By Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiI first heard the name Mohammad Shafi Qureshi long before I met him. He was a prominent politician from Srinagar and, at the time, a well-known figure in Jammu and Kashmir. I had never imagined that a brief personal encounter with him would later become part of a much larger question in my mind: Can a person be kind and courteous in private and still become part of a political system t ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai ChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice Let me begin by thanking U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor for visiting Srinagar and for recognizing what generations of travelers, writers, diplomats and ordinary visitors have experienced: Kashmir is extraordinarily beautiful. On August 19, 2026, during his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassador Gor described the region as “an impo ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai ChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice Protestors shout slogans and march on a street after Friday prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. A strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir in effect for a fifth day was eased Friday to allow residents to pray at mosques, officials said, but some protests still broke out in the disputed region despite tho ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi fai, Chairman World forum for Peace & Justice Washington, D.C. Seven years ago, on August 5, 2019, the Government of India revoked Articles 370 and 35A of its Constitution, ending the limited autonomy that Jammu and Kashmir had enjoyed since India's independence. To New Delhi, the move represented national integration and constitutional reform. To many Kashmiris, it represented someth ...

By. Ghulam Nabi Fai ChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice New York, New York July 30, 2026 The 20th Annual International Human Rights Summit opened today, on July 30, 2026, at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the timely theme, "Education for Peace – A 25-Year Legacy." Hosted by United for Human Rights and its youth initiative, Youth for Human Rights International, the Summit marks the org ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai ChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 28, 2026 The tragic killing of more than a dozen civilians in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, has left Kashmiris across the world grieving and searching for answers. No political objective, however noble, can justify the loss of innocent lives. If, as widely reported, these civilians were participating in peaceful protests, then the tragedy be ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai A conversation this week with a European visitor prompted me to revisit one of the more intriguing territorial disputes of the twentieth century. He asked whether there were any useful parallels between the Åland Islands and Kashmir. The question lingered in my mind. While history never repeats itself exactly, it often provides illuminating comparisons, and the experience of the Åland ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The United Nations Security Council's high-level debate on July 23, 2026, on "Strengthening the Mechanism for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes" served as a timely reminder that diplomacy remains humanity's most effective instrument for preventing war. Convened as a follow-up to Security Council Resolution 2788 (2025), unanimously adopted during Pakistan's presidency of the Council ...