Three killed in Kashmir

Published July 30, 2002

SRINAGAR, July 29: Three people, including a village chief, were killed in occupied Kashmir and 13 civilians injured on Monday in a grenade attack, police said.

Unidentified men shot dead Mohammad Amin, the head of the village of Kunzer in the northern Baramulla district.

Police also recovered the headless body of a woman near the town of Bandipora, 60kms north of Srinagar. The woman had been abducted before her death.

In Pulwama, some 30kms south of Srinagar, 13 civilians were injured in a grenade attack police blamed on freedom fighters. —AFP

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...