Video by: Pir Azhar | Text by: Shafat Mir. Keran town is located on the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Indian Administered Kashmir. It is 70 Kilometers away in the north of Kupwara town. The town has a population of 7500 people. This town lacks all the basic facilities till date ranging from […]
Video by: Mir Yaseen | Text by: Shafat Mir. The nomadic community of Kashmir, Bakerwals, enter the valley during summer seasons every year. Mostly coming from the humid region of Jammu, these people graze their livestock in the highlands of the Kashmir region which has a cooler climatic conditions all through the summer season. Kashmir […]
Video by: Abid Salaam | Text by: Shafat Mir. Over 7000 youths have been detained by the police in the entire valley during nocturnal raids since last three months. Many have been slapped with stringent Public Safety Act and shifted out of the valley. In many areas of Kashmir, youths have been volunteering to patrol the […]
In north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, several rallies were carried out on the occasion of Independence Day of Pakistan on 14th August. Women, children, men and youth took an equal part in the day long celebrations, as a show of solidarity and love for this Muslim nation. Throughout the day, Pro-Pakistan, Pro-Freedom and Anti-India slogans echoed […]
A peaceful demonstration was going on in Nadihal village of Baramulla district. The forces arrived on the spot and fired live fire to quell the protesters which resulted in the death of a 17 year old boy Danish, while he was witnessing the protests from a distance. Two other youth were injured in the incident. […]
Khatija Begum, in her thirties, from Dangerpora village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was shot dead by the government sponsored gunmen, Ikhwanis, when this militia entered her village to settle some marital dispute with a neighbor, in 1996. These gunmen fired hundreds of rounds indiscriminately killing Khadija after a bullet pierced through her heart. Ikhwan […]
Mohamad Afzal disappeared in 1995 when he was taken away by unknown gunmen from his residence in Inderkot Sumbal Bandipora. His mother died two days after his disappearance while his father also couldn’t bear the loss of his son and died few months later after Afzal got disappeared. Aneesa Hamid reports
Showkat Ahmed, a mason by profession, from Hutmulla village of Kupwara was killed by government forces, on 16th July, after he was fired upon with a live bullet. He left behind his wife, two children, four and two years old. Pir Azhar Reports.
Text by: Shafat Mir | Video by: Abid Salaam. This year people in Kashmir celebrated one of the most important festivals in Islamic calendar, Eid-Ul-Azha, in a very austere manner. Community kitchens were established in Baramulla old town, where simple dishes were prepared and men had their lunch together on streets. The Kashmir valley had […]
Mushtaq Ahmad, a resident of Sopore town disappeared after he was picked up by the government forces comprising of army and police’s Special Task force wing. Mushtaq was picked up from his home in Sopore on 29th January 2014 and remains untraced since then. His aged father lives with his daughter now, who are still […]
