Canadian HR activists to intensify efforts for Kashmir Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the miseries of the residents of the Kashmir Valley continued unabated as they remained besieged on 146th consecutive day, today. As restrictions under Section 144 remain enforced amid deployment of thousands of Indian troops, the …
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Continued lockdown badly affects IOK people: Majeed Malik
Islamabad, December 28 (KMS): APHC-AJK chapter leader and Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Abdul Majeed Malik has said that continued lockdown in occupied Kashmir has badly affected the local population. Abdul Majeed Malik talking in Islamabad to the Kashmiri refugees, who had come from Bagh and …
Read More »China asks Pakistan, India to exercise restraint
Beijing, December 28 (KMS): China has urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and refrain from taking actions that escalate tensions in the region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, at a media briefing in Beijing said, “As neighbour to both India and Pakistan, we call on both sides to …
Read More »Canadian HR activists to intensify efforts for Kashmir
Islamabad, December 28, (KMS): At the conclusion of their three-week visit to Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the delegation of Canadian human rights activists vowed to intensify their efforts on behalf of the suffering people of Indian Occupied Kashmir. Led by Mr. Zafar Bangash of Friends of Kashmir …
Read More »No let up in miseries of IOK people as lockdown enters 146th day
Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, there is no let up in the miseries of the residents of the Kashmir Valley as they continue to remain besieged on 146th consecutive day, today. As restrictions under Section 144 remain enforced amid deployment of thousands of Indian troops, the people of …
Read More »Abdullah’s birthday, Martyrs’ Day dropped from holidays’ list in IOK
Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the administration has dropped former puppet chief minister, Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary and Martyrs’ Day from the list of public holidays for 2020. The list issued late night on Friday by GL Sharma, the Deputy Secretary of the General Administration Department, shows that …
Read More »IOK students, traders worst sufferers of internet suspension
Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, students and businesses are the worst sufferers as the internet services remain suspended since August 5, this year, when Modi-led Indian communal government repealed Kashmir’s special status, divided it into two union territories and put it under military siege. Hundreds of students, who …
Read More »IOK HC quashes PSA detention of three persons
Srinagar, December 28 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the High Court has quashed detention orders of three persons booked under draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA). The court quashed the detention orders of Javaid Ahmed Parray, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir and Irshad Ahmed Dar after hearing arguments from the counsels of both …
Read More »Indian citizenship law: Thousands protest peacefully despite security clampdown
Meerut/Lucknow, Dec 28 (KMS): India deployed thousands of police and shut down mobile internet services across many cities on Friday to control protests against a new citizenship law, with flashpoint Friday prayers passing largely peacefully, a British wire service reported. However, thousands of demonstrators, waving Indian flags and holding placards …
Read More »Death toll reaches 27 in India’s citizenship protests
New Delhi, Dec 28 (KMS): At least 27 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested amid demonstrations in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a new law that allows immigrants of religious minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to seek Indian citizenship while excluding Muslims from that …
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