Freedom sentiment has considerably deepened in IIOJK post 5 Aug 2019: Dr Andrabi

ISLAMABAD: London-based prominent Kashmiri intellectual, Syed Inayatullah Andrabi, has termed August 5, 2019 as one of the key dates in India’s strategic management of its occupation of Kashmir and said that it was ultimately the day when New Delhi threw away all the pretensions and deceptions of the so-called special status, laying a complete siege […]

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Events related to 3- year govt performance report postponed in respect of Ashura: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday that the government, in respect of Ashura e Muharram ul Haram, has postponed the events planned to present its three-year performance. In a statement he said that these events were scheduled to be held on August 18 but now have been deferred for […]

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World community asked to play role to stop Indian atrocities, HR violations in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam here on Thursday called upon the international community to play role to stop atrocities and gross human right violation by Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammy and Kashmir (IIOJK) on its unarmed, innocent people. Addressing a Webinar on “Kashmir Conflict in the […]

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U.N. ‘deeply concerned’ about civilians trapped by fighting in southern Afghanistan: Spokesman

The United Nations is ‘deeply concerned’ about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, who could be trapped by fighting between government forces and the Taliban, according to a U.N. spokesman. Taliban fighters have moved in on three provincial capitals in the last few […]

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IMF representative Sanchez lauds government’s initiatives, vision for youth

ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Teresa Dubin Sanchez on Thursday lauded the government’s initiatives and vision for the youth of the country. In a meeting with Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs, Muhammad Usman Dar, Sanchez expressed confidence on the Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan programme. Speaking on the occasion, Usman Dar […]

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Exhibition ‘Perpetual Beings’ opens

ISLAMABAD: An exhibition in honour of the legendary artists of Pakistan titled “Perpetual Beings” started here on Thursday at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in connection with celebrating the 74th Independence Day of Pakistan. According to the announcement, PNCA’s National Art Gallery displaying a collection of artworks by the master painters and […]

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Various activities held to mark Youm-e-Istehsal: ED Lok Virsa

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (NIFTH-Lok Virsa) here on Thursday organized various activities to mark the Youm-e-Istehsal in collaboration with the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan. Executive Director Lok Virsa Talha Ali said, a photographic exhibition showing atrocities committed by Indian forces on the innocent Kashmiri people struggling for their […]

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World turns blind eye to 732 days of worst military siege in IIOJK: Afridi

ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Committee Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday said innocent Kashmiri children, women and youth were under the unprecedented military siege of the Indian Occupied forces in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and the global community was turning a blind eye to it. Shehryar Afridi in a Tweet expressed solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiris […]

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