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Pakistan: Peace with India linked to Kashmir; renews dialogue offer; seeks UN probe
Condemning Indian state repression in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan on Wednesday made a case to the international community that peace and normalization between Pakistan and India cannot be achieved without a resolution of the Kashmir...Sep 21, 2016 800 0 -
China backs Pakistan on Kashmir; ready to help deescalate Pakistan-India tensions
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, while indicating Beijing’s support for Pakistan’s stance on the longstanding Jammu and Kashmir dispute, has offered to help improve deteriorating relations between its two South Asian neighbors. The US has also expressed...Sep 21, 2016 762 0 -
Nawaz Sharif seeks US push toward Pakistan-India dispute resolution
In the face of rising tensions between between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday urged the United States to mediate the “bilateral issues” between the two South Asian neighbours. The Pakistani leader...Sep 19, 2016 851 0 -
Uri attack: Pakistan rejects Indian allegations
Pakistan has rubbished Indian allegations that Islamabad was behind an attack on military camp in Uri, in Indian controlled Kashmir that left 18 Indian troops dead. “Pakistan has noted with serious concern the recent spate of...Sep 19, 2016 843 0 -
US urges India, Pakistan to deescalate tensions through dialogue
As South Asia faces threat of another Pakistan-India standoff, Washington has asked the two nuclear armed neighbors to deescalate tensions through dialogue. “We strongly encourage in all of our dealings with either India and or Pakistan stronger...Sep 9, 2016 848 0 -
Malala Yousafzai urges end to heartbreaking repression in Indian-held Kashmir
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai has appealed to the International community to help halt the inhumanity and heartbreak in India-administered Kashmir. “The Kashmiri people, like people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights… They should live free...Sep 7, 2016 984 0 -
Pellet firing in Kashmir causing dead eyes; Where are Pakistan-India talks?
The New York Times ran a detailed piece on Sunday on the ongoing violence, with curfew rendering streets of Srinagar into “ghostly emptiness” since protests broke out around mid-July. India started using pellet guns in Kashmir...Aug 31, 2016 1159 0 -
US, India agree on facilitating military logistics
In a major step toward expanding bilateral defense cooperation, the United States and India have signed a military logistics agreement that allows the two countries to use each other’s land, air and naval bases for supplies,...Aug 31, 2016 711 0 -
Indian literati in Washington area mark Independence Day with poetry
Aligarh Alumni Association, Washington (AAA-DC) and Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)-Metropolitan Washington Chapter organized the 9th Annual Mushaira-Kavi Sammelan here at the Arlington Central Library. More than 120 writers and poets attended the event on...Aug 25, 2016 975 0 -
Indian actress faces sedition charges for praising Pakistani hospitality
Even a small gesture towards peaceful relations like acknowledging Pakistan’s hospitality comes at a cost in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India, locked in a tit-for-tat escalation with its neighbor over Kashmir unrest. Appreciation for Pakistani hospitality...Aug 25, 2016 1864 0