Ashok Bhan, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Let Pakistan take care of its problems instead of targeting G20 meeting

Kashmiris have given up on Pakistan as a failed nation and believe that it has only brought death and destruction first to Bangladesh and...

Tenth Schedule has stood the test of time and judicial scrutiny

The main motivator for Parliament to enact anti defection law was to address the ‘evil of political defections’ The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the...

Pakistan pushes PoJK to the verge of a major crisis

Pakistan government seeks to amend the Constitution of PoJK to take away financial and administrative powers from the regional administration. Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK)...

Pakistan is seen as a villain to peace in Kashmir

Kashmiri Pandits are the bulwark against Pakistan and the radicalization of Kashmir, the changing mood in the Kashmir Valley enlarges the space for intra...

Pakistan and Kashmiri terrorists responsible for genocide of Kashmiri Pandits

The entire gamut of ethnic cleansing and eventual exile of aborigines native Pandits calls for a probe by an SIT headed by a retired...

Story of J&K’s accession to India

Jammu and Kashmir legally became the crown of the Indian Union. It is the utmost duty for every citizen to protect this crown, its...

Predictable outcome of erratic polls in PoJK

Only surprise in the sham elections was the choice of Abdul Qayyum Niazi as Prime Minister by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. The assembly elections...

Pakistan’s diplomatic failures and peace overtures

Peace with India will bring economic security to the region, but the onus is on Pakistan to create an environment free of terror and...

Pakistan will pay for its appeasement of religious radicals

The recent resolution of the European Union Parliament exposes Pakistan’s internal dynamics laced with radicalization and increasing hold of religious fundamentalists over the state....

Kashmiri Pandits demand commission of inquiry headed by retired Supreme Court Judge

Indian State has failed for three decades to reverse the exile of the Kashmiri Pandits. I wear many hats—that of a politician, a legal eagle,...

‘Build consensus to ensure KPs’ safe return to Valley’

The forced exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, designed to effect their motivated ethnic cleansing, will go down in the history of these...

‘Build consensus to ensure KPs’ safe return to Valley’

The forced exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, designed to effect their motivated ethnic cleansing, will go down in the history of these...

‘Build consensus to ensure KPs’ safe return to Valley’

The forced exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, designed to effect their motivated ethnic cleansing, will go down in the history of these...

Kashmir civil society needs to defend the agenda of peace

After months of bloodshed, the Central government has appointed an Intelligence Bureau director as its point-man to engage with the stakeholders in Kashmir, including...

Kashmir civil society needs to defend the agenda of peace

After months of bloodshed, the Central government has appointed an Intelligence Bureau director as its point-man to engage with the stakeholders in Kashmir, including...

Kashmir civil society needs to defend the agenda of peace

After months of bloodshed, the Central government has appointed an Intelligence Bureau director as its point-man to engage with the stakeholders in Kashmir, including...