JK Policy Institute
Introduction In a region plagued by conflict and turmoil, the importance of strong police-community relations cannot be overstated. Mr. R R Swain, the newly appointed police chief of Jammu and…
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Lest we forget… it was on May 21, 1990, when Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq — the then Mirwaiz of Kashmir, and father of incumbent Mirwaiz (Umar Farooq) —was assassinated at…
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This month on February 9 and February 11, death anniversaries of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, people in Kashmir largely went about their…
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The medical profession and education have become a business and now the regulation of medical education has also gone that way which is the nation’s tragedy, an anguished Supreme Court…
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By Javaid Trali Afghanistan is, in fact, a classic case study of the convergence of interests of a wide range of actors — be it the transnational arms dealers or…
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Javaid Trali On July 31, 2021, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police issued an order, denying security clearance for passports and other government services to…
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Javaid Trali I had just finished going through the two interviews, ‘The Print’ had published recently in connection with the upcoming second anniversary of the August 2019 decisions, when I…
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If I/we don’t speak for others, there will be no one left to speak for me/us when they will finally come for me/us! By Javaid Trali In a place like…
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Javaid Trali “The ceasefire along the LoC is holding as of now. The onus of making sure that the ceasefire holds is squarely on Pakistan. We are willing to observe…
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Javaid Trali It is no wonder that places, where the impact of corruption is corrosive, are prone to conflict – one causing and exacerbating the other. Jammu and Kashmir, a…
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Those who hold power are not above the law and should face consequences if they abuse their power. Javaid Trali Recall Lord Acton’s seminal words “power tends to corrupt and…
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Javaid Trali This article puts a spotlight on the plight of the two victimized women from south Kashmir and lays bare a pattern of “selective outrage” and “calculated silence” that…
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