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JAMMU: Jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) said Sunday it had submitted an assembly resolution seeking citizenship and legal status for former militants’ wives and children who came from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under a 2010 rehabilitation policy. The J&K assembly’s budget session begins on Monday.Langate Shiekh Khursheed, AIP MLA and Rashid’s brother,…
NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in…
SRINAGAR: A division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir high court has stated that cross-LoC trade between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir amounts to intra-state trade as PoK is part of Jammu and Kashmir.While deciding petitions from cross-LoC traders, the HC said, “It is not disputed by learned counsel appearing on either side that…
NEW DELHI: Border Security Force on Sunday said that Pak-backed terrorist launching pads are active across the LoC even after the security forces destroyed several of them in PoK during Operation Sindoor.“Several terrorist launching pads across the LoC were destroyed during Operation Sindoor, but some launching pads are still active where there is the presence…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday listed Pakistan sponsored cross-border terrorism as a “shared threat” for both India and Afghanistan as he met his Afghanistani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi.In his opening remarks, Jaishankar termed cross-border terrorism as a “menace” and said that India and Afghanistan must coordinate efforts to combat….
NEW DELHI: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called out the UPA government for staying silent after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday fired salvos at PM Modi, accusing him of agreeing to a ceasefire with Pakistan following a “single tweet from US President Donald Trump”.Tejashwi claimed that the…
NEW DELHI: Indian govt slammed Pakistan for the ongoing protests in POK, saying Islamabad must be held accountable for its “oppressive approach” and “horrific” human rights violations. Pakistan authorities had on Thursday confirmed that eight people had died in four days of violent protests in the region that India maintains is illegally occupied by Pakistan.According…
Protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) continued for a sixth consecutive day on Friday, spilling into the country’s capital, triggering a shocking police raid on the Islamabad National Press Club (NPC) that left several journalists injured and equipment vandalised. The assault has sparked nationwide outrage, with journalist unions announcing a “Black Day” in protest…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday called the Pakistani forces’ brutality on protestors in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) “horrific”, adding that it is a “natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach,” after 10 people were killed and many injured. Addressing the weekly press briefing in New Delhi, the MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that…
NEW DELHI: At least 1 person was killed and several injured after Pakistan’s security forces on Monday opened fire on protestors in PoK after people took to street over long-standing, unresolved issues.According to a report by Samaa TV, all markets, shops, and business centres were closed across the region as the Kashmiri population halted all…
