South Asia Citizens Web

PAKISTAN’S Foreign Office says Pakistan is “deeply saddened” by the execution in Bangladesh last week of Mir Quasem Ali. Mir Quasem was found guilty in 2014 by a Bangladeshi court of torture, multiple murders and arson. He was sentenced to death after what Pakistan describes as “a flawed judicial process”. But why is Pakistan so worried about the integrity of Bangladesh’s judicial process?

Unlike a lot of political actors in J & K, my work is not based on hear –say, so here is my response to all those, including jingoistic media persons, who assume that the pre-1953 position is impractical and completely nullifies the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India over J & K. Achievable solutions get relegated to the background when federal countries emphasize centralization as opposed to decentralization.

In the wake of horrific Una violence it is clear that anti dalit mindset prevails. This explains as to how such acts have been taking place earlier as well, though they have gone up now during last two years or so (2016). What we need to understand is that this mindset is due to political ideology which upholds the caste system in a subtle way.

The issue of ‘honour’ killings has been swept under the rug