Advocate Nasir Qadri Rizwan Asad Pandit, a 28-year-old school principal, was last year detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) — a detention without trial for having affiliation with socio-religious-organization Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir, claims family1. His detention was rendered illegal by the state High Court and directed his…

Translation of Shahnawaz Taing’s Urdu Short Story ‘INSANIYAT” Mansoor Naqshbandi She was walking like a cat. Happy and calm. It was a warm, beautiful morning. Suddenly she felt nauseous. Her head began to spin. Blood pressure reached the sky (must have been 180/170 if checked sphygmomanometer). …

On June 19, 2022, Jammu and Kashmir Police announced that an encounter between Indian Armed forces and freedom fighters has erupted in Lolab area of North Kashmir. Soon, as events and information unfolded, it was a textbook style of earlier operations. …

Mansoor Naqshbandi I should have forgotten as soon as it happened. Memories can haunt. Become nightmares. Forgetting is a blessing. I envy those who master the art of forgetfulness. They can move on in life easily. I am not among them. I am cursed. I remember. I don’t know why…

Mansoor Naqshbandi mabrook, you are a mouj now, be wise — prepare his head for a bullet a charming martyr with green eyes — prepare his head for a bullet children who survive are all blind, they shot pellets in their eyes they target the kids and never compromise —…

Mansoor Naqshbandi He is going to die, shoot him twice, slit his throat They won’t forget, hear the cries, slit his throat Heer wandering in the lanes of Kashmir, said Where is Ranja, put him on the ice, slit his throat Ali won’t come to help us, we’re not Hussain …

Muhammad Maaz A man of uncompromising nature, Shaheed Sehrai was known to be a close confidant of late Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the most popular resistance figure of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir who passed away in September last year. Both remained close to each other for almost…

From a student to a life convict, it has been tough journey for senior Liberation Leader, Dr Aashiq Hussain Faktoo alias Dr Qasim who has completed 29 years of imprisonment. By Nasir Qadri Excective Director LFK & Dr Osman LFK Dr Mohammad Qasim Faktoo is among Kashmir’s longest serving prisoners…

Muhammad Maaz How do you place yourself in a situation when your oppressor comes with all guns blazing to make you forget your history and erase all the memories and shape you in an altogether different individual with no memories of what you are and have been doing to exist…