Pakistan

Bilawal Bhutto repeats his vow to take back Kashmir from India

Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto has once against vowed to wrest Kashmir from India. the The 26-year-old Bilawal Bhutto said during his first public rally at Karachi on Saturday (Oct. 18) said “When I raise Kashmir, the entire Hindustan screams. They know when a Bhutto speaks, they (Indians) have no answer”.

Pakistan army chief warns against ‘aggression’ amid Kashmir tensions

Islamabad, Pakistan: Media reports say that Pakistan’s powerful army chief vowed on Saturday (Oct. 17) to thwart any “aggression” against the country, in a thinly-veiled warning to arch rival India after a spate of deadly cross-border firing incidents in the disputed Kashmir region.

Pakistan: Upholding blasphemy death sentence against Christian woman “a grave injustice”, Amnesty

Islamabad/ New Delhi: A Pakistani court’s decision to uphold the death sentence against a Christian woman convicted on blasphemy charges is a grave injustice, Amnesty International said.

India and Pakistan resumes exchange of gun-fires at LoC Kashmir

Jammu: India and Pakistan have again resumed firing along Line Of Control in Kammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. The exchange of firing reportedly started on Saturday (Oct. 11) afternoon. There was calm over LoC for last 36 hours as gun-fires were last reported on Thursday.

Kashmir: 9 civilians killed in India-Pakistan LoC firing

Srinagar, Kashmir: India and Pakistan have accused each other of unprovoked firing along the disputed border in Kashmir in which at least nine civilians were killed. Five civilians died after Pakistani troops fired shells into Indian-administered Kashmir, India said. Pakistan said four civilians in Pakistan-administered Kashmir had been killed in firing by Indian troops. A ceasefire agreed in 2003 remains in place, but the neighbours often accuse each other of violating it. In August India cancelled talks with Pakistan after accusing it of interfering in its internal affairs.

Indian and Pak troops exchange fires along LoC; 4 died, 25 injured in Pak firing, media reports

Jammu, J&K: Indian media reports says at least 4 people have reportedly been killed and 25 have been injured in a firing by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu & Kashmir's Arnia sector. According to Times now reports, Pak troops fired at BSF posts and also targeted civilian areas in Arnia sector.

Nawaz Sharif raises Kashmir Issue in UN General Assembly; UN chief offers help to find solution

New York, USA: After a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif the UN chief Ban Key Moon said that the world body was willing to play a role-if so asked-in resolving the Kashmir issue

Bilawal Bhutto fires salvo, says “I will take back full Kashmir from India”

Islamabad, Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto, son of slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto today said that his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India. Bilawal, who is in his 20s, said so while addressing his party workers in Multan region in Punjab on Sept. 19.

India expresses outrage over Pak High Commissioner’s clean chit to JuD chief Hafiz Saeed

New Delhi, India: India has expressed it's problems with “what's the problem” statement by Abdul Basit, High Commissioner of Pakistan for India. Pak High Commissioner yesterday said that “Hafiz Saeed is a Pakistani national, he is free to roam around. What’s the problem?”. He was responding to a media query on reports that Hafiz Saeed was roaming around freely in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

What’s the problem if JuD cheif Hafiz Saeed roam around freely, asks Pak High Commissioner

New Delh, India: In a statement which would certain annoy India, the Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Monday said that Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief was a Pakistani citizen who was “free to roam around” in the country.

Sikhs in Pakistan to raise issue of targeted attacks in Pak Parliament

Islamabad, Pakistan (September 10, 2014): Following target attacks on members of minority community Sikhs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), in a meeting held at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasanabdal on Tuesday, Sikh leaders from various parts of the country decided to constitute a committee and raise the issue on the floor of the K-P and National assemblies and the Senate.

India’s External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj accuse Pakistan for ‘derailing’ dialouge process

New Delhi, India (September 08, 2014): More than two weeks after the Indian authorities called off foreign secretary level meet with Pakistan, India's Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, accuses Pakistan for allegedly derailing dialouge process. Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, who was supposed to meet her Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhury on August 25, but India called off talks on August 18 taking a plea that why Pakistan envoy held meetings with pro-freedom Kashmiri leaders?

Another Sikh gunned down in Gulberg area of Peshawar (Pakistan)

Peshawar, Pakistan (September 06, 2014): According to media reports another Sikh was shot dead in Gurberg area of Peshawar (Pakistan) on Sept. 06. As per information the victim was a resident of Dabgari. He was attacked by two unidentified gunmen at his shop in Nothia area of Gulberg.

Sikh stabbed to death in Mardan, Pakistan

Mardan, Pakistan (September 05, 2014): As per media reports a Sikh was stabbed to death inside his shop in Shaheedan Bazaar (Mardan, Pakistan) on Wednesday (September 03) afternoon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping slips trip to Pakistan; India, Srilanka still on

Beijing, China (September 05, 2014): In wake of political turmoil in Pakistan, the Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly cancelled/ postponed his trip to Pakistan. The decision was reportedly taken after President Xi Jinping's security team did not give clearance to his proposed trip to Pakistan.

Heavy rainfall claims 73 lives in Pakistan; More intense flash floods warned by authorities

Lahore, Pakistan (September 05, 2014): As per media reports, floods have been causing havoc in Pakistan where 73 have already lost their lives because of flood flashes. On the other hand the authorities have issued warnings for more intense rainfall and flash floods could be imminent.

Pakistan: Two killed, 450 protesters injured in police crackdown

Islamabad, Pakistan (August 31, 2014): At least two protesters were killed and 450 others were killed following a crackdown on the protesters by the police on Sunday. However, cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri claimed that seven of his supporters were killed in the clashes. The clashes took place after Imran Khan and Qadri directed supporters to rush to Nawaz Sharif’s residence.

Indo-Pak talks involving Indus Water Treaty and Kishanganga Dam end up inconclusively

Lahore/ New Delhi, Pakistan/ India (August 27, 2014): The second round of talks between water experts from Pakistan and India ended up inconclusively as India refused to change the designs of its Kishanganga Dam and Pakistan gearing up to seek International Court of Justice (ICJ) intervention in this matter.

Hurriyat leader Shabbir Shah lashes out at India after being booked for treason

Srinagar, Kashmir (August 24, 2014): As per media reports, senior Hurriyet leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Shabbir Ahmad Shah has termed the registration of a treason case against him and the Pakistani High Commissioner in New Delhi, Abdul Basit, as frustration of the Indian government.

Gunfight intensifies between India and Pakistan at LoC Kashmir

Srinagar, Kashmir (August 24, 2014): Recent media reports are suggesting that armed forces of India and Pakistan are engaged in an ongoing exchange of fires across line of control in Karshmir. India has been accusing Pakistan for repeated ceasefire violations at Line of Control at various sectors of Kashmir.

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