Ceasefire violations: Pak summons Indian diplomat
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner GauravAhluwalia and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of Control which resulted in the killing of one civilian. Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal, who is also the Director General (South Asia & SAARC), summoned Ahluwalia and “condemned the unprovoked […]
Congress promises to review AFSPA in JK
Says nothing will be allowed to change state’s constitutional position
Says nothing will be allowed to change state’s constitutional position
LoC flare-up: Seven Pak posts destroyed during shelling, 3 Pak army men killed
Jammu: Seven Pakistani posts across the LoC were destroyed as the Indian Army retaliated to cross border shelling by Pakistani troops who targeted border areas in Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said Tuesday. There have been several casualties to Pakistani troops too, they said. As a precautionary measure, all schools along the borderline in Poonch […]
Study group to suggest security upgrade on JK highway
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said a study group has been set up to suggest measures to strengthen security along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway, following the Pulwama attack. Singh said two suicide attacks were foiled by police with killing of two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists after the February 14 terror attack in which […]
Omar defends comment on return of Prez, PM posts for JK
Says NC will strive hard for restoring the terms of accession
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Tuesday defended his statement that his party would strive hard for restoring the terms of accession of Jammu and Kashmir, including the provisions for having a ‘sadr-e-riyasat’ and wazir-e-azam in the state. “I have not said anything wrong. I have only reiterated what is a reality. Is it not […]
Doing away with article 370, 35A will end JK’s accession to India: Farooq
Srinagar: NC chief Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said those saying articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution were supposed to be temporary are “wittingly or unwittingly affirming” that J-K’s accession to India too was “temporary”. The former Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) chief minister asserted that people were unfazed by the threats of the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)-RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh […]
Shabir Shah propelled Kashmir unrest, generated funds with Pak help: ED
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday told a Delhi court that jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah generated funds from Pakistan and other countries to carry out unrest in the Valley. The agency made the submission before Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora while opposing Shah’s bail application in a decade-old money laundering case for […]
FATF plans Pak’s blacklisting: FM Qureshi
Lahore: Pakistan could be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to “lobbying by India”, Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi said as he estimated that the country could suffer USD 10 billion loss annually if it remains in the watchdog’s grey list. In June last year, the Paris-based FATF had placed Pakistan on the […]