Search results for "UN Kashmir"
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In countrywide crackdown, Pakistan detains mililtant leaders; seizes control of seminaries
In a countrywide swoop against militant groups, Pakistan has detained more than one hundred activists of banned organizations and seized control of around 400 seminaries and assets. State Minister for Interior, Shehryar Afridi says the Government...Mar 7, 2019 870 0 -
Pakistan-India standoff could have unintended impact on Afghan peace process
The continuing Pakistan-India standoff could force Pakistan to focus fully on its eastern border, creating implications for the Afghan peace process on its western border. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told Fox...Mar 5, 2019 713 0 -
UN wants Pakistan, India to build on ‘positive momentum’ after Indian pilot’s release
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Pakistan and India should maintain the “positive momentum” produced by Islamabad’s release of Indian fighter pilot and hold talks to defuse tensions. The world body has been closely watching the South...Mar 2, 2019 689 0 -
Pakistan shoots down two Indian jets in Kashmir
Photo: Radio Pakistan courtesy Express Tribune Pakistan Wednesday shot down two Indian aircraft near the Line of Control inside Azad Kashmir, a day after India carried out incursions into the country with its warplanes. A pilot...Feb 27, 2019 931 2 -
UN makes urgent appeal for restraint after Indian incursion into Pakistan
The United Nations has made an urgent appeal for calm and restraint in South Asia following Indian warplanes entered Pakistani territory in what New Delhi says was a strike against a hideout of Jaish e Mohammad...Feb 26, 2019 672 0 -
India says it launched airstrike in Balakot; Pakistan says intrusion aborted
Pakistan Air Force aborted an early morning Indian incursion into Azad Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, Pakistani military said while New Delhi claimed the Indian jets targeted a camp of Jaish e Mohammed militants –which claimed...Feb 26, 2019 734 2 -
EU Parliamentarians ask India to stop atrocities in Kashmir
Members of a key European Union Parliamentary Committee have backed the United Nations’ indictment of New Delhi for flagrant violation of human rights in the disputed Kashmir region and called for investigation into the atrocities. The...Feb 20, 2019 854 1 -
Poles apart: Should U.S., Australia weather extremes sound alarm bells?
A scene after snowfall in Virginia in January 2019, Photo Views and News If you are not surprised by the steep plunge in Chicago temperature, look at the sizzling heat in Australia. While much of North...Feb 2, 2019 1273 1 -
India kills 14 Kashmiris amid freedom protests; Pakistan seeks world focus
Indian forces have killed 14 Kashmiri protestors demanding freedom from New Delhi’s repressive rule, reports said prompting an outcry in neighboring Pakistan and calls for realization of Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran...Dec 16, 2018 817 0 -
Sulayman Nyang’s enormous contribution to understanding of Islam
Image Credit: Dr. Sultan Chaudhry/www.sultandds.com When attorney-at-law and author Mowahid Hussain Shah invited me to attend his talk at Howard University a few years ago, I was excited to be part of the colloquium that would...Dec 11, 2018 1728 0