the President of the Azad Kashmir Government, Sardar Mohammad IbrahimKhan, lodged a formal protest with the Chairman of the United Nations…
Azad Kashmir Government formally reconstituted itself on 24 October 1947. “TheProvisional” declaration admits that it is a consequence of the “The Provisional AzadGovernment, which the…
Relations between India and Pakistan continue to be bedevilled for the last 77 years (1947-2024). It is because the ‘nationalists of opportunism’ in politics far…
UN General Assembly in July 2010 recognized that access to water and sanitation as a fundamental right but did not specify that the right entailed…
On January 1, 1948, India formally referred the Kashmir issue to the United Nations underArticle 35 of the UN Charter. However, prior to this, on…
Attorney General Munawar Iqbal Duggal argued in the Islamabad High Court case of Kashmiripoet Ahmad Farhad that Pakistani courts have historically treated Azad Kashmir as…