Murtaza Shibli

Murtaza Shibli

  • The weather report

    The daily grind of life has evolved new forms thanks to the gruelling regime introduced by the ongoing crisis caused by the novel coronavirus....

  • The sum total of life

    A very few people that I know have lived such an action-packed and intriguing life as Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gilani. Ten years ago, he...

  • Afghanistan: two memoirs

    The growing rancour between incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah over the Afghanistan presidential election results threatens the...

  • False flag

    ‘Ganga to Pulwama: India’s False Flag Operations’ by Junaid Ahmad and Ibnul Hasan Rizvi, launched just weeks before the first anniversary of...

  • The perfect antidote

    The positive thing about living in Pakistan is that people are wired with an uncanny spirit to snub any crisis – big or small.This is done by...

  • Negotiating power

    Syed Irtiqa Zaidi’s life started a year before Pakistan. He was born in Nehtaur village in Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh, India, where his...

  • An Afghan perspective

    As the US is trying to wind up its longest-ever war in Afghanistan by entering into a peace agreement with the Taliban, there are voices within...

  • Sultan Qaboos

    Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said ruled the Sultanate of Oman for nearly fifty years, making him the longest-serving leader in the Arab world at the...

  • War?

    AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has displayed constant rage at the sufferings in Kashmir. Since the abrogation of Article 370, many of his...

  • Politics of bloodbath

    On New Year’s Day, Kashmir will complete 150 days of siege – the longest ever in any place along with the world’s longest-ever internet...

  • Doing Kashmir in India?

    The last ten days or so have seen a lot of violence in India. From Assam to Bengaluru and from Chennai to New Delhi, peaceful protesters have been...

  • Naya Kashmir

    This is not a parody of the 'Naya Pakistan' slogan that has morphed into a razor-sharp cliché. Long before the PTI or even Pakistan was born, we...

  • Dreams of Article 370

    More than four months since Article 370 was abrogated, gruffly followed by wide-scale and harsh curbs, Kashmiri feelings of a distinct identity lie...

  • Delhi diary

    After subsisting in a safari park zoo-like condition for nearly twelve weeks, I was filled with a little presumptuous feeling of optimism while...

  • Freedom at midday

    As I was collecting dishes for washing up after a humble lunch of moong dal and white rice, the landline in the passageway rang loud. It was a call...

  • In search of an Ottoman Kashmiri

    Dr MA Sherif is a committed researcher with the zeal of a detective and patience of a saint. Last month, we met in an East London café as he...

  • Governor Raj

    The governor’s rule that was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir last year after the fall of the coalition government headed by crafty Mehbooba Mufti’s...

  • From Amarnath to Murree

    The annual holy Amarnath Yatra in the 3880-meter-high glacier cave in the Himalayan is in full swing. So far, in the first 20 days of the 46-day...

  • Water, wars and hydro-diplomacy

    Climate change is eating the Himalayan glaciers at a pace that, if left unabated, would threaten water supplies and life and livelihoods for...

  • Governance in Kashmir

    The central Indian government has just announced an extension of the president’s rule in restive Jammu and Kashmir. The rule is managed by the...