از قلم:مجتبیٰ علی شجاعی
دنیا ایک ایسے دوراہے پر کھڑی ہے جہاں الفاظ اور اعمال کے درمیان فاصلہ روز بروز بڑھتا جا رہا ہے۔ امن،انسانی حقوق اور عالمی ذمہ داری جیسے خوش نما نعروں کے پیچھے طاقت، مفادات اور بالادستی کی وہ سیاست کارفرما ہے جس نے مشرق وسطیٰ کو مسلسل آگ میں جھونک رکھا ہے۔ اسی پس منظر میں امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کی جانب سے غزہ بورڈ آف پیس کا تصور سامنے آتا ہے، جو اپنی ساخت، وقت اور مقاصد کے اعتبار سے کئی سنجیدہ اور بنیادی سوالات کو جنم دیتا ہے۔
ٹرمپ کا یہ نام نہاد منصوبہ اس وقت سامن...
-Sonam Wangdus, Adu
Ladakh is often described as India’s coldest and most remote region, a high-altitude desert where
mountains dominate the horizon and life follows the rhythms of nature. Its cultural richness is
inseparable from its geography: pastoral and tribal communities, multi-religious traditions, and
ways of living shaped by long winters, fragile ecosystems, and difficult terrain. For centuries,
mountain passes and extreme weather kept Ladakh physically and economically isolated,
allo...
In Kargil, the Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) organized a grand rally and gathering after noon prayers to express unwavering support for the Islamic Republic of Iran, the system of Wilayat-e-Faqih, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Thousands of participants, including men, women, scholars, and representatives from various social and religious groups, marched from Jamia Masjid through the main market to the Old Taxi Stand. They carried portraits of Khamenei and placards declarin...
تحریر:مجتبیٰ علی شجاعی
ایران کے حالیہ حالات کو محض وقتی بدامنی یا داخلی اضطراب کے طور پر دیکھنا حقیقت سے چشم پوشی کے مترادف ہوگا۔ یہ واقعات دراصل اس طویل کشمکش کی تازہ کڑی ہیں جو اسلامی جمہوریہ ایران اور عالمی استکباری قوتوں کے درمیان دہائیوں سے جاری ہے۔ اس بار بھی طریقۂ واردات وہی تھا۔عوامی مشکلات کو بنیاد بنا کر جذبات کو بھڑکانا، اختلافِ رائے کو تشدد میں بدلنا، اور پھر اس پورے عمل کو ’’عوامی تحریک‘‘ کا نام دے کر عالمی سطح پر پیش کرنا۔
مگر تاریخ نے ایک بار پھر ثابت کر دیا کہ جمہوری ا...
On the 12th of November, the administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh issued a notification under Section 4(2) of the LAHDC Act nominating the BJP worker Advocate Reyaz Ahmad Khan as the fourth nominated member/councillor of the 5th Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil. He had unsuccessfully contested council elections on the BJP ticket for the Chuliskambo constituency in 2023. The government is empowered to nominate up to four members to the council under the said provis...
In Kargil, a sentence is often heard when someone falls sick:
“Don’t depend only on the local hospital. Go to Kashmir.”
This advice is given by neighbors, relatives, and even well-wishers. But why has this thought become so common?
Many patients share similar experiences. They go to the hospital in Kargil, explain their health problem, and get some tests done. The doctors say the reports are normal and there is no serious issue.
But later, when the same patient goes to Kashmir fo...
October 20, 2025: The wedding season in Kargil district is at its peak, filling streets and highways with vibrant celebrations. From narrow lanes to main roads, the atmosphere is festive — one wedding procession after another moves through the town, with convoys of vehicles carrying guests to different villages and localities.
As night falls, Kargil echoes with religious songs, qawwalis, and wedding melodies, blaring from loudspeakers as processions pass by. While these scenes reflect joy and...
As a Kashmiri who has endured pain that was inflicted for being well-wisher of India, I have been contemplating to answer a question for very long time, whether our system is pro-national or antinational? Today, I believe from the core of my heart on the basis of the experiences I have gained, the system in place favours unpatriotic and penalizes patriotic Indians. In reality it is the place of refuge for those who outwardly look Indian but inwardly are eyes and hands of our enemy who want t...
I write as a young person from Kargil, assertions not as political commentaries but as considerations for the next generation who will inherit this land after us. I write because silence in the face of injustice is complicity; because the youth of Ladakh deserve to see their story told in their own words. I have seen democracy die twice in my motherland. Twice have I looked on aghast as freedom and representation disappeared into thin air.
5 August 2019: The Day Democracy Was Disfigured
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