Monday, August 12th, 2019
Kashmir people facing severe food shortages: Dr. Fridous
SIALKOT, AUG 14 (DNA) -Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the people of held Kashmir are facing shortage of foods and medicines, besides crackdown and curfew even on Eid-ul-Azha day. She added the Indian forces have repeated the history of ‘Karbala’. She said that the civil society and citizens of Pakistan have strongly condemned this Indian act of brutality and expressed their full solidarity with the innocent Kashmiris. She added “We have decided to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with simplicity in view of prevailing situation in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).”Read More
Prime minister offers Eid prayer at Bani Gala
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12 (DNA):Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday offered the prayer of Eid-ul-Adha at the mosque at his residence in Bani Gala here. The prime minister especially prayed for the security, progress and prosperity of the country and betterment of the people. He also prayed to Almighty for the riddance of the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir from the Indian oppression they had been facing for decades. After the prayer, the prime minister exchanged Eid greetings with the people present there.
‘They’re being used’: Hong Kong protests divide neighbourhood
HONG KONG (DNA) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters boast of a broad support base but their movement has divided some neighbourhoods, including Wong Tai Sin, where many police officers live. Poppy Chan, the wife of a police officer, was preparing dinner for her family when she heard the crash of a brick shattering the window of her third-floor apartment. Tear gas flooded the home she shares with her two young daughters, her husband, and a domestic worker, in a complex where many police live with their families. “At that moment,Read More
Curfew continues even on Eid-ul-Azha in occupied Kashmir
Srinagar (DNA): In occupied Kashmir, unprecedented curfew and communication blackout continue on the 8th consecutive day, today (Monday) even on day of the great Muslim festival, Eidul Azha. The Indian government, on August 05, had snapped television, telephone and internet links to prevent demonstrations against its decision of revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri Muslims are unable to sacrifice animals and offer Eidul Azha prayers, as entire occupied territory has been converted into a military garrison and a big concentrationRead More
Ready to sacrifice everything for Kashmir, says AJK PM
MUZAFFARABAD (DNA) – Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider on Monday has expressed trust on Pakistan Army and said that we are ready to sacrifice everything for Kashmir. In a message on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the premier said that Pakistan Army is capable enough to give befitting response to the enemies. Raja Farooq Haider offered Eid prayers in Muzaffarabad along with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto.
Kashmir issue: PM, president appeal nation to celebrate Eid in simple way
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday have congratulated the nation and whole Muslim Ummah on the occasion of Eidul Azha. In their separate messages on the occasion, they said that the passion to sacrifice is inevitable for any nation’s development as it enables a person to remain steadfast and brave enough against any ordeal or tough circumstances. The President, in his message, stressed upon understanding the hidden significance of selflessness and sacrifices associated with the auspicious Islamic occasion. He said thereRead More