President Asif Ali Zardari, Saturday, stressed upon renewing their collective resolve of making Gilgit Baltistan a model of development, justice and equality. Addressing a ceremony here to mark 78th Independence Day of Gilgit Baltistan from Dogra Rule, the president said over the last seven decades, people of Gilgit Baltistan had marched shoulder to shoulder, with […]
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Kashmiris observe Black Day to protest India’s illegal occupation
ISLAMABAD — Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the globe are observing Black Day today (Monday) to condemn India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and to urge the world to take notice of the ongoing human rights violations in the region. October 27 marks the day in 1947 […]
Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos crushes India’s operation sindoor, forces ceasefire
Tensions peaked after a deadly attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, IIOJK, that killed 26 people. India blamed Pakistan without proof. In reaction, India launched Operation Sindoor, shut the Wagah border, revoked Pakistani visas, and suspended the Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan saw this as an act of war and sealed its border too. India’s military […]
PM Shehbaz, US secretary Rubio talk india tensions, urge regional calm
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, amid rising tensions with India following the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The two leaders discussed regional stability, counter-terrorism, and strengthening Pakistan-US relations during the phone conversation. PM Shehbaz shared Pakistan’s perspective on the growing security […]
Asif warns of nuclear war as tensions between India and Pakistan escalate
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned of the risk of an all-out war with India after a deadly attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The attack, which killed 26 tourists, sparked tensions, with India blaming Pakistan. Islamabad denied the accusations, calling them a “false flag operation.” Asif said Pakistan’s military is prepared […]
Pakistan condemns attack on tourists in IIOJK, offers condolences
Pakistan has expressed deep concern over the tragic loss of innocent lives in a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The incident, which occurred in Anantnag district on Tuesday, claimed the lives of at least 20 people after unknown gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists. In a […]
Pakistan condemns India’s latest move to silence Kashmir
Pakistan has strongly condemned India’s decision to ban the Awami Action Committee and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen for five years. This move increases the number of banned Kashmiri political groups to 16, raising concerns over India’s crackdown in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Office criticized the ban, calling […]
Pakistan rejects Indian PM’s remarks about IIOJK as false, misleading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday while categorically rejecting Indian Prime Minister’s remarks about Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) during a public rally in Gujarat, said that his farcical contention that he had, somehow, “resolved the Kashmir issue”, was not only false and misleading but also reflected how oblivious the Indian leadership had become of […]
Imprisoned pro-freedom leader dies in IIOJK police custody
Altaf Ahmad Shah, a prominent politician in Kashmir who challenged India’s rule over the disputed region for decades and had been jailed by Indian authorities for the past five years, has died while in police custody, his family said Tuesday. He was 66. Shah was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 in a “terror-funding case” […]
Prison chief killed in IIOJK militants claim responsibility
The chief of the prison service in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has been murdered, police said on Tuesday, as the Indian interior minister visited the disputed Himalayan region that has been riven by a decades-long insurgency. The body of Hemant Kumar Lohia, 57, the region’s director general of prisons, was found at […]