Author: Fida Iqbal

It was the other Omar who saved us! Writing a routine column and relating personal experience of a looming disaster are two different   experiences. My encounter with recent furious flood and the doom it had in store for me and my fellow Kashmiris taught me many tough lessons. The timely rescue after two days and…

Has the worst happened or it is to follow? It is almost seven decades now that Kashmir dispute stands looming more monstrously than any other conflict in the subcontinent, influencing the whole socio-political dynamics in the entire region. Earlier several wars, both overt and covert, were fought on this issue but now the new political…

`And you must not destroy your own country’ ! Pakistan was carved single handedly by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Mr. Jinnah had to face many hurdles while pursuing his agenda of Pakistan. Creation of Pakistan was a dream come true even after stiff resistance from many quarters. The same Pakistan (Mamlikat-e-Khudadad) is now suffering at the…

This is the right time to fight it! Astoundingly, the stakeholders of present coalition (now a collisional political amalgam) are virtually pulling the carcass of existing defunct administration in all directions to extract whatever is left of it. Not only political unscrupulousness but it is extreme cunningness and no way the politics that our elders…

Being honest, no doubt, is a virtue, but we must not miss the moot point… In a democratic setup politicians as public representatives are the ultimate decision makers. However no political leadership can run a smooth government without the active support of civil servants. Politicians and civil servants have a long relationship—a relationship as old…

Let’s introspect and chalk out a genuine strategy of participatory local governance In a land where dubbing people as agents is a favorite pastime of many, it is necessary to put some provisos before proceeding further while making any suggestion. One that this suggestion is nothing more than a suggestion in good faith and secondly…

Ever changing Agrarian sector of Kashmir! Last week Department of Agriculture Kashmir approached and passed on a request to write an article for departmental magazine. Such an offer is a matter of honor, however depicting the real picture of this vital sector is a challenging task because of its ever changing scenario both on physical…

Kashmir too expresses concern over the tragedy… It is more than two weeks now Israel is pounding Gaza with bombs and killing innocent Palestinians. The whole military aggression is aimed at killing unarmed Palestinians, uprooting and depriving them of their motherland and bullying the whole Middle East. A sinister wish of America and its stooges…

His is a sad story of exploitation and injustice… Cruelty, oppression and subjugation have been our fate for centuries. Our documented history is full of tyranny, coercion and ill treatment at the hands of our rulers. After 1947 most parts of the subcontinent experienced a great deal of empowerment but unfortunately Kashmir along-with its people…

Introspect and adopt restorative measures… Over a period political canvas in the entire subcontinent has changed drastically and in Kashmir this change has been more radical than any other part of the region. Because of dispute and conflict Kashmir politics has become so fluid that it is pretty difficult to predict any likely political equation.…