KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York to discuss a variety of issues, including Israel’s ongoing onslaught on Gaza, and a rising tide of Islamophobia, an official statement said on Wednesday. Condem...
Although Kashmir may be voting in large numbers, systematic disenfranchisement of the majority Muslim community population not only undermines democratic principles but also risks further eroding their trust in the democratic process and governance By Iftikhar Gilani The democratic framework of many nations, including in South Asia, is modeled...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that his government will fulfill its promise to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which was stripped of its autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory in 2019. Modi was addressing his maiden election rally in Kashmir, a disputed t...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Polls opened early Wednesday in Indian-administered Kashmir for assembly elections, the first since 2014. Voting will be held in three phases – Sept. 18, Sept. 25 and Oct. 1 — followed by counting and results on Oct. 8. The elections are the first since India scrapped the Muslim-majority region’s ...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The Indian army killed two freedom fighters who attempted to enter Indian-occupied Kashmir from the Pakistan-administered side. “An anti-infiltration operation was launched by Indian army on the intervening night of 08-09 Sept in Lam area. Two terrorists have been neutralized and two AK-47 rifles and a pistol...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s priority will be to work for the restoration of statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region held under Indian occupation, which was stripped of autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory by India’s ruling Bharatiy...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – An army officer was killed on Wednesday in an operation against freedom fighters in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “All Ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of brave heart Capt. Deepak Singh who succumbed to his injuries,” said the Indian military that occupies Kashmir, on ...
Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has strongly opposed the Indian government’s proposed amendments to Waqf of Muslim endowment laws. Farooq warned changes would “disempower” Muslims, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. He criticized the amendments as direct interference in religious matters. After protests by opposition parties, the bill has ...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The administration of the Indian occupation in Jammu and Kashmir has granted land ownership rights to refugees who had migrated to the region from then West Pakistan. Thousands of refugees migrated to Indian-occupied Kashmir in 1947 as well as after the 1965 India-Pakistan War. The Indian administrative counc...
Drass, India — AFP Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle remembered among compatriots for acquiring an edge on arch-rival Pakistan. The 1999 Kargil conflict was the last major battle between the two nuclear-armed foes who have fought numerous wars since their partition int...