Altaf Hamid Rao

Practicing Journalist, Analyst, Writer, Peace Activist.

[Altaf Hussain Wani @sultan1913]

Heavy security clampdown in #Srinagar & along the Srinagar-Jammu highway (Vessu, Alstop, Khudwani) under the guise of Diwali. Intensified frisking & SOG deployment are severely restricting the #FreedomOfMovement for thousands of commuters. Security must not override fundamental human rights.
#Kashmir #HumanRights #Srinagar
#Kashmir #Srinagar #HumanRights #FreedomOfMovement #JammuKashmir #CivilLiberties #IIOJK
@miakhalifa @MIshaqDar50 @HassanAyub82 @ajmaljami @RadioSHJK @RadioPakistan @PTVNewsOfficial

[Choti Chirya ♡ @cutehunmee]

یہ ہیں نسلی افغانی۔۔۔
انڈین یوٹیوبر نے پاکستان خلاف پراپگنڈہ کرنے کے لیے پاکستان سے واپس جانے افغانی بابا سے پاکستان کے بارے سوال کیا تو بابا جی نے پاکستان کی تعریفوں کے پل باندھتے ہووئے انڈین یوٹیوبر اور نقلی افغانیوں کی بولتی بند کر دی

[Dr Mubeen Shah . Kashmir First @mobyshah]

8. Develop a genuinely Kashmiri-led peace agenda.

Kashmir should not remain permanently trapped between the diplomatic positions of Delhi and Islamabad.

A credible peace initiative should address the political aspirations of the people of the entire former State of Jammu and Kashmir, together with the security concerns of India and Pakistan and the rights of all communities.

The OIC has repeatedly reaffirmed its support for the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to self-determination. Its own January 2026 statement again referred to the UN framework and the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to self-determination. (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

The question now is not whether the OIC can produce another declaration.

It is whether the OIC is prepared to translate its declarations into a sustained diplomatic strategy.

This year’s UN General Assembly provides precisely such an opportunity.

The Kashmiri people need more than another photograph of a Contact Group meeting.

They need to see a road map, a diplomatic mechanism, meaningful Kashmiri participation and measurable action.

After decades of statements, action is the real test of solidarity.

Kashmir deserves a political process—not another annual communiqué. @CMShehbaz @MFATurkiye @OIC_IPHRC @ForeignOfficePk @KSAMOFA @AzerbaijanMFA @MFA_Nigeria

[Dr Mubeen Shah . Kashmir First @mobyshah]

We welcome any serious international attention to Kashmir. But after decades of OIC resolutions, communiqués, meetings and expressions of solidarity, the Kashmiri people are entitled to ask a very simple question:

What concrete action is the OIC taking to move the Kashmir question towards a peaceful political resolution?

This is not a new question. I have raised it in my earlier responses to OIC statements and meetings, including the need to move beyond repetitive declarations towards an actionable diplomatic strategy.

The OIC’s own recent decisions provide a basis for such action.

Its 2025 Council of Foreign Ministers resolutions called for the Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir to meet regularly; for OIC representatives to brief the UN Secretary-General, the Presidents of the General Assembly and Security Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; for intensified international advocacy; and for a panel of eminent international personalities to explore legal, political and diplomatic avenues for a peaceful settlement. (OIC OCI)

The OIC has therefore already identified many of the instruments required.

Where is the implementation?

At this UN General Assembly, the Contact Group should go beyond another statement and announce a concrete programme of action.

I would respectfully suggest at least the following:

1. Put the UN record at the centre.

The Kashmir question has been before the United Nations since 1948. The OIC should systematically engage Permanent Missions with the relevant UN Security Council and UNCIP resolutions rather than allowing Kashmir to disappear from the international diplomatic agenda.

