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On Pakistan Day, Islamabad says South Asia needs peace
A map of South Asia Image Credit: Cacahuate/Wikimedia Commons Celebrating the 78th Pakistan Day with a traditional show of military prowess, Islamabad has said it stands for peace in the region. Speaking at a parade in the...March 23, 2018 1241 0 -
Manmohan Singh: Modi Government responsible for Kashmir troubles
Amid raging insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir, former prime minister Manmohan Singh has accused the ultrantionalist Narendra Modi government of failure to address troubles in the disputed territory – also a scene of worsening Pakistan-India shelling. Singh,...March 18, 2018 1097 0 -
Foreign defense officials see Kashmir situation firsthand as Pakistan-India tensions soar
Defense attaches from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir after days Indian shelling into Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed territory....February 23, 2018 1151 0 -
Jingoism over Kashmir: Pakistan, India must heed voices of peace
Kashmir region 2004 Photo: CIA/Wikimedia Commons Amid exchange of fire across Kashmir’s Line of Control, uprising against Indian repression of the Kashmiris and the latest attacks on an Indian military base in the disputed region, Indian...February 15, 2018 1570 0 -
As South Asian tensions soar, Pakistan seeks expansion in UN monitoring of Kashmir
With Pakistan-India tensions soaring over Kashmir, Islamabad has urged the United Nations to expand its military observer group to enhancing monitoring of the situation in the disputed territory. The UN Military Observer Mission in India and...February 13, 2018 1404 0 -
Times Square rally ugres freedom for Kashmir
A map of disputed Kashmir region Credit: Planemad/Wikimedia Commons A demonstration in New York’s Times Square called for freedom of Kashmir, drawing attention to Indian atrocities and asking the UN to honor its commitment to help...February 6, 2018 2459 0 -
Kashmir tensions escalate as Indian shelling kills four Pakistani soldiers
Four Pakistani soldiers were killed on Monday in mortar shelling by Indian forces from across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistani officials said. Three Indian soldiers were also killed in exchange of fire...January 15, 2018 858 0 -
Human rights abuses in Indian Kashmir – Will the world act?
The Indian-controlled Kashmir has been in a state of turmoil and uprisings for far too long as the local population continues to see New Delhi as occupier of their land. The ruling India’s BJP government’s hard...November 6, 2017 1419 0 -
Pakistan calls India mother of terrorism as South Asian rivals clash at UN
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi accused India of being the “mother of terrorism” in South Asia as she cited several examples of New Delhi’s fueling and backing terror. Dr. Lodhi was...September 23, 2017 1331 0 -
PM Abbasi wants UN special envoy on Kashmir; sees no military solution to Afghan conflict
Kashmir Map by CIA being used via Wikimedia Commons Amid heightened South Asian tensions, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has told the United Nations that India is perpetrating state-sponsored terror against Pakistan including from acorss the...September 21, 2017 1246 0
