Tue 27 August 2019: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Islamic nations may be silent on Kashmir now but there will come a time when they will have to speak up. With Pakistan failing to get traction for its belligerent stand on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked Pakistanis to not get disheartened by […]
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Tue 27 August 2019: Pakistani Foreign Minister talked to his Turkish counterpart over phone to discuss Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan on Monday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for supporting his country’s stance in the current crisis following India’s decision to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir region of its decades-long autonomy. “We thank Turkish President […]
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Tue 27 August 2019: A 92-year-old Kashmiri resistance leader has urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to continue to resist Indian rule “at this critical juncture,” after India unilaterally scrapped the region’s special status early this month. In a five-point program issued late Saturday — his first since the Indian move — Syed Ali […]
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Mon 26 August 2019: A top Pakistani official has decided to cancel his scheduled trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented with a top honor by the Gulf country. Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, reiterating the country’s support for the people of Kashmir, said that a visit […]
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Mon 26 August 2019: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over Kashmir on their own, but he was there should they need him. Trump has previously offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir. He discussed the issue on the […]
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Mon 26 August 2019: Seventy years after partition, the annexation of Kashmir by India is the endgame of Devraj, the Hindu nationalist businessman protagonist of my 2017 novel We That Are Young. His tactic is settler-colonialism: he is opening a seven-star hotel in Srinagar. But according to Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which among other […]
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Mon 26 August 2019: Medicine suppliers in Kashmir say they are running out of lifesaving drugs and stocks in rural areas have already dried up, leading to fatalities. With the prescription of his diabetic mother placed carefully in a handbag, Sajid Ali went to over a dozen pharmacies in the neighbourhood on Tuesday in the […]
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Sun 25 August 2019: The day began with the bestowment of UAE’s highest civil honor award – the Order of Zayed – which Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan placed on Modi’s neck for playing a “pivotal role” in strengthening bilateral ties, which last year reached new heights. Humbled to be conferred the ‘Order of […]
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Sun 25 August 2019: Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a prominent separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir, has called on residents of the region to peacefully resist Indian rule in the disputed territory. “It is our heartfelt appeal to the people of Jammu and Kashmir that we must continue to resist at this critical juncture … We […]
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Sat 24 August 2019: The march aims to show solidarity with Kashmiri people and journalists Pakistani and Azad Kashmiri journalists on Saturday began a protest march toward the Line of Control (LoC), a de facto border dividing Kashmir valley, to show solidarity with Kashmiri journalists and civilians. Hundreds of journalists from across the country reached […]
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