ISLAMABAD: The comments made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the situation in occupied Kashmir are "reflective of the predicament that India finds itself in", Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, according to a statement released Sunday by a spokesperson for his ministry. Responding to the Indian defence minister's comments, FM Qureshi's statement reads, India found itself in the...
Indian singer Mika Singh recently performed in a private event in Pakistan and now he is banned from ever lending his voice for Indian films by The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) and the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA). FWICE, the mother body of all 24 crafts of filmmaking, has banned the singer from recording, performing, acting...
Russian envoy to the United Nations (UN) Dmitry Polyanskiy has said his country does not object to the meeting called by Pakistan to discuss India’s move to terminate the special status of occupied Kashmir. “Moscow doesn't object to holding such a meeting, but the matter should be discussed behind closed doors,” Polyanskiy said while speaking to reporters. The UN Security...
MUMBAI: The All India Tennis Association will discuss its concerns over next month’s Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan with security advisers from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Monday, AITA General Secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee has said. Security representatives of the governing bodies will speak in a telephone call that will also be attended by India’s Davis Cup captain...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the biggest obstacle to Pakistan-India talks. Speaking to a private news channel, Qureshi said, “Modi put Kashmir at stake to win the election. In February, he stoked the flames of tension to win the election.” “It is landmark diplomatic achievement for Pakistan that the UNSC...
The United Nations Security Council will is expected to hold a session to discuss the occupied Kashmir dispute on Friday, Radio Pakistan reported, as China also backed Pakistan's request. Pakistan drew the attention of the UNSC presidency to the grave threat to peace and security in South Asia after India annexed occupied Kashmir and called for summoning an emergency meeting...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed on Thursday his “path-breaking” move to strip the restive region of occupied Kashmir of its autonomy, in a tub-thumping speech marking Indian Independence Day. Indian-occupied Kashmir has been under lockdown since August 4, with freedom of movement restricted and phones and the internet cut. A day later New Delhi scrapped Article 370 in the...
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Thursday extended the physical remand of the former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi till August 29 in an ongoing probe into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) case. The PML-N leader was presented before the court today, following the conclusion of his earlier remand. During today’s hearing, Judge Mohammad Bashir...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned the international community that its silence on the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Kashmir would lead to severe repercussions and reactions in the Muslim world. “In IoK, 12 days of curfew, presence of extra troops in an already heavily militarized occupied territory, sending in of RSS goons, complete communication blackout; with the...
SRINAGAR: The Indian Independence Day is being observed as Black Day across Pakistan and on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) today. Black Day is being observed to protest against India's action to change the special status of the disputed valley. Earlier, the federal government had announced they will observe the Indian Independence Day as Black Day across...
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday categorically stated that no piece of paper can change the status of Indian occupied Kashmir said the army media wing -Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR). His statement came following the policy statement by the Prime Minister Imran Khan over the possible aggresion by India against Pakistan while addressing the...
By Syed Tazmeen Javed (Web-Desk ) AZAD KASHMIR: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Wednesday warned his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi from initiating any action against Pakistan as Islamabad would resort to tit for tat response against possible aggression. Addressing the Azad Kashmir assembly following the address of PM Azad Kashmir, Raja Farooq Haider, Imran said that India is...
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Tuesday presented a letter from Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the Security Council asking for an urgent meeting on the grim situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Ambassador Lodhi presented the letter to UN Security Council President and Polish Ambassador Joanna Wronecka. The Council president will hold consultations with...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today is celebrating the 72nd independence day on Wednesday showing solidarity with the Indian Occupied Kashmir. To mark the celebrations the president of Pakistan, Arif Alvi said that Pakistan stands with the people of occu[ied Kashmir while addressing the traditional ceremony at Islamabad. The day dawned with special prayers in mosques across the country for peace, progress, and...
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday and celebrated Eid-ul-Azha with soldiers in the Bagh sector after offering Eid prayers, according to a press release by the Pakistan Army's military wing. Pakistanis stood strong with their Kashmiri brothers and sisters, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) quoted Gen Bajwa...
MUZAFFARABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan's steady support for the people of occupied Kashmir suffering Indian atrocities, and said the country is fighting for the cause of Kashmiris at every platform. Addressing a press conference in Muzaffarabad, where he arrived late Sunday to spend the first day of Eid-ul-Azha in solidarity with the Kashmiris, Qureshi said...
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived separately in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's (AJK) capital Muzaffarabad on Sunday night to celebrate Eidul Azha and show solidarity with the Kashmiri people. They offered Eid prayers alongside AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider in Muzaffarabad on Monday and will spend the festival in the region....
