Tag: Kashmir

Modi formally invited to visit Pakistan for SAARC summit

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says Indian PM has accepted Pakistan’s invitation to visit Islamabad for 19th SAARC Summit Says Pakistan’s special investigation team...

Aziz, Swaraj to hold bilateral meeting today in Pokhara

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s top foreign policy aide and India’s external affairs minister will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of...

Kashmir not an internal matter or part of India: UN delegate

Kashmir is neither an internal matter nor an integral part of India but an internationally recognised dispute by the UN Security Council, Pakistan’s Deputy...

No change in Pakistan’s position on Kashmir, says FO

While strongly condemning the brutality of Indian forces in Indian-held Kashmir, Pakistan said on Thursday that it has not changed its principled stance on...

Kashmir illegally occupied by Kashmir: JNU Professor

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row refuses to die down. A new video has surfaced showing a professor of the university saying Kashmir is...

HR violations: Panelists criticise India for violence in Kashmir

The panelists at a national conference of “Human Rights Violations in Indian Kashmir: Awakening Global Conscience” expressed their views on the human rights issues...

Kashmiri mosques hailed ‘mujahids’ as Indian forces battled pro-freedom militants: report

Slogans like ' Jaago, jaago subah hui' besides pro-Pakistan (Jivey, jivey Pakistan!) and pro-Azadi (' Hum kya chahatey: azadi') blared from the mosques' loudspeakers

Indian forces kill 3 attackers to end standoff in Kashmir

Troops and police on Monday killed three armed attackers holed up in a government building in Indian Kashmir, ending a three-day gunbattle in which...

Five dead in 24-hour gunbattle in Indian-held Kashmir

A second soldier was killed Sunday in a continuing gunbattle between militants and troops and police in Indian held Kashmir, taking the overall death...

Pak team to probe Pathankot attack ahead of talks

Pakistani and Indian NSAs agree to let Pakistan’s Special Investigation Team visit Pathankot attack site in March, foreign secretary-level talks to be held in the same month

India plans longest road tunnel along LoC in disputed Kashmir

India is planning to build its longest road tunnel along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, Indian media reported on Tuesday. According to a...

Kashmir belongs to Pakistan and China, according to Twitter

Traditional rivals Pakistan and India have shared icy relations and fought wars over Kashmir ever since gaining independence, but it seems that Twitter didn’t...

Tense IHK shuts down after civilian deaths

Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) largely shut down on Monday as a general strike was called to protest at the killing of two civilians during a...

Pak Army fully committed to peace talks with India, says Musharraf

"Kashmir continues to arouse sentiments in Pakistan," the 72-year-old former president said. "Anyone who is fighting in Kashmir is a freedom fighter," he said.

PM will find enduring solution to Kashmir problem: Pervaiz Rashid

  Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Monday that the PML (N) government was working to find a solution to the longstanding issue of Kashmir. Addressing...

In Indian-held Kashmir, missing men revive fears of ‘disappearances’

On a freezing winter's day in a remote village of India-held Kashmir, Begum Jan and her 10 children huddle around a wood burner inside...

Entire Kashmir belongs to India, says New Delhi

In a strong reaction to reports of Pakistan converting Gilgit-Baltistan into a fifth province, India claimed on Thursday said the entire Kashmir is an...