Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Aug 09 (APP):Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has decided to send delegations of Senators to different countries to apprise them about the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir. According to Senate Secretariat, the Chairman Senate took the decision in consultation with Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition in Senate.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 09 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ali Nawaz Awan on Friday said that India has a mind-set to impose its racist ideology on the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) but Kashmiri would not accept their hegemony. Talking to media outside the Parliament House, he said that… Continue reading Kashmir dispute must be resolved as per UN resolutions: Ali Nawaz Awan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (APP):Prime Minister Youth Affairs Programme (PMYAP) has planned to launch “PM’s Hunarmanmd Jawan Programme” to empower youth in high technologies. According to an official, under the said programme training will be given in conventional trade as well as in high skilled emerging technologies to the unskilled youth of the country. He said… Continue reading PMYAP to launch PM’s Hunarmand Jawan Program

MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 9(APP)::The Kashmiri across the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Friday demonstrated complete solidarity with their brethren in Indian Held Kashmir and offered special prayers for tranquility in the area. On the special directions of AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, the people thronged in all small and big cities at divisional… Continue reading Kashmiri across AJK states express complete solidarity with IOK brethren

LAHORE, Aug 09 (APP):Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office here on Friday in which security and cleanliness arrangements for the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha were reviewed. The CM directed the authorities concerned to take the best security measures for Eid congregations, and directed that cabinet committee on law… Continue reading CM chairs meeting to review Eid-ul-Azha arrangements

MIRPUR (AJK): Aug 09 (APP):Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that abolition of special status of occupied Kashmir and inhuman repression by India against the Kashmiri people had brought South Asia at the brink war, and it was obligatory for the UN Security Council to play its role to avert… Continue reading India’s lunacy brings South Asia at brink of war: AJK President.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar Friday said that Pakistan was raising the cause of Kashmir at every available platform to pressurize India to impede its atrocities and brutalities on innocent Kashmiris. Talking to a private news channel, he strongly denounced the gross human rights violation committing… Continue reading Pakistan raising Kashmir cause at every available platform: Dar

LAHORE, Aug 09 (APP):Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has urged the British and European Union (EU) parliamentarians to save Kashmiris from Indian atrocities in the aftermath of revocation of “special status” of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and deter India from gross human rights violations. The governor, in a letter addressed to the British and EU… Continue reading Governor Sarwar writes to EU, British parliamentarians to save Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (APP):Over 45 members of the parliament (MPs) from the United Kingdom and peers have co-signed a letter written by MP Warrington South Faisal Rashid calling on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to intervene and prevent India’s unconstitutional attack on Kashmir’s autonomy. “We are deeply alarmed by reports that the Indian government… Continue reading 45 UK MPs urge UN to take India’s Kashmir move to UNSC

ISLAMABAD, Aug 08 (APP):The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Thursday approved three names for appointment as additional judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC). The three recommended judges are Additional Sessions Judge Rashida Asad, Abdul Mubeen Lakho and Muhammad Zulifqar Ali. Barrister Umar Somroo’s name was dropped from the list. The JCP’s meeting was… Continue reading JCP recommends three names for appointment as additional SHC judges

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Thursday urged the United Nations (UN) to play the same proactive role on the Kashmir issue which it had played like that on the East Timor and South Sudan conflicts. Talking to media persons here outside the Parliament… Continue reading Firdous seeks UN role on Kashmir like East Timor, South Sudan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 08 (APP):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Thursday said no Indian films would be allowed to be exhibited onwards in Pakistan. In a tweet, she said that there would be complete ban on telecast and exhibition of Indian content. She said that Pakistanis would take steps… Continue reading Compete ban on exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan: Firdous

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP):Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said he was leaving for China late in the night to hold consultations with the Chinese leadership after New Delhi revoked special status of the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK). “The Indian government can stage a Pulwama like terrorist act or drama to avoid the world’s… Continue reading Qureshi to hold consultations with Chinese leadership on Kashmir