Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pakistan calls on India to reverse curbs on free speech

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan called upon the international community, particularly the United Nations and human rights organizations, to investigate the extra-judicial killings of Kashmiris by Indian occupation forces. Addressing the weekly press conference on Thursday, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said Pakistan will continue to support the Kashmiri people in their just struggle against Indian occupation till the … Read more

China to decide on attending G20 meeting in IoK

hinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian

BEIJING: China has opposed India’s plan of holding the G20 meeting in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and called on focusing on economic recovery and avoid politicizing the relevant issue. “China’s position on Kashmir is consistent and clear cut. It is a legacy issue between India and Pakistan. It should be properly resolved in accordance … Read more

Pakistan condemns extra-judicial killing of four Kashmiri youth in IoK

Four Kashmiri youth were martyred by Indian forces in IIOK.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the extra-judicial killing of four more Kashmiri youth as a result of continued state terrorism by Indian occupation forces. In a statement, the Foreign Office strongly condemned the killings in Pulwama and Baramulla districts of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). It said that 113 extra-judicial killings of Kashmiris … Read more

Pakistan urges holding India accountable for sexual crimes in IoK

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is being observed.

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict being observed Foreign Office urged to take notice of sexual crimes in IIOJK It said sexual violence has increased since August 5, 2019 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the international community to take cognizance of sexual crimes against the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and … Read more

Bihar laborer shot dead in targeted killings in J&K

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‘The Resistance Front’ claims responsibility for the majority of recent attacks in Kashmir. Two of the victims died on the spot, while the third was gravely injured. The new breed of Kashmiri militants is turning to asymmetric warfare to challenge security forces’ authority. Two of the victims died on the spot, while the third was … Read more

Indian forces martyred two more youth in occupied Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers have killed two more Kashmiri youth in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in a new act of state terrorism (IIOJK). According to reports, the boys were killed during an Indian cordon and search operation in the Pulwama area. The operation continued until the last reports were received, according … Read more

A kebab seller from Srinagar, Kashmir won the International best photograph

A kebab seller from Srinagar, Kashmir won the International best photograph A photograph of a road food merchant working at a smoke-shrouded broiler has won a significant food photography grant. Debdatta Chakraborty was named as the general champ of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 for a picture named Kebabiyana, which was taken … Read more

India PM holds first public event in Kashmir since clampdown

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During his first public appearance in the disputed territory since India launched a broad security clampdown nearly three years ago, India’s prime minister promised peace and development for Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has been working to put an end to a long-running insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir and consolidate India’s … Read more

Kashmiris across AJK protest against visit of Indian PM to IIOJK

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In various districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, protests and rallies are being held on Sunday, against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A sit-in was held at Burhan Wani Chowk in Muzaffarabad under the auspices of Pasban-e-Hurriyat on Sunday against the controversial visit of Modi … Read more

OIC-CFM session adopts action plan on Jammu, Kashmir

The 48th Session of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers has adopted an action plan on Jammu and Kashmir, envisaging greater coordination amongst the member states on this outstanding dispute. Under the plan, the member states in their bilateral engagements with India will raise the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to advance a … Read more

Qureshi urges OIC to take concrete steps to solve Kashmir, Palestine issues

Pakistan has assumed the chairmanship of the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers currently in progress at the parliament house in Islamabad. The chairmanship was handed over by Niger Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yacoubou. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is chairing the session. In his opening remarks, Qureshi urged the OIC to forge … Read more

Pakistan to continue cooperation with UN human rights machinery: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan would continue cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights machinery for the promotion and protection of all human rights and realisation of the sustainable development agenda. In a meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the foreign minister underscored Pakistan’s … Read more

Hundreds of reports chronicling Indian violence in IIOJK vanished from news archives

SRINAGAR: One of the most comprehensive NGO reports on decades of violence and killings in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is Alleged Perpetrators, published by the most respected rights group in the disputed region. But clicking on the Greater Kashmir newspaper report it cites in the killing of a 16-year-old named Ishtiyaq Ahmad … Read more

2020 Delhi riots, 1991 mass rapes of Kashmiri women scar on world’s conscience: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday said that the reprehensible incidents of the Delhi Riots Pogrom of 2020 and mass rapes of Kashmiri women in Kunan and Poshpura villages of IIOJK in 1991 continued to be a scar on the collective conscience of the international community. Read more: Only Imran Khan can resolve Kashmir issue: PM AJK … Read more

