The Indian army late Wednesday night targetted civilian population in Azad Kashmir, days after eight of its para commandos were killed in a gunfight with Kashmiri fighters near the ceasefire line in Keran sector of Kupwara district in Indian occupied Kashmir. Sources said that the Indian Occupation Army started unprovoked heavy shelling in Tarkundi and Kalargala villages of the Nakiyal …
Six leading global human rights bodies have jointly called upon the Indian government to release all the illegally detained Kashmiris in the Indian occupied territory on priority besides ensuring the protection of their basic human rights to health, liberty, freedom of movement and protection from torture. The demands were made by Amnesty International India, Asian Forum for Human Rights and …
UNITED NATIONS: A spokesman of the Chinese Mission to the UN has rejected Indian media reports that China, during its presidency of the Security Council in March, had ignored Pakistan’s call for urgent consideration of the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir at the 15-member body, saying Beijing’s position on the decades-old dispute remains unchanged. “The question of Kashmir remains high on …
Indian Army spokesperson said that the army’s five “best soldiers” were killed. Srinagar: Eight Indian army personnel, including five Junior Commissioned Officers from elite para forces, were killed in a five-day-long gunfight with Kashmiri fighters along the ceasefire line in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara woods in Keran sector. The death toll of Indian army personnel jumped to eight after three more personnel, …
Islamabad: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir Ambassador Yousef M. Al Dobeay said on Tuesday that the “OIC has always strongly supported the resolution of the Kashmir issue and the resolution of both Kashmir and Palestine issues stand at the top of OIC’s agenda.” He made these remarks during a press conference with Foreign …
Urges regional members of UN to play role in resolving Kashmir issue Bilal Sabri & Tehzeebul Hasnain ISLAMABAD – Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing on Tuesday deplored the fact that the US administration was ‘politicising’ the Coronavirus outbreak by evacuating its diplomats and citizens out of China rather than supporting China in fight against the deadly disease. In an exclusive …
Top priority is to ensure efficient implementation, specialists say CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – The signing of the China-US phase-one trade pact, which has both economic and political significance, will bolster the world economy, while the top priority is ensuring its efficient implementation, officials and analysts said. Vice-Premier Liu He said the China-US phase-one economic and trade agreement bears …
Beijing working for nomralisation but not mediating between Delhi and Islamabad Upcoming JCC to add new impetus to CPEC glory BEIJING, China – China says President Xi Jinping conveyed Pakistan’s concerns to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recent summit in Chennai over the forceful annexation of Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoJK) and it would keep playing …
ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that Pakistan looks forward to peace but that shall not be at the cost of any compromise on principles or honour and dignity of the nation.” According to the military’s media wing, Gen Bajwa called on Commander Army General Han Weiguo, People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and …
Wang Yi tells Jaishankar ‘Indian move caused regional tensions’ Says Indian move is violation of China’s ‘territorial sovereignty’ ISLAMABAD – China on Monday raised Kashmir issue with India as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visiting Beijing that China was “highly concerned” about the current situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) and the intensification …