MIRPUR (AJK)Rich tribute was paid to eminent Kashmiri nationalist leader, President of the left-wing Jammu and Kashmir National Alliance and Chairman of All Parties National Alliance (APNA) Sardar Arif Shahid at a condolence reference held here to mourn his tragic demise and pray for the rest of ...

WASHINGTON : A combined meeting of several Kashmiri and Sikh organizations on Sunday paid high tributes to late A Sheikh for his devotion to the cause of Kashmir freedom and for his strong advocacy of Muslim-Sikh friendship. Sheikh, a retired Pakistan Army Captain, died in his sleep of cardiac ...

President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that India's move to hand Kashmiri freedom fighter Afzal Guru has fuelled anger in Kashmiris and that it has revitalized Kashmiri freedom movement.Addressing a session of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, President Zaradri reiterated Pakistan's ...

SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD – Chief of Tehrik-ul-Mujahiddin, an organization of freedom fighters in Occupied Kashmir, Sheikh Jameelur Rehman on Saturday said that Congress martyred Afzal Guru just to get the votes of extremist Hindus of India.Sheikh Jameelur Rehman, also Secretary General of Jihadi ...

Lahore – All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders Syed Ali Shah Gilani, Syed Shabbir Shah and Dukhtaran-i-Millat chief Aasia Andrabi made a telephonic address to the people gathered at the other side of the LoC for expressing solidarity with the Kashmir cause.Syed Ali Gilani said that ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The 14th death anniversary of eminent Kashmir freedom movement worker Abdul Hamid Nizami was observed in Azad Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.Representatives from various segments of society including social and political workers, journalists, writers, poets and workers of the Kashmir ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The 14th death anniversary of eminent Kashmir freedom movement worker Abdul Hamid Nizami was observed in Azad Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.Representatives from various segments of society including social and political workers, journalists, writers, poets and workers of the Kashmir ...

ISLAMABAD - A landmark weeklong visit of Kashmiri leadership from the Indian Occupied Kashmir to Pakistan, beginning from Friday, would pave way for tripartite dialogue towards resolution of the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Tuesday.An eight-member All Parties Hurriyat Conference ...

ISLAMABAD - Kashmiri leaders from Indian-occupied Kashmir will be visiting Pakistan from 15-22 December to exchange views with leaders, politicians and other opinion makers on Kashmir. Pakistan government has invited the Kashmiri leaders for a visit to the country.According to Foreign Office ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The visiting seasoned journalist from Indian-occupied Kashmir Dr Syed Shujaat Bukhari suggested close interaction among Kashmiri journalists from both sides of the line of control to help encouraging the CBMs between Pakistan and India to help resolved the long-standing differences ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The visiting seasoned journalist from Indian-occupied Kashmir Dr Syed Shujaat Bukhari suggested close interaction among Kashmiri journalists from both sides of the line of control to help encouraging the CBMs between Pakistan and India to help resolved the long-standing differences ...

Renowned Kashmiri leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani has called upon Pakistani leadership to continue supporting the cause of people of Indian-held Valley. Without mincing his words, he demanded that instead of diplomatic support, Pakistan should come forward with practical ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The Jammu & Kashmir Intellectual Forum has expressed sympathies for the sandy storm victims and suffers in America.In its extra-ordinary session here the prime forum of the high intellectual class of the Jammu & Kashmir stated, the forum declared to join all those who had ...

If New Delhi had assumed that the Kashmiri intifada had died down in any way, it must have been thoroughly disappointed on seeing angry protestors throng the streets in response to the Indian President Pranab Mukharjee’s visit to the Valley. With the President’s presence roundly ...

The Chairmen of both the factions of the All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, have lamented the plight of the long suffering people of Kashmir. The ageing, but highly popular, leader Ali Geelani has called upon Asia Watch and Amnesty International ...

LAHORE – Paying homage to TheNation Editor-in-Chief Majid Nizami for effectively highlighting the Kashmir issue for over 50 years, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference’s Jammu and Kashmir chapter has urged the veteran journalist to use the media group to make the print and electronic ...

ISLAMABAD - Ameer Jammaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hasan Thursday strongly rejecting the governments recent decision to grant India status of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) said that this was being done only on the US dictation as well its pressure and ultimately it would ruin the countrys economy. ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Kashmiris of Occupied Kashmir chant slogans in favour of Pakistan at every Independence Day of Pakistan. However, some leaders of Pakistan, by their irresponsible statements, are rubbing salt into the wounds of the people of Held Kashmir, said Muthidda Jihad Council ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Eminent physician and Specialist of Family Medicines in AJK Dr Khalid Yousaf has successfully qualified Part 1st exam for securing the membership of MRCGP (International) (Member of Royal College of General Parishioners), London, with distinction. The seasoned physician and ...

LONDON - Indias current temporary UN Security Council seat should serve as an opportunity for the international community to force it to comply with its human rights obligations. That was the call from a major conference hosted by 'Parliamentarians for National Self-Determination (PNSD) which also ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US officials Wednesday offered a reward of up to $5 million for information on Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, head of a Pakistani group linked to Al-Qaeda and suspected of launching a 2006 suicide attack on the US consulate in Karachi. The State Department said Kashmiri is the ...

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Kashmir Council European Union Ali Raza Syed has said that one of the main contentions behind the early resolution of Kashmir dispute is lack of coordination and gulf among Kashmiri leaders. While addressing a news conference here at National Press Club on Monday, he urged for ...

IF you ask MC Kash, hes just speaking the truth. But Indian Kashmirs breakout rappers songs court freedom fighters and could land him in jail. Kash calls himself a freedom fighter who uses sharp rhymes and beats instead of stones or guns to protest Indias rule over the mostly Muslim region in the ...

LAHORE Former President Muhammad Rafique Tarar paying glowing tribute to renowned journalist, orator, poet and political activist Agha Shorish Kashmiri (917-1975) at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan (HNPIP) here on Saturday said that Pakistan need such great people to steer country out of ...

SLAMABAD - Lok Virsa here Thursday organised a daylong chain of activities to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day. A number of colourful activities that continued all the day exhibited different aspects of Kashmiri culture and traditions besides providing an opportunity to the Kashmiri artisans and ...

LAHORE - The two-day Nazaria-i-Pakistan Conference organised by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust successfully concluded after thought-provoking and stimulating debate on national and international issues confronting Pakistan under the guidance of NPT Chairman Majid Nizami. The participants of the ...

Pakistan Cricket Team captain Shoaib Malik, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and pacer Rao Iftikhar Anjum on Sunday returned to the country after shooting in an Indian film based on cricket.It may be mentioned that four Pakistani cricketers had left for South Africa four days back to act in Indian film ...

NEW YORK - The unrest in Indian occupied Kashmir has threatened to breathe new life into the "old and treacherous" dispute between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir, The New York Times reported Friday. The fresh impetus is provided by a new generation of young Kashmiris who ...

NEW YORK: - A leading human rights group Thursday asked the the Indian government to ensure that its troops and police refrain from using lethal force against violent protesters in Indian occupied Kashmir  unless absolutely necessary to protect life. The New York-based Human Rights Watch ...