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Islamabad:The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on Tuesday grilled the regional head of social media platform, Twitter, for silencing voices of thousands of Kashmiri and Pakistani activists projecting the plight of people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In a special hearing held the Parliament House, Committee Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi led the questioning […]

Islamabad, Feb 17: Indian establishment in Kashmir wants to rub salt into the wounds of the Kashmiris and at the same time hoodwink the world by arranging intelligence-guided tours of selected diplomats to the strangulated and besieged Jammu and Kashmir, says Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Chaiman Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League on the present Delhi-designed […]

Srinagar: Family members of detained youth Zahoor Ahmad Rather staged a protest demonstration in Srinagar said that he is innocent and has nothing to do with any unlawful activities. The family members who gathered at press enclave in Srinagar strongly rejected the claim of Indian police that he is involved in the killing of BJP […]

Ghulam Mohammad Bulla was arrested in February 1975 for leading a protest rally against the Indira-Abdullah Accord and was tortured and martyred in custody on February 15, 1975. Senior Hurriyat leader and J&K People’s Freedom League (JKPFL) Chairman Muhammad Farooq Rehmani in a statement issued in Islamabad while paying rich tributes to the martyred leader […]

Srinagar: Complete shutdown was observed, today, to mark the 37th death anniversary of prominent Kashmiri liberation leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut, while public transport was largely off the roads during the strike, call for which was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and […]

Washington: National Press Club leaders on Monday urged the Government of India to release Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been detained for two and a half years. Asif, a reporter for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an unwarranted charge of harbouring militants, although all he had done was interview […]

Muzaffarabad: A rally was organized under the aegis of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir in Muzaffarabad, today, to pay tribute to the great Kashmiri martyred leaders Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Butt. The participants of the rally chanted slogans against India and in favour of Kashmir’s freedom from Indian illegal occupation. They were holding banners […]

Srinagar: The occupied Kashmir is observing a spontaneous shutdown on Tuesday to mark the eighth martyrdom anniversary of Mohammad Afzal Guru. Call for the strike was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and other pro-freedom leaders and organizations. All shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is off the road. Thousands of personnel […]

Srinagar: The father of slain Athar Mushtaq who was killed in a military operation in Srinagar on December 31 has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Speaking to Free Press Kashmir a family member of Mushtaq Ahmed, a resident of the Bellow area in Pulwama said, “Nobody earlier informed us about any such […]

New York, February 07: The Foreign Office on Saturday said that the New York State Assembly’s decision to adopt a resolution marking Feb 5 as ‘Kashmir-American Day’ was a “welcome development”. “The resolution appreciates the courage and perseverance of the Kashmiri people and recognises their unique cultural and religious identity. It also underscores that ‘the […]