Bashir Assad

Bashir Asad is a Srinagar based senior journalist from J&K. An author and researcher, he also engages in peace-building initiatives in Kashmir.

Contributions

Year after Abrogation of Article 370 what the State has Achieved!

July 29, 2020 Bashir Assad

It is one year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. Seemingly the annulling of the Article 370 is a fate accompli ...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Article, governance, LoC, Article 370, Geelani, Pakistani handlers, International players, new terrorist outfits

All Quiet in Kashmir?

January 09, 2020 Bashir Assad

Kashmir is relatively calm since the last couple of months. No street protests, no encounters between the militants and the security forces. Last encounter was reported on November 26 between the militants and the forces in Pulwama district of South ...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Pakistan, FATF, infiltration, ISI, Article 370, Intelligence, Communications

Post August 5, the Many Truths of Kashmir

September 27, 2019 Bashir Assad

Post the abrogation of Article 370, with restrictions in Kashmir - clampdown on communication channels through mobile and internet services - the information coming out through media outlets cannot be the depiction of the complete truth of the situat...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Kashmir situation, Media in Kashmir, Militant diktats in Kashmir

Kashmir Urgently Needs a Fresh Intellectual Discourse

September 11, 2019 Bashir Assad

As the situation in Kashmir slowly but steadily seems to ease off, the baffling question in most quarters is that how should the Government move forward in restoring the confidence of large sections of people in the Valley. This question does not app...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Separatist discourse in Kashmir, Kashmir of false narratives

कश्मीरी आतंकियों की नई नस्ल

August 23, 2019 Bashir Assad

कश्मीर में आतंकवाद के मौजूदा दौर के पीछे विचारधारा की मजबूत बुनियाद है। यह 1990 के दशक की विचारधार...

Tags: Jammu & Kashmir, National Security and Strategic Studies, Hindi, Article