Good News for the Kashmiri Pashmina Industry

Government of India steps in to protect brand KashmirKashmiri Pashmina gets patentedSrinagar: A long standing demand of the Kashmir Pashmina weavers of patenting it, has been acceded by the government of India and has patented the traditional Kashmiri Pashmina shawl...

Can the Line of Control become the Line of Commerce?

Ershad looks at the landscape from the “other side”(Mr. Ershad Mahmud was born in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir. He is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Islamabad, Pakistan)Intra-Kashmir Trade: Of Challenges and OpportunitiesThe recent summit...

Lack of Credibility Accentuates With Fake NGO’s

If people would really get involved in civics, fake NGO’s would be a thing of the pastFake NGOs collect crores in RamadanAbid Bashir (Rising Kashmir)Srinagar: Alarmed by the growing number of “fake” Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), especially...