Day: August 20, 2020

12 Fresh deaths, 708 new cases of coronavirus reported from across J&K

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12 more people lost lives to COVID19 in Kashmir today, including a 43-year old Srinagar man with no underlying diseases. COVID19 continued to cause deaths in young ‘otherwise healthy’ individuals. Another 43 year old man from Hawal Srinagar died at SKIMS Soura today. He had been admitted with COVID19 pneumonia, a doctor at the hospital said. However, the doctor said the patient had been admitted very late into the disease. “He was under treatment only for one day and had acute respiratory distress when he was brought to the hospital,”…

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Imran Khan plays down differences with ally Saudi Arabia

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down differences with longtime ally Saudi Arabia after his army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease a row over policy towards the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The dispute, brought on by Pakistani demands for Saudi Arabia to take a firmer line against India for what Pakistan says are its human rights violations in Kashmir, has threatened Riyadh’s financial support for Islamabad. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had no differences, Khan said in a late Tuesday interview, backing away from criticism by…

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The verdict of the Supreme Court: Losses and gains?

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“Law without Justice is a Wound without a Cure “ By Hashim Qureshi In judicial parlance” justice delayed is justice denied.” Today, a divisional bench comprising three judges of the Supreme Court of India issued a verdict on a petition challenging the decision of the Government of India by which a blanket ban was imposed on the telecommunication network system in J&K. This order came after five months and five days of processing of the case.. The verdict said the imposition of a permanent ban on the internet is against…

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China raises Kashmir Issue third time at UN Security Council

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A year after special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was revoked, China on Wednesday raised the issue of the situation in J&K at the United Nations Security Council in New York. This is the third time the issue has been raised since last year — J&K was raised in August last year and again in January this year, but like previous occasions, there was no resolution. Sources said it was raised under “any other business” in the meeting. Pakistan Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted, “This 3rd…

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