From military standoff to bonhomie: 2018 will go down as watershed year in testy India-China ties
Beijing: The year 2018 will go down as a watershed in India-China relations for its remarkable turnaround – from the brink of a major military standoff to bonhomie – with the first informal summit of the top leaders of the two countries leading to cooling down of tensions between the two Asian giants. In 2017, […]
Imran Khan reiterates equal status for minorities in Pakistan
Says they will be treated equally, unlike India
Lahore: Prime Minister Imran Khan on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s assured minority communities that they would be treated as equal citizens in Naya Pakistan “unlike what is happening in India”. Imran on Tuesday tweeted that “Naya Pakistan is Quaid’s Pakistan and will ensure that our minorities are treated as […]
Former Pak Premier Nawaz Sharif shifted to jail in Lahore
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted to the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore amid tight security on Tuesday, a day after an anti-corruption court sentenced him to seven years in prison in a graft case linked to the high-profile Panama Papers scandal. Sharif, 69, was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment […]
Damaging the tourism industry
The concerns of the tourism trade have finally got an approval by a parliamentary panel which has spelled that the GST and the negative public campaign unleashed by various quarters against the region is killing tourism trade in Kashmir. Tourism trade in Kashmir has been on the receiving end. Not only have the tourist footfall […]
Increasing road accidents in J&K is a matter of great concern
Last year 926 persons lost their lives in 5,624 mishaps on J&K roads. From the last couple of years, almost 3 persons die every day in road traffic accidents.
Younus Rashid Every day as the sun passes off and slowly the darkness starts to fall a piece of news pops up on my phone about the day’s road mishaps. It looks like a norm and a part of life to hear and let it down. Road Traffic Accidents! What is happenings and what to […]
Cool tempers, learn lessons from episodes in Afghanistan: Er Rasheed to Indo-Pak
Says ‘former DGP’s words deserve immediate attention’
Handwara: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday asked India and Pakistan to cool their tempers and learn lessons from what is happening in Afghanistan. ErRasheed as per a statement issued here appealing New Delhi to learn lessons from the advice given by former Director General of Police (DGP), K Rajandra Kumar […]
UeI leader, sole bread earner for family booked under PSA
Pulwama: Authorities have booked Ummat-e-Islami (UeI) district president Pulwama and MirwaizJamia Masjid MurranPulwama, Aijaz Ahmad Noori under Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted him to KotBalwal jail in Jammu. The UeI district president Pulwama has been booked for allegedly playing active role in 2016 agitation and delivering pro-Pakistan speeches. Aijaz Ahmad Wani @Noori, son of […]
‘Law of Jungle’ prevailing in JK, says JKLF
Malik’s 7 day remand ends, continues to remain in custody
Srinagar: Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Tuesday held a meeting at party head office Abi-Guzar in which various leaders participated and deliberated upon different issues concerning the resistance movement. The JKLF leader as per a statement issued here said that prolonging incarceration of its chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others […]
