Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir [Hardcover]

Kashmir has been a contested territory ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in 1947. Despite international attention focused on Kashmir, little is known about the Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), which is at the centre of this study. The author is a winner of the European Commission Award for Human Rights and Democracy.The Kashmir issue has been a subject of international attention ever since the subcontinent was partitioned in1947. The clash between India and Pakistan over the coveted territory led to the emergence of Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered areas. While the social and political conditions in the former have been widely discussed, even among Kashmir experts there is little knowledge of Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir (PAJK), particularly its political, cultural and social aspects.Luv Puri analyses the crucial pre-independence social and political processes which resulted in polarisation within the state and the violence that wracked the region during Partition. He tracks the effect of those events on Pakistan's Punjab province and the ensuing impact on Pakistan's position on the Jammu & Kashmir issue, and the many transformations in the pro-independence struggle from its inception to the present day.Introduction1. Formation of Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir2. Jammu and Kashmir on Fire3. How Azad Is Azad Kashmir?4. Mirpur: An Island of Prosperity and Grievance5. Land of Human Tragedies6. From Independence to JihadConclusionLuv Puriis a Fulbright scholar at New York University. He was a correspondent with theThe Hindufor several years and has contributed to various media publications and academic journals. In 2006 he was one of the prizewinners of the European Commission Award for Human Rights and Democracy. His special fields of interest include the situation of South Asian Muslims, the Kashmir conflict and Pakistan. Nuanced [and] evocative...[Puri's] work, based, on rare opportunitielcQ