ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said that his country wants peace with all neighbors, including India, but Kashmir remains “key to peace” with New Delhi. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relation...
SRINAGAR, Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Dozens of people broke down when Kashmiri pro-freedom and religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq ascended the pulpit of the medieval Jamia Masjid in Srinagar to deliver his first Friday sermon as a free man after four years of house detention. The 50-year-old Farooq also sobbed as he […]...
Canada denied visa to Indian security officials after finding that a military officer implicated in the murder of a senior Kashmiri lawyer had been facilitated entry into Canada By Iftikhar Gilani Diplomatic tensions between India and Canada have taken new proportions in recent days with the expulsion of diplomats and retaliatory measures. The...
ANKARA (AA) – Two freedom fighters and four security officers were killed Wednesday in clashes in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region. A joint operation was launched by the Indian army and police based on intelligence indicating the presence of a group of freedom fighters in the Kokernag area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Indian government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the present status of Jammu and Kashmir as a union territory is “temporary” and the government is ready to hold the legislative elections in the region “anytime now.” On Tuesday, the top court, which is hearing petitions challenging legisl...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Various media watchdogs have condemned the move by Indian authorities to restrict access to the website and social media accounts of independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla. The International Federation of Journalists issued a statement saying that there is an overstepping of power to exert censorship...