Kashmir Unrest
A captain of the Indian army and two others have been charged with killing three labourers and passing them off as militants.
Published 29 Dec, 2020 02:28pm
Nehru and Gandhi became nationalist icons in popular reckoning and the peasants the spoilers.
Published 29 Dec, 2020 07:47am
Charge sheet states the Indian army captain had killed the three labourers in a staged gunfight and passed them as militants.
Updated 28 Dec, 2020 07:41am
"The RSS-BJP brand of ‘democracy’ only means the muzzling of the Kashmiri voice and will," the Foreign Office says.
Published 26 Dec, 2020 08:06pm
Alliance wins 112 and BJP 74 out of the 280 seats; Congress gets 26.
Updated 24 Dec, 2020 09:25am
Regional parties surged ahead in Kashmir while the BJP kept an upper hand in the Jammu region.
Updated 23 Dec, 2020 09:38am
Pakistan’s UN Ambassador says the world body has reaffirmed Islamabad’s legal, political and moral case in support of Kashmiris.
Updated 18 Dec, 2020 07:37am
Criticises decision to arrest opposition workers before Multan rally.
Updated 07 Dec, 2020 11:22am
FO says the “baseless allegations” illustrate tactic of “virulent anti-Pakistan tirade” that RSS-BJP govt has often employed.
Updated 06 Dec, 2020 10:07am
It is obvious that narratives are changing within the Muslim bloc.
Updated 30 Nov, 2020 11:44am
Body also adopts a Pakistan-sponsored resolution urging the UNSG to initiate a global dialogue to counter rising Islamophobia.
Updated 29 Nov, 2020 08:34am
Observers say only small numbers braved the security, Covid fears and snow-covered terrain to elect local council members.
Published 28 Nov, 2020 06:55pm
FM Qureshi appeals to OIC countries to use their political influence to prevent Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir.
Updated 28 Nov, 2020 08:46am
Pakistan’s request for a meeting of the contact group on the issue also declined.
Updated 26 Nov, 2020 12:08pm
Council will discuss issues facing the Muslim world with particular focus on combating Islamophobia, Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir.
Updated 25 Nov, 2020 09:35pm
Pakistan reserves the right to “act in self-defence” against India’s unending aggressions, warns Pakistani envoy to UN.
Updated 25 Nov, 2020 07:29pm
"Muslims are being mistreated not just in occupied Kashmir but in all of India," says FM Qureshi.
Updated 21 Nov, 2020 09:12am
Five others were also injured after Indian shelling in two districts of AJK.
Updated 13 Nov, 2020 09:34am
The two have expressed the hope the new leadership will improve its role for peace in Afghanistan, help resolve the Kashmir issue.
Updated 09 Nov, 2020 09:10am
This is the highest number of Indian army casualties along the Line of Control since April this year.
Updated 09 Nov, 2020 08:48am
"Repetition of false claims by RSS-BJP leaders cannot draw attention away from human rights violations in occupied Kashmir."
Updated 03 Nov, 2020 07:37pm
No complaints of hardship from Pakistani diaspora in France, says FO.
Published 02 Nov, 2020 09:48am
Saifullah Mir, 31, studied biology and worked as a technician before joining Hizbul Mujahideen in 2014.
Updated 04 Nov, 2020 07:55pm
The new laws allow any Indian national to buy or India's military to directly acquire land in the region.
Updated 01 Nov, 2020 11:37am
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Updated 30 Oct, 2020 10:17am
Pakistan says thousands of innocent Kashmiris have been victims of extra judicial killings by Indian occupation forces.
Updated 30 Oct, 2020 12:19pm
The Indian action is yet another violation of UNSC resolutions, bilateral agreements and international law, the FO says.
Updated 29 Oct, 2020 09:24am
Delhi’s diplomat summoned to Foreign Office to lodge protest on occasion of Black Day.
Updated 28 Oct, 2020 08:41am
Safron Minister Shehryar Afridi condemns new law as "draconian", says India usurping "all rights of Kashmiris".
Updated 27 Oct, 2020 08:11pm
Premier issues a video message on the anniversary of the valley's occupation by Indian forces in 1947.
Updated 28 Oct, 2020 08:38am
