Category: World

Talks with India only if Kashmir ‘Siege’ is lifted: Imran Khan

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Imran Khan says he is open to dialogue if Kashmiris are given the right to self-determination as per the UN resolutions. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that he is prepared to hold talks with neighbouring India only if it lifts its “military siege” on Indian-administered Kashmir and gives its residents the right to self-determination. Khan made the remarks during a short video address released on Tuesday to coincide with the anniversary of the day Indian security forces entered the part of Kashmir it administers in 1947, two months…

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Ladakh isn’t only target, China has ramped up military presence across LAC

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Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party is executing plans to control Buddhist culture in Tibet while the People’s Liberation Army builds a military wall on the border with India. China has been massively ramping up its military infrastructure, not just around the stand-off locations but along other stretches of the Line of Actual Control under the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command. The deployment and the renewed focus on infrastructure upgrade has prompted Indian officials to suspect that the rapid militarisation of the border may be also linked to continuing efforts by President…

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Kashmir & Palestine disputes big question mark on UN existence: Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami

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Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), has said that the Kashmir and Palestine disputes are a big question mark on the existence of the United Nations. The Chairman of Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, Khadim Hussain, in a statement issued in Srinagar on the eve of Founding Day of the United Nations deplored that the World Body could not provide justice to the peoples of the two territories. He said that the Kashmiris and Palestinians had been looking towards the United Nations for liberation from the tyranny of the occupying…

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Pakistan ready to talk to India if Kashmiri’s onboard: Moeed Yusuf to Karan Thapar

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Pakistan is prepared to sit down for talks with regional rival India, with whom it came close to an all-out military conflict last year, provided that Kashmiris are provided a seat at the table, Pakistan’s national security adviser has said. “I will tell you very honestly, in the past year, we’ve gotten messages about a desire for conversation [from India],” Moeed Yusuf told Indian journalist Karan Thapar during a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday. Yusuf advises Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on national security and strategic policy. “We have got to…

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Pakistan readies plan to sabotage J&K telecom blackout with new mobile towers

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Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has readied a plan to expand coverage of its mobile coverage in Jammu and Kashmir that is not only designed to help Pakistan-trained terrorists infiltrating into the valley but also neutralise the impact of a future communication blockade imposed by the government, people familiar with the matter said. The plan, according to a top security official in New Delhi, to tweak existing telecom towers and build new ones has been in the works for about a year. It was initially conceived to strength the existing…

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World is living in ‘Shadow of Nuclear Catastrophe’: Antonio Guterres

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the world is living in the shadow of nuclear catastrophe, fuelled by growing distrust and tensions between the nuclear powers. The UN chief told a high-level meeting to commemorate the recent International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons that progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons has stalled and is at risk of backsliding.”And he said strains between countries that possess nuclear weapons have increased nuclear risks. As examples, Guterres has expressed deep concern at the escalating disputes between the Trump…

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Kashmir Issue draws Indian-Americans to Republican Camp

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Though Joe Biden still holds lead over Trump among Indian-American voters, a survey has shown that Donald Trump is making inroads into the Indian-American vote bank. Sharp criticism of India’s Kashmir policies by Democrats served as a wake-up call for many, Republican Indian-Americans say. Seema Sirohi The aggressive stand of some Democrats on the Kashmir issue during last year’s Congressional hearings is the main reason behind the shift in Indian-American vote towards Republicans.Republican Indian-Americans say the sharp criticism of India’s Kashmir policies by Democratic Party members on Capitol Hill served…

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World War 3 fears rocket after India storms out of Pakistan meeting over Kashmir Dispute

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FEARS of open conflict between India and Pakistan surged after a New Delhi delegation stormed out of a meeting over the two countries’ border disputes. The virtual meeting featured security aides from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. India’s delegation, led by national security advisor Ajit Doval, quit the event after Pakistani representatives displayed a map depicting disputed territory as belonging to Islamabad. The Pakistani map showed all of Kashmir, the sovereignty of which is hotly contested, as being under their authority. According to the Times of India the New…

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European MPs reject Indian bid to settle Kashmir dispute unilaterally

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The future of Kashmir cannot be determined by India unilaterally, observed lawmakers from EU and UK, who affirmed the right of the Kashmiri people as principal stakeholders of the conflict. With the UNGA’s 75th session scheduled in days, lawmakers, diplomats and journalists from the EU, UK, India, Pakistan and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Azad Kashmir agreed that the international community must know how Kashmir had become extremely restive since Aug 5 last year, and this comes with implications for conflict escalation in the region. This was…

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Geneva envoys meet UN rights chief on Jammu and Kashmir

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OIC ambassadors tell Michelle Bachelet that in last year human rights situation worsened in Jammu and Kashmir Ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group in Geneva met Tuesday with the UN’s human rights chief on the conditions in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s Geneva mission to the UN said on Twitter that the envoys met virtually with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to communicate their concerns on the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir. The group comprised Azerbaijan, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and…

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