Mushaal seeks world’s intervention to save Yasin Malik’s life

Mushaal seeks world’s intervention to save Yasin Malik’s life

ISLAMABAD: The Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organisation (PCO), Mushaal Hussein Mullick, has urged the world powers and human rights organizations to press the fascist Indian government to ensure the release of her husband Muhammad Yasin Malik from Indian illegal detention, who is battling for life. The Hurriyat leader in a statement on their 13 … Read more

Govt introducing Chinese model in Pakistan for poverty alleviation: PM Imran Khan

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Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated on Tuesday that Pakistan wants a peaceful solution to the long-standing Kashmir dispute. During an interview with the Chinese CGTN, he said that the Kashmir issue was a bone of contention between Pakistan and India. Read more: PM Imran, COAS to spend day with troops in Balochistan The prime minister … Read more

Indian occupied troops martyr two Kashmiris in Srinagar

In the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Srinagar district on Saturday. Read more: Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed today The troops martyred the youth during a violent cordon and search operation in Zakura area of the district, Radio Pakistan … Read more

President urges world to take notice of blatant human rights violations in IIOJ&K

President Arif Alvi

President Arif Alvi has urged the international community to take notice of blatant human rights violations in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Read more: Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed today Addressing a rally taken out in Islamabad on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day, he said international media and delegations should be … Read more

India trying to change population ratio in Kashmir, says Yousaf Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in Senate and former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said India was trying to change the population ratio in Kashmir. “If India wants to restore relations with Pakistan, then it should reverse its move of August 5, 2019, through which it repealed the illegally occupied Kashmir’s autonomous status,” … Read more

Kashmiris rendering sacrifices for only freedom:  APHC

In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference has categorically stated that Kashmiri people are rendering sacrifices for freedom and not for any election process within the Indian constitution. Read more: Welcome to Kashmir In a statement issued in held Srinagar, the APHC spokesman made it clear to the Modi-led India that no … Read more

UN chief urges respect for human rights of all, including Kashmiris

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscores the need for respecting human rights in his interactions with world leaders, including the rights of the Kashmiri people, a UN spokesperson said Wednesday. “The Secretary-General has always expressed, both publicly and privately, the need for all human rights to be fully respected and for the authorities to … Read more

Resolving Kashmir issue, establishing stability in Afghanistan important: Punjab governor

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said that resolving the Kashmir issue and establishing economic stability in Afghanistan was compulsory for regional peace. Talking to the media representatives after an event at Governor House, he also praised the Pakistani armed forces and termed it the best force in the world capable of defeating the enemy … Read more

AJK-APC demands EU to designate special representative on Kashmir

An All Parties Conference (APC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has demanded the European Union (EU) to designate a special representative on Kashmir to monitor the humanitarian violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) by Indian forces. Addressing a joint news conference in Islamabad on Sunday, AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood … Read more

Pakistan condemns extra-judicial killing of five civilians in occupied Kashmir

Pakistan strongly condemns Indian forces killing spree in IIOJK: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the reported extra-judicial killing of five Kashmiris in Pulwama and Budgam in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), reiterating its call for the international accountability of Indian forces. “We also reiterate our call on the international community, including the United Nations, to hold India accountable for its gross … Read more

Kashmir’s voice gagged, another blow to democracy

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Srinagar – The Kashmir Press Club in Srinagar was permanently shut down on January 17 with its premises formally taken over by the government of the union territory of Kashmir. The government announced that the biggest journalist body of the Valley has ceased to exist — it has lost its registration as a society, its … Read more

Viral video: A little girl turns into a reporter to show bad roads in Kashmir

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In this viral video, a little “journalist” is reporting about the bad roads in her neighbourhood, Kashmir which has gone viral on social media. Pothole problems are common all across the world, and everyone has devised creative ways to gain the attention of authorities to resolve their problems. The video of an excited “reporter” is … Read more

India wants to choke every dissenting voice within and outside Kashmir: Wani

India wants to choke every dissenting voice within and outside Kashmir: Wani

ISLAMABAD: Veteran rights activist and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR), Altaf Hussain Wani on Monday condemned in strong terms the Indian occupation authorities’ act of filing a concocted case under notorious UAPA against London and Saudi Arabia based Kashmiri rights activist Muzamil Ayoub Thakur and Dr Asif Dar. Read more: Killings of youth in … Read more