Zainab Akhter

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  • Zainab Akhter is Research Analyst – Pak Digest at Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile.

    SAV Explainer: People’s Movement for 6th Schedule for Ladakh

    March 22, 2024

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s article ‘SAV Explainer: People’s Movement for 6th Schedule for Ladakh’ was published in South Asian Voices, on 22 March 2024.

    From Wheat Subsidy to Greater Autonomy: ‘Chalo Gilgit’ Movement Raging on

    February 05, 2024

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s article ‘From Wheat Subsidy to Greater Autonomy: ‘Chalo Gilgit’ Movement Raging on’ has been published by International Centre for Peace Studies, on 05 February 2024.

    The Chalo Gilgit movement is catching the attention of the people and popular sentiments are hardening in favour of meeting all the 15 demands they are making on the State, says Dr Akhter.

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    PTI’s Hobbled Race for election 2024: The Fight for Survival

    January 30, 2024

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s article ‘PTI’s Hobbled Race for election 2024: The Fight for Survival’ has been published by the International Centre for Peace Studies, on 30 January 2024.

    The Politics of ‘Wheat-Subsidy’ in Gilgit-Baltistan

    December 15, 2023

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s commentary ‘The Politics of “Wheat-Subsidy” in Gilgit-Baltistan’ has been published by the International Centre for Peace Studies on 15 December 2023.

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    Climate Change & the Himalayas: Time for a new Sustainable Tourism Strategy?

    August 27, 2023

    Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s article ‘Climate Change & the Himalayas: Time for a New Sustainable Tourism Strategy’ has been published in the Sunday Special of Rising Kashmir, on 27 August 2023.

    The need of the hour is a revised climate policy or a sustainable tourism strategy for the mountain regions, which must impose strict limits on a number of visitors, provide universal basic income to the local population, and invest in ecological restoration. Bhutan-style policy needs to be adopted or these areas will be destroyed, says Dr Akhter.

    The Pashtuns: A Contested History

    April 30, 2023

    Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s review of Tilak Devasher’s book ‘The Pashtuns: A Contested History’ has been published in Rising Kashmir Newspaper on 30 April 2023.

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    Assessing the Human Impact of the India-China Border Dispute

    October 24, 2022

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Zainab Akhter’s article ‘Assessing the Human Impact of the India-China Border Dispute’ has been published by South Asian Voices (SAV) on 24 October 2022.

    Despite assurances by both governments and many rounds of disengagement talks, the LAC remains tense and the stalemate continues, adversely affecting the livelihoods of border dwellers and herders along the border, says Dr Akhter.

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    India-Pakistan Cross LOC Connectivity: Bridging the Gap between Ladakh and Baltistan by Invoking the ‘Balti Culture

    January 24, 2022

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Zainab Akhter’s chapter ‘India-Pakistan Cross LOC Connectivity: Bridging the Gap between Ladakh and Baltistan by Invoking the ‘Balti Culture’ has been published in Ashish Shukla’s Edited Book ‘Gilgit-Balistan Under Pakistan’s Occupation’.

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    India-Pakistan Cross-LoC Connectivity: Bridging the Gap between Ladakh and Baltistan by Invoking the ‘Balti Culture

    August 02, 2021

    Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Zainab Akhter contributed a chapter titled “India-Pakistan Cross-LoC Connectivity: Bridging the Gap between Ladakh and Baltistan by Invoking the ‘Balti Culture’”, has been published in the book, ‘Gilgit-Baltistan under Pakistan's Occupation’, edited by Ashish Shukla (KW Publisher, 2021).

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