India has cruel policy for occupied Kashmir.

Byline: Khalil Ahmed

Interview with Dr Asia Saif Alvi - a dynamic young political analyst

Profile:

Dr Asia Saif Alvi is a dynamic young political analyst from Lahore. After finishing her school and college education, she went to Islamabad for Masters from Quaid-e-Azam University. After doing her Masters, she joined a local college in Lahore for teaching. Simultaneously, she got admission in Government College University Lahore for her MPhil in the political science department.

Meanwhile, she quit her college job and started working at the Virtual University of Pakistan in 2009. After doing her MPhil, she enrolled in the PhD program at Punjab University. While doing her PhD, she worked as a Lecturer in the UET Taxila for one year in 2012 and then moved to Lahore College of Women University. After six months, she got selected as an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and IR at the University of Sargodha in 2013.

At the University of Sargodha, she has attended more than a dozen National and International conferences. The University of Sargodha, where she is currently serving, sent her to China in 2017 for a teaching diploma. She has written more than a dozen research articles in Pakistan's renowned journals. She is HEC approved supervisor in the field of Social Sciences. Currently, she is the Head of the Department as well.

PAKISTAN and GULF ECONOMIST had an exclusive conversation with Dr Asia Saif Alvi about Indian Occupied Kashmir. Excerpts of the conversation are as follows:

India's Kashmir Conundrum: Before and After the Abrogation of Article 370

The highest military to civilian ratio is found in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). Half of total active Indian armed force i.e. approximately seven hundred thousand troops have been deployed in IOK. The narrative that has been told to the world and Indian nation by those at the helm of power in India is that this huge army deployment is to curtail the terrorist and separatist element found in IOK.

Indian foreign office and media outlets have alleged that the number of terrorists are not more than four to five hundred. The question is that whether this huge state imposed lockdown is meant to change the demographics of the region and spread the Bhartia Janata Party's (BJP) fascist designs? A region that as per United Nations is designated as a disputed territory. In the face of Indian Prime Minister Narindera Modi the world in general and the South Asian region in particular has come to...