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Pakistan offers India help on Pulwama probe; warns Modi against militarism
A 2018 photo shows Indian forces and Kashmiri protestors Credit: Screenshot/VOA video Prime Minister Imran Khan posed a raft of questions to India in the wake of New Delhi’s saber-rattling over allegations that Pakistan was behind...February 19, 2019 993 1 -
FM calls out India on Kashmir repression; says New Delhi prefers politics over peace
Pakistan delivered a stinging rebuke to Indian policy of repression in the disputed Kashmir region under its control with foreign minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi saying New Delhi prefers politics over peace. The Pakistani diplomat, speaking in...September 29, 2018 853 0 -
India threatens Pakistan; beats war drums after abandoning peace talks
A day after canceling talks with Pakistan, New Delhi threatened to inflict pain on Pakistan, alleging that the country supported acts of terrorism against India. The sudden escalation in Indian rhetoric follows Friday’s decision to call...September 22, 2018 894 0 -
Kashmir and the Tom Cruise thriller
Tom Cruise’s latest film Mission: Impossible – Fallout may have hit screens around thee world as a blockbuster but India is unhappy with the mention of occupied Kashmir – a UN-recognized disputed territory. Kashmir is one...August 1, 2018 1115 0 -
UN hits back at India for campaign against blistering Kashmir report
The United Nations ace human rights body is hitting back at India for its unfounded criticism of a blistering report documenting a number of incidents establishing New Delhi’s use of lethal force against Kashmiri people. Pakistan has...July 19, 2018 876 0 -
UN Secretary General supports international probe into rights abuses in Kashmir
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres backs human rights commission’s proposal for international investigation into atrocities being committed in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The world’s highest diplomat is also calling upon nuclear rivals India and Pakistan to find a political...July 13, 2018 920 0 -
AJK President: If North Korea can see a resolution, so can Kashmir
President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Masood Khan, who is visiting Washington D.C., Wednesday called for a U.S. push toward a resolution of the humanitarian catastrophe and the longstanding dispute – that has kept Pakistan and India in...May 10, 2018 967 0 -
UN for justice in ‘horrific’ rape and murder case of young girl in Indian-ruled Kashmir
Shocked over the brutal rape and murder in Indian-ruled Jammu and Kashmir, of Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old Muslim girl, the United Nations has called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. The rape and killing...April 14, 2018 955 0 -
UN for investigation into Kashmir killings
Photo: VOA/Wikimedia As Kashmiris protest Indian repression in the disputed territory, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced serious concern over killings of Kashmiri demonstrators, saying the bloodshed “needs to be investigated. “Civilians have to be...April 3, 2018 930 0 -
Kashmir boils with protests against Indian rule after several killed
Image: Kashmir regional map Credit: w:user:Planemad/Wikimedia Commons The Indian-ruled Kashmir was on edge on Sunday after security forces killed several men, which it said were militants. The weekend killings in Shopian and Islamabad area saw anti-India...April 1, 2018 776 0
