Archive for January 2013

India-Pakistan cease-fire holds steady for now in Kashmir

Jan 18th, 2013 | By
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Tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir border appeared to have calmed down Thursday, as a cease-fire between the two nations went into effect. The truce was called Wednesday after Indian and Pakistani military commanders conversed on the telephone and came to an “understanding,” writes the Washington Post. Since the tensions began on Jan.
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Indian Dubious Approach

Jan 18th, 2013 | By
Srinagar Police chief and other cops drag a Kashmiri youth for illegal custody in Srinagar

By Sajjad Shaukat On the one hand, India has been emphasising to strengthen the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) with Pakistan to normalise relations between both the countries, but on the other, it has continuously been giving a greater setback to the CBMs in one or the other way, which shows Indian dubious approach. In this
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Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir

Jan 18th, 2013 | By
Pakistani High Commissioner to India Bashir poses after an interview with Reuters in his office, in New Delhi

Pakistan urged India on Thursday to tone down the “Pakistan bashing” over a spate of military clashes in Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbors, and again offered foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions. “I think it is important not to let this cycle escalate into something which becomes even more ugly than it is
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India urged to grant right to self-determination

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Mushtaq shifted to unknown location from Jammu jail Srinagar, January 17 : Senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference and Chairman of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has urged India to grant the people of Kashmir their inalienable right to self determination. Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar said that
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22-year-old youth killed by Sarpanch in IHK

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : In occupied Kashmir, a 22-year youth, Nasir Ahmed Dar was beaten to death by the Indian authorities-sponsored Sarpanch in Bandipore.Nasir Ahmad Dar who was the sole bread-earner for the poor family of four sisters and two brothers was found dead near Sultanpora village on the outskirts of Sumbal tehsil in the
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India planning to convert Muslim majority into minority in IHK

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : In occupied Kashmir, the APHC leader and Chairperson of Muslim Khawateen Markaz Jammu and Kashmir, Yasmeen Raja has said that India was working on a well-hatched conspiracy to convert the Muslim majority population into a minority in the territory. Yasmeen Raja in a statement issued in Srinagar said that massacre of
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India has no right to celebrate Republic Day in IHK: Shabbir

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : Senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) and Chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Shabbir Ahmad Shah has said that India has no right to celebrate the Republic Day in occupied Kashmir and asked New Delhi to grant the people of Kashmir their inalienable right to self determination. Shabbir
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Only demilitarization can de-escalate tension at LoC: Mirwaiz

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said that only way to de-escalate the tension at the Line of Control is that New Delhi should announce immediate demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir.The APHC Chairman addressing a gathering at the Urs of Khwaja Naqshband Sahib (RA) at
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Unresolved Kashmir main cause of pak-india tension: JKLF-R

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R (JKLF-R), Farooq Ahmad Dar has said that unresolved Kashmir dispute is the main cause of tension between Pakistan and India.Farooq Ahmad Dar in a statement issued in Srinagar said that further delay in settlement of the lingering dispute would bring
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Mushtaq-ul-Islam shifted from Jammu jail to unknown place

Jan 18th, 2013 | By

Srinagar, January 17 : In occupied Kashmir, Indian police have shifted liberation leader, Mushtaq–ul-Islam from Central Jail, Udhampur, Jammu to some unknown place. He is detained under black law, Public Safety Act (PSA). The family members of the illegally detained leader in a statement said that the police when contacted expressed ignorance about Mushtaq’s whereabouts.
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