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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 -
Kashmir killings heighten South Asian tensions on eve of UNGA session
Pakistan and India traded allegations over Kashmir on Sunday, as both countries looked to voice their case on the longstanding dispute at the United Nations General Assembly session in New York next week. Following months of...Sep 18, 2016 947 0 -
UN seeks international probe into Kashmir killings
With New Delhi continuing to thwart international observers’ access to Indian-controlled Kashmir, the United Nations has said the deteriorating situation in the disputed territory now critically warrants establishment of an “independent, impartial and international mission.” The...Sep 14, 2016 1172 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 1160 0 -
UN chief deplores killings in Indian-controled Kashmir; seeks India-Pak talks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the ongoing killings in Indian-administered Kashmir, where security forces have used pellets and other brutal tactics to contain widespread protests, and urged talks between New Delhi and Islamabad toward resolution...Aug 19, 2016 913 0 -
US concerned over Kashmir violence; urges peaceful resolution
The United States has expressed concern over ongoing violence in Kashmir and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis. “We support any and all positive steps that India and Pakistan can take to forge closer relations,”...Aug 17, 2016 709 0 -
Pakistan : Modi’s Balochistan claim proves Indian hand in fomenting terror
Indian prime minister’s not-so-veiled threat on Balochistan only proves New Delhi’s already known involvement in stoking terrorism in the southwestern province, Pakistan emphasized on Monday amid escalating war of words between the two South Asian neighbors....Aug 16, 2016 1137 0 -
Pakistan-India tensions cast shadow on South Asian cooperation
The latest bout of words between interior ministers of Pakistan and India at the SAARC Internal Affairs Ministers’ moot in Islamabad have further stoked tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian rivals. In the backdrop of...Aug 6, 2016 1065 0