K.B Jandial There is no second opinion that responsible journalism is extremely important in shaping the society, albeit the nation. While the constitution talks about three important organs of the State that is executive, legislature and judiciary, there exists an equally important institution by the name of the media, the Fourth Estate. Its role in the success of the democracy
Read moreK B Jandial Farooq sahib, entire Jammu & Kashmir is our father’s property. Your emotional outburst at Kishtwar rally on continuously calling PoK as our (Indian)part has stirred up hornets’ nest, many calling you Pakistani which indeed, you are not. What made you so angry on the repeated loud claim by Indian Govt. is not understood especially when you have
Read moreK B Jandial The spell of pain and hardship to almost every citizen that was unleashed by PM Modi’s “surgical strike” on black money is nowwaning with no queues seen in Jammu and shorter ones in rest of Indiaeven though the political war on it within and outside the Parliament continues. Modi’s master-strokehas panicked everyonewithin minutes of its announcement around
Read moreK B Jandial J&K’s Accession Day should have been a day of fulfillment and jubilation but inexplicably it was never to be so. Amidst self-created uncertainty on J&K’s Accession with India, the day evokes diverse public response in different regions with the State and Central Governments taking no position, even though BJP is in the Governments, both at the Centre
Read moreK B Jandial It is said that for the first time in the history of Kashmir major mosques in Kashmir – Hazartbal Dargah, Jamia Masjid, and Dastageer sahib shrine were locked on Eid-ul-Azha,preventing Eidcongregation and prayers.It did not happen even during Sikh and Dogra rules. The most important mainstream leader Omar Abdullah who could not offer Eid prayers even at SayidSahib
Read moreK.B. Jandial Regretfully, the path breaking pre-dawn “Surgical Strike”, on 29th September 2016on seven terrorists’ launch pads in side PoK has been reduced to silly politicking in less than a week. The “façade of national unity” built in the wake of martyrdom of 19 army men in Uri terror strike and revengeful “surgical strike” by Indian Special Forcesbegins to collapse
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