The India Study Centre at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad has launched an edited volume that amplifies Kashmiri voices and examines the evolving Kashmir question after 5 August 2019. The book brings together 12 chapters from scholars in Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and abroad to document political, legal and humanitarian dimensions of the dispute.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai<\/strong> attended as Guest of Honour and praised the inclusion of Kashmiri contributors, noting that much of the existing literature has tended to reflect Indian or foreign perspectives while neglecting the lived experience of the Kashmiri people. He emphasised the role of the diaspora in sustaining international attention on the Kashmir question and urged stronger advocacy and diplomatic engagement to channel global empathy into practical support.<\/p>\n Ambassador Sohail Mahmood<\/strong>, Director General ISSI, said the volume offers a clear lens on the consequences of New Delhi\u2019s unilateral action of 5 August 2019. He highlighted documented patterns of rights denial, political manipulation and demographic engineering that the contributors argue aim to implement a settler-colonial project, and stressed that purported narratives of “development” and “normalcy” cannot mask systematic repression.<\/p>\n The speakers detailed a catalogue of violations spanning extra-judicial killings, arbitrary detentions of political leaders, targeted action against Kashmiri youth, restrictions on journalists and human rights workers, cultural suppression and economic marginalisation. Ambassador Mahmood referenced recent findings by United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders on incidents since the Pahalgam attack of 22 April 2025 as part of the broader record of concern.<\/p>\n Director of the India Study Centre, Dr. Khurram Abbas<\/strong>, reflected on the enduring value of books for lasting analysis and said the volume aims to present the Kashmir question in its full perspective. Dr. Waleed Rasool<\/strong> described the work as a welcome, multi-dimensional addition to scholarship that counters attempts to silence dissenting accounts, noting recent bans on books in India as further reason to document alternative narratives.<\/p>\n Mr. Altaf Hussain Wani<\/strong> stressed the book\u2019s utility for researchers and students seeking authentic, source-based responses to the Indian narrative, while Ambassador Babar Amin<\/strong> called the volume an important milestone in preserving historical memory and reaffirming legal and moral claims recognised internationally.<\/p>\n Chairman Board of Governors ISSI, Ambassador Khalid Mahmood<\/strong>, underlined that the right to self-determination remains a fundamental principle irrespective of Security Council resolutions and expressed confidence that the Kashmiri struggle, rooted in justice, will ultimately prevail. Contributors and speakers agreed that meaningful dialogue is the only sustainable path to resolution, but cautioned that talks cannot proceed under coercive preconditions that legitimise unilateral actions.<\/p>\n The book, by centring Kashmiri voices and combining legal, political and human-centred analysis, is presented as both a scholarly resource and an advocacy tool for policymakers, academics and civil society working to keep attention on the Kashmir question and seek durable solutions grounded in rights and justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read how the ISSI book amplifies Kashmiri voices and documents rights violations since August 2019 for advocacy and dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}