Pakistan will continue to raise Kashmir Issue at world stage: Imran Khan

Notwithstanding the unsuccessful attempts made by him to raise the Kashmir issue at the world stage, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his country would continue to raise the matter at all international forums. Addressing the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Khan claimed that many world leaders didn’t even know what was going on in Kashmir. Khan said that it was due to his government’s efforts that the Kashmir…

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UN discusses Kashmir for third time since abrogation of article 370

The UN Security Council discussed disputed Kashmir at Pakistan’s request on Wednesday for the third time since India’s Hindu nationalist government decided to end the Muslim-majority region’s semi-autonomy a year ago. The United Nations’s most powerful body did not take any action or issue a statement after the virtual meeting held behind closed doors. Nonetheless, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said afterwards holding the meeting signified “that Jammu and Kashmir is an international dispute firmly on the agenda of the Security Council and has nullified, yet another time, the…

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Sajad Khandey, BJP sarpanch shot dead in Kulgam

A day after the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, a BJP sarpanch was shot dead in Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said. They said Sajad Ahmed Khandey was shot at by gunmen outside his residence at Vessu, leaving him critically wounded. “He was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” an official said. Soon after the incident, security forces cordoned off the area to trace the attackers. A police officer said the sarpanch was staying in the Vessu migrant camp along with several sarpanches. “He left…

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Year after revocation of Article 370, Alienation grows in Kashmir, Frustration visible in Jammu

A year after the BJP-led Central government revoked Article 370 and cut Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories (UTs) of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on August 5 last year, alienation in Kashmir has increased manifold while the economy and the polity lie in shambles. Frustration is also growing in the Hindu-majority Jammu as the people are beginning to feel the impact of the changes in the business atmosphere and polity of the region. Like in Kashmir, a sense of disempowerment has grown in the region, which has…

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India violates own law by altering Kashmir Status

Tariq Kamal Qazi On August 5, 2019, India promulgated “The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019” radically changing the Article 370 that was to preserve a special status for the State of Jammu and Kashmir. India also promulgated the “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019”, bringing the very status of Jammu and Kashmir as a separate state to an end by splitting it into three Union Territories — Kashmir, Ladakh, and Jammu. Following is an analysis of the legal aspects of the changes, highlighting the historical and political…

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BJP can gather and celebrate, we can’t even meet in our lawn: Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah, who is the vice president of the NC, said, “One year later the authorities are still too afraid to allow us to meet much less carry out any normal political activity. This fear speaks volumes about the true situation on the ground in Kashmir.” A meeting called by former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at his residence on Wednesday could not be held due to strict restrictions put in place by the Union Territory’s administration, his son and former CM Omar Abdullah said on…

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