Pak man claims Hindu woman embraces Islam, marries him
FIR says she is minor, abducted
Islamabad: A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a minor and abducted by four armed men, has converted to Islam and married him in Sindh province, amidst uproar over a similar case involving two teenage girls from the minority community. His claim came a day after the provincial Minorities […]
Pakistan opens its airspace: PIA resumes normal flight
Karachi: Pakistan Tuesday fully opened its airspace, nearly a month after shutting it for commercial flights following escalating tensions with India after the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent aerial strike by Indian jets on a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Balakot. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the complete opening of Pakistan’s […]
No movement forward
The Government had in the month of December made public its process of formulating a holistic welfare policy for the transgender persons in the state. The policy was aimed at providing a legal framework for the welfare of transgenders which will include their social inclusion, education, employment, healthcare and other related issues. The Social Welfare […]
And Intolerance Lingers On!!!
Peer Faizan Bashir Intolerance prevails in most of the societies where some people claim their beliefs to be the ultimate truth, while others have their own stuff to narrate-and the process of refuting each other continues. We have seen an alarming increase in the incidents of intolerance from the past few years- as a result […]
PDP castigates Omar Abdullah over his anti-PDP remarks
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday flayed NC Vice President Omar Abdullah over his recent anti-PDP remarks, saying that it is NC which is responsible for the entire insurmountable predicament surrounding Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. Addressing party functionaries, workers and supporters from Srinagar’s Amira Kadal constituency, party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura said […]
Jacinda Ardern – A Ray of Hope
Mushtaq Hurra The exhibition of cowardice and brutality in two Mosques at Christchurch New Zealand on the 15th of this month has proven the fact that terrorism knows no faith and religion. Those who attribute it to any particular religion or faith are biased towards the religion. Though the attack on innocent worshippers has sent […]
Strengthen democracy by casting ballots: NC tells party workers
Jammu: National Conference (NC) State Secretary and former minister Ajay Kumar Sadhotra Wednesday called for strengthening democracy by ensuring massive participation in elections, saying this is a way forward to end political instability enforced in Jammu and Kashmir by the wrong and self-centric polices of the BJP and PDP. “Democracy is core of National Conference […]
EC offers choices to Kashmiri migrants to cast votes in LS polls
Jammu: In a bid to encourage migrant Kashmiri voters to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has opened up various avenues like the digital platform, setting up special polling stations and allowing postal ballots. A scheme was earlier devised to help the Kashmiri migrant population living in various parts […]
Only Congress can defeat communal forces: G A Mir
Srinagar: The Congress is the only unifying force in the country, capable of defeating the “communal and fascist forces” who want to “divide” the people for the sake of power, chief of the party’s J-K unit G A Mir said Wednesday. Addressing a function organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Mir […]