2. Establish a permanent diplomatic action mechanism in New York and Geneva.

The OIC has already instructed its missions to circulate material on Jammu and Kashmir to UN mechanisms and Permanent Missions. This should become a continuous, professional diplomatic campaign rather than activity concentrated around anniversaries and annual meetings. (OIC OCI)

3. Implement the proposed panel of eminent international personalities.

The OIC has itself called for such a panel to explore legal, political and diplomatic avenues for a peaceful settlement. The time has come to constitute it, give it a mandate and publish its recommendations. (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

4. Put Kashmiris at the centre of the political process.

India and Pakistan are principal parties, but the people of Jammu and Kashmir are not merely spectators to a dispute between two states.

Any serious future political process must provide meaningful, credible and inclusive Kashmiri participation.

The OIC should therefore engage a broad spectrum of Kashmiri political and civil-society voices rather than allowing the Kashmir question to be represented internationally through governments alone.

5. Move from solidarity to diplomacy.

Statements of solidarity are important, but they cannot by themselves change realities on the ground.

The OIC should use its collective diplomatic weight with the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the European Union and other influential states to build support for a sustained political process.

6. Ask what happened to the peace processes of the past.

The international community needs to understand why repeated attempts at dialogue have failed.

This includes examining not only India’s policies but also Pakistan’s own handling of past negotiations and back-channel initiatives.

A future peace process cannot repeat the mistakes of the past.

7. Address political prisoners and human rights through a sustained mechanism.

The OIC should establish a documented mechanism for monitoring developments, engaging UN human-rights mechanisms and following individual cases—not merely issuing periodic statements.

8. Develop a genuinely Kashmiri-led peace agenda.

Kashmir should not remain permanently trapped between the diplomatic positions of Delhi and Islamabad.

[Altaf Hamid Rao @altafrao3]

@Saad_163_ Nice initiative, healthy suggestion on the ongoing heated issue about creation of more administrative units /provinces in the country. Keep it up.

[National Resistance Front (NRF) 🇦🇫 @NRFMediaCell]

‼️ A fake online network, run by people from India and Afghanistan pretending to be Iranian, is spreading misinformation against Pakistan — says France 24.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

I spoke with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam of Lebanon, this evening.

I strongly condemned Israel’s ongoing aggression against Lebanon and offered condolences over the loss of thousands of precious lives in Lebanon as a result of these hostilities.

I reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to advance peace efforts, including facilitating dialogue through the upcoming Iran–U.S. talks in Islamabad.

Grateful to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam who expressed his appreciation for Pakistan’s peace efforts and underscored the need for our continued support in securing an immediate end to the attacks targeting Lebanon and its people.

[Zhang Heqing @zhang_heqing]

Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan:

We will never allow our freedom to be taken away

We shall fight aggression wherever it may be

And Pakistan shall cooperate with all those countries who want peace in the world and progress of mankind.

Note: A rare footage of an unseen interview of Pakistan’s first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan - probably from his visit to Washington in 1950.

[Altaf Hussain Wani @sultan1913]

LG Manoj Sinha orders termination of 5 MUSLIM govt employees—teachers, lab techs, drivers—on terrorism charges with NO trial, NO evidence. This is a deliberate TRAP to purge Muslims from public service. Systematic discrimination disguised as security. #EnOccupation #Islamophobia

[Altaf Hussain Wani @sultan1913]

India’s use of draconian UAPA to silence Kashmiri voices is alarming. Targeting renowned figures like architect Azizul Hassan, businessman Dr. Mubeen Shah, & activist Rifat Wani with false charges of “inciting violence” exposes a systematic effort to suppress truthful voices KMR.

[Ershad Mahmud (Irshad Mahmood) @ErshadMahmud]

My take on #AJK
Minister Rathore has sought to engage the public directly, to accelerate public-interest projects and reduce ministries and departments—an effort to restore confidence in state authorities. Yet, time is not on the government’s side. https://t.co/7kVyI01Y4H

[Sajad Lone @sajadlone]

I came across some visuals of demolition in Kangan. I have absolutely no idea why they were demolishing a seemingly beautiful house. They were very disturbing visuals. The furniture is inside. The curtains are there. I can bet. There is something sinister. Normally the furniture etc would be removed. I saw on social media a person was distraught and clarifying that it was his residential house. Assume it was a hotel. How big a crime it is to make a hotel without permission. Are all hotels in Kashmir legal. Was this the last illegal hotel.

