Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Feb 05 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Tuesday said that Kashmir issue was not just a territorial dispute but a question of people’s inherent right to self-determination. He added that brutal force and propaganda could not gag the voice of freedom nor it could alter Pakistan’s resolute and principled stance on the issue of… Continue reading Resolution of Kashmir issue imperative for regional, global peace: Speaker NA

PESHAWAR, Feb 5 (APP):Three terrorists were killed in an intelligence based operation as security forces foiled a major terrorist activity at Gulkuch area of South Waziristan district. According to an ISPR press release issued here on Tuesday, the security forces launched an intelligence based operation (IBO) as part of “Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad” against terrorists hideout at… Continue reading Three terrorists killed in South Waziristan

MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 5 (APP):President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Masood Khan has stressed upon the Britain as being the permanent member of UN Security Council to play its due role to stop India from perpetuation of atrocities and gross human rights violations against unarmed Kashmiri people in Indian occupied Kashmir who were struggling peacefully… Continue reading Masood stresses Britain to play its role to stop Indian atrocities in IoK

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevick has emphasized that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute should be high on the agenda of the International Community and resolution of this dispute should be a priority for all. The former Prime Minister of Norway expressed these views during a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah… Continue reading Former Norwegian PM calls on FM Qureshi in London

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Tuesday reiterated that people of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) would continue extending all possible moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) in getting their legitimate right of self-determination. Addressing a gathering after one-minute… Continue reading Gandapur vows to highlight Kashmir issue at world fora

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday urged all the freedom loving people in the world to stand with the Kashmiris in their demand for freedom from the Indian Occupation.On his twitter account, the Prime Minister said “The brutality of Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir has rallied all Kashmiris together in their demand… Continue reading PM calls upon freedom lovers to stand with Kashmiris

RAWALPINDI, Feb 5 (APP):Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor Tuesday said people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) would succeed in their legitimate freedom struggle. “Kashmir remains a long pending unresolved issue on UN agenda since 1948. Decades of atrocities by Indian Occupation Forces have failed to suppress ever strengthening legitimate… Continue reading Determined Kashmiris to succeed in freedom struggle: DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Mishal Malik, wife of prominent Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, has urged the international community to play its role in stopping brutal killings of innocent Kashmiris and massive human rights violations being committed in occupied Kashmir by Indian forces.In a video-message on Kashmir Solidarity Day, she expressed confidence that the people of… Continue reading Genocide of innocent Kashmiris be stopped immediately: Mishal

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday said that Kashmir has now occupied Indian narrative.In a tweet, the minister said that India should give the people of Kashmir right to self determination. The minister said: ” In 1947, India occupied Kashmir, after 7 decades now Kashmir has occupied… Continue reading Kashmir has now occupied Indian narrative: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada Muhammad Saleem on Tuesday said that Pakistan has always supported the right to self-determination of Kashmiris and would continue to do so. He was speaking at Kashmir Solidarity Day event held at Pakistan High Commission, Ottawa, in support of the just struggle of the people… Continue reading Kashmir Solidarity Day observed in Ottawa

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tuesday said that with Jammu and Kashmir being the core dispute between Pakistan and India, the dream of peace and prosperity of the people of this region will remain elusive without resolving this dispute in accordance with the aspirations of its people. “The world community should… Continue reading Peace, prosperity in region to remain elusive without resolving core Kashmir dispute: Qureshi

FAISALABAD, Feb 5 (APP)::Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Tuesday said 20 more VIP passenger trains would also start soon. A tendering process was being initiated to upgrade 1,680km long track of ML-2 and ML-4 in addition to dualization of the Faisalabad-Lahore and Sialkot tracks, he added. Addressing the business community at the Faisalabad Chamber… Continue reading 20 more VIP passenger trains to start soon: Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda Tuesday strongly condemned grave human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and said the indiscriminate use of pellet guns against innocent Kashmiris had exposed ugly face of India. In his message on “Kashmir Solidarity Day” he said, “The blatant use of pellet guns against unarmed… Continue reading Use of pellet guns in IoK exposes ugly face of India: Vawda

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):A one-minute silence was observed across the country at 10 am on Tuesday as the people of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) marked the ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ to express solidarity with the people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK). By observing the silence, the whole nation with one voice paid tribute… Continue reading One-minute silence observed to mark ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’

ISLAMABAD, Feb 05 (APP):Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Monday said the whole Pakistani nation was standing by people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) till they achieved their legitimate right to self-determination. In a video-message on the eve of Kashmir Solidarity Day, the minister urged the people to actively participate in… Continue reading Pakistan stands by Kashmiri brethren till achieving right to self-determination: Gandapur