Hurriyet leaders still remain under detention Srinagar, November 09  : In occupied Kashmir, people staged anti-India demonstrations in different area of Srinagar city against the cold-blooded murder of a student by Indian troops. Clashes between protesters and Indian paramilitary personnel were going on in Nowhatta, Rajouri Kadal and Gojwara areas of the city, till last

Srinagar, November 09  : In occupied Kashmir, the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has said that Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar was purely a military exercise and a show of military power. Syed Ali Gilani, who is under continued house arrest for the past several months, in a statement issued in

India and Pakistan are known for their tense relations, but one modest program aimed at bridging those differences in the hotly contested Kashmir region has endured for more than 10 years. The Kashmir bus route has been ferrying families across the Line of Control since April 2005, braving occasional gunfire, in what has become an

Kashmiri Separatist leaders, who were invited by Pakistan to meet its National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz when he comes to India for the NSA-level talks, were placed under house arrest by the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday. Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani were placed under house arrest in Srinagar

Pakistan has once again raised the Kashmir issue at the UN security council, seeking mediation from the world body and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to resolve the issue. Speaking during an open debate on the subject of regional organizations and contemporary global security challenges on Tuesday, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi

Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the law continues to feed a cycle of impunity for human rights violations, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report, “Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and

WASHINGTON — Abuses by police and security forces were among the most significant human rights problems in India last year, a US government report has said even as it noted last year’s Indian general election as the largest ever in history. “India’s parliamentary contest in April 2014 was one of the largest elections in history,”

By Khalid Iqbal In a follow-up action to his recent visit to India, President Obama’s half an hour phone call to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set the stage for resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue. New Indian Foreign Secretary is likely to visit Pakistan to resume the process from the point his predecessor had disrupted. However,

Genocide in Kashmir India’s Shame By ANDRE VLTCHEK Welcome to Kashmir! It is deep winter. The mountains are covered with snow and the naked trees above the lakes at sunset, look melancholic and magnificent, precisely like a completed Chinese brush painting. Welcome to a nation overrun by the 700,000-strong security forces of the occupying power

In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik has said that Jammu Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory which is still waiting for a permanent solution. Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued in Srinagar maintained that the people of Kashmir were rendering sacrifices for their right to