Sunday, August 25th, 2019
Kashmir dispute could spark South Asia’s nuclear fuse: US think-tank warns
WASHINGTON, August 25 (DNA): A United States think-tank, in a report published on Saturday, has warned the international community that “the specter of nuclear war haunts tensions between India and Pakistan, and the disputed territory of Kashmir could provide the spark that lights South Asia’s nuclear fuse.” The report – by Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence platform based in Austin, Texas – also disputes the classification of the Kashmir issue as India’s “internal affair” or a “bilateral” issue between India and Pakistan. “It isn’t. A potential nuclear conflagration cannot be anythingRead More
Mediation sans Kashmiris’ approval not acceptable: Masood
MUZAFFARABAD, August 25: The AJK President, Sardar Masood Khan has categorically rejected any mediation or diplomatic solution to Kashmir issue without the will of Kashmiri mothers and sisters as well as parents who had lost their near and dear as well as home and hearth for the freedom of their motherland. Talking to a 25-member delegation of journalists here at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday, he said that media channel had a great role to apprise the international community of the agonies of the Kashmiri brethren currently besieged in the held territory.Read More
UAE on Pakistan’s side on Kashmir issue: FM Qureshi
KHANEWAL, AUG 25 (DNA) .. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday that UAE is a dear friend of Pakistan and fully supports Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. According to media reports the foreign minister made these remarks during his interaction with PTI workers from South Punjab The foreign minister further said we are opening Kartarpur corridor. He said Kashmir people are undergoing worst ever persecution at the hands of Indian forces. He called upon the world community to stand in favour of Kashmiris otherwise historyRead More
President urges India to allow international observers, media in Occupied Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, AUG 25 (DNA) – President Dr. Arif Alvi has said detention and refusal of entry even to Indian multiparty delegation of opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, into Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir highlights volatility of the situation. In a tweet, he said Pakistan demands that India allow international observers and media in Occupied Kashmir.
BJP MP Subramanian hurts Sikhs’ sentiments by pushing govt to abandon Kartarpur corridor
NEW DELHI, AUG 25 (DNA) – With the dominant ideology of Hindutva sweeping away the secularism from the face of India, and putting minorities in danger and vulnerable position, the Modi-led Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has this time called for withdrawing the ongoing work on the Kartarpur corridor project with Pakistan. BJP’s new move has been revealed by its Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Subramanian Swamy on August 24 when he stirred another controversy within India by asking to abandon the Kartarpur corridor. The minister dictating tyrannyRead More
PM announces to open Governor House Nathiagali for public
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to open Governor House Nathiagali for public. In a tweet, in which he also shared the video of the Governor House Nathiagali, Imran Khan said these colonial symbols which cost crores annually to the taxpayers in maintenance, are now going to make money for the government. Governor House Nathiagali was constructed in 1923 and spans an area of 76 kanals of land