Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership has called for a shutdown in the state on February 9 and 11, which are observed as death anniversaries or Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru. The leadership has urged people to march towards UN office on February 10 and organize special prayers on these days as a tribute to Bhat […]
Archives for February 8, 2017
Upcoming film ‘Azaadi’ puts the struggle for Kashmir on the big screen
ISLAMABAD: Upcoming film Azaadi tells the story of a man who sacrifices it all for the freedom of Kashmir and how his vision is carried forward by young people he inspires. Starring Nadeem Baig, Moammar Rana and Sonya Hussayn, Azaadi will mark the directorial debut of Imran Malik, the son of veteran film producer/director Pervez […]
Protest in Pulwama after soldiers enter school, beat up teacher and 2 students
SRINAGAR: Beating of a teacher and a few students by soldiers at a government-run winter tuition centre in Lassipora, Pulwama sparked off a demonstration. Witnesses said the soldiers, jeered at by a group of youth outside the government high schools, where the tuition centre has been set up, entered the school premises and beat up […]
President AJK seeks EU’s help to mobilize UN for solution of Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD: President AJK Sardar Masood Khan has said that the European Union with its long history of upholding values of human rights must render help in mobilizing UN to take expeditious initiatives for checking human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir. He expressed these views while addressing a seminar entitled “Kashmir Conflict and International Opinion” […]
Hindu party targets Rohingya in Jammu-Kashmir campaign
‘Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party incites people against Myanmar’s Muslim refugees, calling their presence a threat’ [By Zahid Rafiq] SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir(AA): A Hindu nationalist political party has launched a systematic campaign calling for the expulsion of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya refugees from Jammu and Kashmir, terming their presence in the region an existential […]
Pellet blinded kid’s family reduced to penury, siblings give up studies
Srinagar Feb 07: Eight-year-old Asif Ahmed Sheikh was hit by pellets of Indian forces on July 20 when he had gone out to buy biscuits, according to his family. “After the day’s strict curfew, men had assembled at main chowk Khanabal when all of a sudden two Rakshak vehicles appeared on the scene. There was […]
