Stories written by Athar Parvaiz
Athar Parvaiz has been an IPS contributor since 2008. Based in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir, he writes about environment, health, human rights and development issues. | Twitter |

Anti-war protests in Srinagar. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Kashmir Jittery Over Prospect of War

By Athar Parvaiz
As war clouds hover over India and Pakistan, anxiety levels have risen in Kashmir, often described as the bone of contention between the South Asian neighbours
Years of armed conflict have led nowhere in Jammu and Kashmir. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

INDIA: New Leader Brings Hope for Peace in Kashmir

By Athar Parvaiz
As tensions brew between India and Pakistan, a newly elected provincial government, led by the regional, pro-India National Conference (NC) party, has taken over the reins in Jammu and Kashmir - a territory whose ownership has long been disputed by Pakistan.
Kashmiri women queue up to cast their ballots for the state assembly polls. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

INDIA: Kashmiri Women Repose Faith in Electoral Politics

By Athar Parvaiz
With voting for the provincial elections in Indian Kashmir safely over, observers say that what was remarkable about the process - apart from its relative peacefulness - was the active participation of women in a Muslim-majority state.

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Kashmiri Leaders Aghast at Mumbai Massacre

By Athar Parvaiz
Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, a bone of contention between India and Pakistan for more than 60 years, are aghast at last week's carnage in the Indian port city of Mumbai, carried out by armed men who apparently sailed in from the Pakistani port of Karachi.
Phased provincial elections in Indian Kashmir have seen heavy voter turnout defying boycott calls. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

POLITICS-INDIA: Separatists Battle Moderates in Kashmir Polls

By Athar Parvaiz
India’s Jammu and Kashmir state votes Sunday for the second round of staggered, seven-phase, provincial elections that have pitted separatists against mainstream political parties.
The first trade consignment in 60 years being waved over the Line-of-Control to Pakistani Kashmir. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Trade Through Kashmir Can Heal Rift

By Athar Parvaiz
After decades of confrontation and rigidity over Kashmir, India and Pakistan seem to be looking at trade through the disputed territory as a path to peace.
Adventure sports are popular on the Indus river in Kashmir. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Indus Water Treaty Agitates Kashmiris

By Athar Parvaiz
As Pakistan and India wrangle over the waters of the Chenab, Kashmiris - through whose homeland the river and four other tributaries of the mighty Indus flow - have reason to be agitated.
Fruit boxes pile up in Srinagar as a result of the Jammu-Kashmir trade boycott. Credit: Athar Parvaiz Bhat/IPS

POLITICS-INDIA: Polls Uncertain With Jammu Divided From Kashmir

By Athar Parvaiz
Plans by the central government to conduct elections in Jammu and Kashmir, due originally in November, remain uncertain because of the serious regional and religious differences that have cropped up between the two main regions that make up the composite territory.
Kashmiris at a peaceful protest demanding freedom from Indian rule. Credit: Athar Parvaiz Bhatt/IPS

RIGHTS-INDIA: Kashmiris See Power in Peaceful Protests

By Athar Parvaiz
Firefights between India's armed forces and separatist militants, a feature of life in Jammu and Kashmir state, have now given way to a different type of confrontation - paramilitary troops facing mass protests by peaceful, unarmed demonstrators demanding freedom.
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