Posts Tagged ‘kashmir’

Top Kashmiri leadership detained in IHK

ISLAMABAD – The top Kashmiri leadership in the Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) was detained following a crackdown launched on Saturday, seemingly to foil the preparations for the Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed in Pakistan and both sides of Line of Control (LoC) today (Sunday).
The leading political representatives put to house-arrests during the raids in Srinagar included All Parties Hurriyat …

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Reservations over MFN status to India: Fazl

ISLAMABAD  – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief and Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Kashmiri leaders have reservations over granting MFN (Most-Favoured Nation) status to India by Pakistan. Talking to media on Saturday, Fazl said that support for right to self-determination of Kashmiris would be continued.

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Pakistan to continue support to Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to continue with support to the Kashmiris for their just cause.
The President, in a message on Kashmir Solidarity Day to be observed today (February 5), said the government and the people of Pakistan had been observing the day by renewing their unswerving support for the just …

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Fazl calls for addressing reservations of Kashmiris

The chairman of the Kashmir committee said that all issues with India needed to be addressed through meaningful dialogues.

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Cabinet okays TFC plan for circular debt

ISLAMABAD – Chairing a meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani took the cabinet and coalition partners into confidence on by-polls and the 20th Amendment Bill that will be tabled in the National Assembly during the current session.Sources close to the development told this scribe that Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Manzoor Wattoo briefed the prime minister on his …

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Kashmiris observe India’s Republic Day as Black Day

ISLAMABAD  – Complete strike was observed on Thursday in Indian Held Kashmir as Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world marked India’s Republic Day, as Black Day.
The day was observed to convey to the international community that India’s continued denial of Kashmiris right to self-determination belied its claim of being a democratic republic.
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India has no right to celebrate its Republic Day in IHK: Syed Ali Geelani

The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani has said that India has no right to celebrate the Republic Day in occupied Kashmir until it gives right to self determination to people of Kashmir.
Geelani, while talking to Dr R K Jain Director of Jain TV Channel in New Delhi, stated that he was not against the Republic Day celebrations and people of India but wanted right to …

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Seven Indian soldiers missing in Kashmir avalanche

The Indian army said seven soldiers were missing after being hit by an avalanche in the Himalayan heights of disputed territory of Kashmir.

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Kashmir’s tragedy

For all those inspired by India’s democracy and its hollow claims of a modern secular entity on the move in international arena, the extra-judicial killings of 8,000 Kashmiris at the hands of Indian security forces during the past 22 years should leave no doubt that the country is instead guilty of state terrorism.
The Indian army came down hard on the masses and the youth particularly …

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Implement your resolutions, Pakistan tells UNSC

UNITED NATIONS – With obviously Kashmir in mind, Pakistan asked the UN Security Council Thursday to implement its resolutions uniformly and without discrimination so as to uphold its credibility.
“Concerted efforts should be made to ensure that the resolutions and decisions of the Security Council are implemented uniformly and without discrimination,” Raza Bashir Tarar, the Pakistani deputy …

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Nizami for Jihad against India’s water terrorism

LAHORE – “Jihad is not fasad. Rather it is a battle for establishing peace. Jihad should be waged against India for her  nasty acts of water terrorism and killing of Kashmiri freedom fighters. Rulers should break their silence against ruthless Delhi. India, Israel and America want to break Pakistan,” said TheNation Editor-in-Chief Majid Nizami on Thursday.
Presiding over a …

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Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant call on Nawaz

Indian Member of Parliament and film legend Shatrughan Sinha and former Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha called on former Prime Minister Ex Prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharifat his Raiwind residence on Thursday.  Both the sides exchanged good wishes to each other and discussed bilateral issues including Kashmir and their solution with reference to establishing peace in the region. They also discussed the …

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I am a man of crisis: Gilani

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. He said that Pakistan wanted a just, peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Jammu & Kashmir issue.
The Prime Minister expressed these views while addressing the Indian Parliamentary delegation, which called on him at …

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Govt committed to constructive engagement with India: Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said his government is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. He said that Pakistan wanted a just, peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. The Prime Minister expressed these views while addressing the Indian Parliamentary delegation, which [...]

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Kissinger `explains` Kashmir statement

NEW DELHI: Dr Henry Kissinger, Special Assistant to President Kennedy on International Affairs, said here yesterday that the American attitude towards the Kashmir problem would always be in accordance with

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Commission formed to demystify Shah’s silence

ISLAMABAD – Ministry of Water and Power have constituted a commission to carry out an inquiry against former Indus Water Commissioner Jammat Ali Shah on the charges of criminal negligence and possibly deliberate inaction during construction of Nimoo Bazgo Dam by India on river Indus.
India built Nimoo Bazgoo Dam on Indus in Occupied Kashmir in total violation of Indus Water Treaty. The …

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Progress on core issues, trade should go in tandem: Shahid Malik

The Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, has said that the core issues confronting India and Pakistan should be resolved in order to ensure a sustainable long-term trade relation between the two countries.
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an interactive session organised by the Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce in Koltata, Shahid Malik said …

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