Ending the Kashmir conflict once and for all

Ahmad Faruqui From the beginning, Pakistan’s strategic culture has been dominated by Kashmir.  In “Pakistan: A Hard Country,” Anatol Lieven has called it a single-minded obsession that has defined the army’s “whole character and world view.” He noted that the pursuit of Kashmir haddone terrible damage to Pakistan, and could destroy Pakistan altogether. Lieven recalls…

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Secy RDD for creating awareness about MGNREGA related works

SRINAGAR, JULY 20 (PTK):Stressing the importance to bring transparency and accountability in the implementation of the MGNREGA scheme, the Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda today directed the recently-appointed Ombudsmen to redress all genuine grievances related to MGNREGA works at the district level. Nanda asked the Social Audit Resource persons to create awareness…

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Disposal of Grievances since imposition of Governor’s Rule

SRINAGAR, JULY (PTK): Since the imposition of Governor’s Rule, from 20th June till 19th July, 2018, the Grievance Cell received 5,901 complaints/grievances, of which 5,365 have been disposed of/forwarded to the concerned quarters for their timely redressal; and 1,156 complaints/grievances are under process. During this period, Governor’s Secretariat received 1,922 complaints/grievances, of which 1,784 complaints have been disposed…

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