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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
on 5 August and 31 October 2019, has not been pointed, proportionate and in accordance with the merits of Kashmir case. People of Kashmir continue to suffer an 11 month lockdown and we seem to have given up on them. Is something wrong on Kashmir? We hope not.
Government of Azad Kashmir laments and rightly so, that it is not allowed to open up on the diplomatic front to represent the Kashmir case. The grievance is partly true. But President and Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir and many others find a way to go abroad and are free to discuss their case. At times they are accommodated in Pak delegations and facilitated in various capitals for an appearance. Government of Azad Kashmir has assumed duties under UNCIP Resolutions. It should interpret its duties accordingly and assert its principal right to represent the Kashmir case.