I have someone pent up feelings to express.

First- If a majority of people are breaking the law. Is there something wrong with the people or is there something wrong with the law.

Second- why is every person in Kashmir a climate activist or a sustainability expert, especially when it pertains to other peoples’ properties.

Third- Doesn’t an aspiring tourist destination like Kashmir need infrastructure. Doesn’t it need hotels. Kashmir is a beautiful place. But there are so many beautiful places in the world. Please go out there and check the massive aesthetically built infrastructure in other places.

Fourth- isn’t it time that we sync our laws with the present times rather than be stuck in the era of the past.

Fifth— who facilitated these constructions. Has even one person been booked. The answer is No. If you work in government, you operate with impunity.

It is a humble request to the government of the day. Please come up with some new laws for building infrastructure. Stop criminalising infrastructure development by the private sector.

There are no government jobs on offer. With technology, government jobs in numbers and in percentage terms will decrease contrary to the government’s manifesto pledge of increasing jobs.

If there are no government jobs and government will not allow to build, will not innovate —- what will people do?? How will they earn a living.

I can see unemployment rising to record levels in the next five years. Hoping against hope that avenues of tourism will be allowed to create jobs. The old style of tourism of making huts will not work. Please create an enabling environment. Let the Babus make way for tourism consultants. Let the government stop making infrastructure. Let the private sector come in.
It is an appeal to CM sahib. No point scoring. Please take a personal interest in revamping a mindset. A mindset which is a fossil dating back to decades.

We operate in an antiquated world, which is over-regulated. Please deregulate governance. And stand up against demolitions.

Why is it that only poor homes or hotels get demolished. What about the elite. Are the all within the permissible limits.

[Altaf Hussain Wani @sultan1913]

“Peace can start in a prison cell,” says @ICRC. But in Indian jails holding Kashmiri prisoners, what we see is not peace-building but peace-destroying. A thread on how IHL violations in Kashmir undermine the very foundations of trust. #IHL #IOJKashmir
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[Emirates @emirates]

On This Day: the first Emirates flight took to the skies. 📅 ✈️

[Altaf Hamid Rao @altafrao3]

@LegiMian True.. Pakistan Zindabad.

[میاں عامر 🦁 @LegiMian]

ناظرین اس وقت انٹرنیشنل میڈیا پر بھی پاک فوج کے چرچے ہیں
افغانستان نے بھی بزدل بھارت کی طرح رات کی تاریکی میں پاکستان پر حملہ کیا اور پھر ساری دنیا نے دیکھا پاکستان کی جوابی کاروائی نے افغانیوں کو چیک پوسٹس چھوڑ کر فرار ہونے پر مجبور کر دیا💪🏻🔥
پاکستان کا پیغام واضح: جو للکارے گا، پچھتائے گا۔
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[Altaf Hussain Wani @sultan1913]

Ladakh is on fire. Indian police opened fire on unarmed protestors—4 dead, 70 injured. From Ladakh to Kashmir, the Modi-RSS regime’s only answer to dissent is bullets and blood. The occupation bleeds; the world watches. #LadakhBleeds #EndOccupation
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[Altaf Hamid Rao @altafrao3]

@sajadlone @imranrezaansari Highly condemned Indian action.

[Sajad Lone @sajadlone]

We strongly condemn the house arrest of our General Secretary @imranrezaansari Imran Ansari sahib is a revered religious leader and he should be allowed to move freely to fulfill his religious obligations as a religious leader.

[India Study Centre @isc_issi]

Mr. Altaf Wani condemned India’s massive HR violations in IIOJK &urged the world must not to forget it. He stressed the imp of @amnesty's reporting on IIOJK, called on the diaspora to speak & write for Kashmir’s freedom struggle. #Kashmir
#youmeistehsal_2025
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