some gains, six decades of pain
THE TIME IS NOW: At this juncture, there is opportunity and the potential to make headway.
August, 1947: Under the Indian Independence Act of 1947, Kashmir could accede to India or Pakistan. As Maharaja Hari Singh vacillated, armed tribesmen from Pakistan made inroads into Kashmir on Oct 27, 1947. The Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession with India, signing over key powers to the Indian government - in return for military aid and a promised referendum
Dec 31, 1948: The two sides call a ceasefire
Apr 21, 1948: India moves the issue in the UN Security Council, which passed Resolution 47 imposing an immediate ceasefire. It said Delhi should retain a minimum military presence and "that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations". Indian and Pakistani governments agree
Aug 1953: Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah arrested; Kashmir erupts and observes a 20-day strike. Many say the Sheikh's arrest marked the beginning of separatism
1963: Pakistan cedes 20% of Kashmir including Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, also known as the Shaksam Valley, to China
1965: Second India-Pakistan war, following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, designed to infiltrate J&K. The five-week war ends in a UN-mandated ceasefire; subsequently the Tashkent Declaration
1971: Another war results in the Pakistan military's surrender in East Pakistan; both countries agree to settle issues including J&K through peaceful means within the framework of the UN Charter in the subsequent Simla Agreement
1975: After decades of incarceration, the Sheikh abandons self-determination and signs the "Delhi accord" with Indira Gandhi, seeking "a place of honour and dignity in terms of safeguards provided under article 370."
1987: Rigged elections trigger insurgency
1999: Armed fighters from the Pakistan side infiltrate J&K during winter. They occupy vacant mountain peaks of the Kargil range. Conflict between the Indian and Pakistan armies
Apr 2003: PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, often described as the architect of the peace process, visits Srinagar and extends the hand of friendship
Jan 2004: The thaw quickens when Vajpayee and Pakistani ruler Pervez Musharraf meet in Islamabad and announce measures to normalise relations. Later, a Hurriyat delegation meets Vajpayee and deputy prime minister L. K. Advani in the first face-to-face encounter between separatists and leading politicians in government
Feb 2004: The first round of talks between India and Pakistan foreign secretaries and an eight-item agenda, including Kashmir, is agreed upon. Further meetings in the second half of 2004 to set an agenda that included a trans-LoC bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad
Dec 2008: Extraordinary balloting in November-December state elections sees a record 68% turnout.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
August, 1947: Under the Indian Independence Act of 1947, Kashmir could accede to India or Pakistan. As Maharaja Hari Singh vacillated, armed tribesmen from Pakistan made inroads into Kashmir on Oct 27, 1947. The Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession with India, signing over key powers to the Indian government - in return for military aid and a promised referendum
Dec 31, 1948: The two sides call a ceasefire
Apr 21, 1948: India moves the issue in the UN Security Council, which passed Resolution 47 imposing an immediate ceasefire. It said Delhi should retain a minimum military presence and "that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations". Indian and Pakistani governments agree
Aug 1953: Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah arrested; Kashmir erupts and observes a 20-day strike. Many say the Sheikh's arrest marked the beginning of separatism
1963: Pakistan cedes 20% of Kashmir including Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, also known as the Shaksam Valley, to China
1965: Second India-Pakistan war, following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, designed to infiltrate J&K. The five-week war ends in a UN-mandated ceasefire; subsequently the Tashkent Declaration
1971: Another war results in the Pakistan military's surrender in East Pakistan; both countries agree to settle issues including J&K through peaceful means within the framework of the UN Charter in the subsequent Simla Agreement
1975: After decades of incarceration, the Sheikh abandons self-determination and signs the "Delhi accord" with Indira Gandhi, seeking "a place of honour and dignity in terms of safeguards provided under article 370."
1987: Rigged elections trigger insurgency
1999: Armed fighters from the Pakistan side infiltrate J&K during winter. They occupy vacant mountain peaks of the Kargil range. Conflict between the Indian and Pakistan armies
Apr 2003: PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, often described as the architect of the peace process, visits Srinagar and extends the hand of friendship
Jan 2004: The thaw quickens when Vajpayee and Pakistani ruler Pervez Musharraf meet in Islamabad and announce measures to normalise relations. Later, a Hurriyat delegation meets Vajpayee and deputy prime minister L. K. Advani in the first face-to-face encounter between separatists and leading politicians in government
Feb 2004: The first round of talks between India and Pakistan foreign secretaries and an eight-item agenda, including Kashmir, is agreed upon. Further meetings in the second half of 2004 to set an agenda that included a trans-LoC bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad
Dec 2008: Extraordinary balloting in November-December state elections sees a record 68% turnout.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Krishna in Pakistan with 'message of peace and friendship'
ISLAMABAD: Indian Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna upon his arrival here on Wednesday said the aim of his current visit to Pakistan is to convey a message of pea
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ISLAMABAD: Indian Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna upon his arrival here on Wednesday said the aim of his current visit to Pakistan is to convey a message of pea
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Indian FM arrives in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna along with eight-member delegation arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday on the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart
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ISLAMABAD: Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna along with eight-member delegation arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday on the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart
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Pak, India FMs asked to take seven steps
RAWALPINDI: Various Indian and Pakistani organisations and individuals have jointly written a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart S
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RAWALPINDI: Various Indian and Pakistani organisations and individuals have jointly written a letter to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart S
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TRAVEL AND TOURISM
There would be a 70 to 80 per cent instant growth in the airlines industry
Aijaz Haroon, Managing Director, Pakistan International Airlines:
"If there is .....more
Aijaz Haroon, Managing Director, Pakistan International Airlines:
"If there is .....more
The France-Germany example
France and Germany provide an excellent example of how people-to-people contact and the media can play a positive and constructive role, and also bring the people of two
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France and Germany provide an excellent example of how people-to-people contact and the media can play a positive and constructive role, and also bring the people of two
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IMAGINE
NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE
Two neighbouring countries with a bitter legacy of hostility, enmity, mistrust. And yet - two neighbouring countries whose citizens, when th .....more
NEIGHBOURS IN PEACETwo neighbouring countries with a bitter legacy of hostility, enmity, mistrust. And yet - two neighbouring countries whose citizens, when th .....more
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We probably didn't need to do this Special Report. Newspaper stories don't matter when it comes to Indians in Pakistani jails and vice versa. In fact, 'vice versa' sums it up. We do to them what they do to us.
Except when the two countries decide to begin talking, yet again! This time a little before the foreign secretary level talks, some Pakistani prisoners were released by India (and vice versa must have happened) and some more were release....read more
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For the past 2 years the Jang Group and Geo have been working on a project of great national interest; one that we hope will help usher in an era of peace and prosperity in the country and indeed, in the region. And one that hopefully all Pakistanis can be proud of.
The Jang Group has entered into an agreement with the Times of India Group, the largest media group of India, to campaign for peace betw
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