A.S. Dulat skeptical about return of normalcy to IOK New Delhi, September 29 (KMS): Termination of the special status for Kashmir and the bifurcation of the territory has put the people under great political stress and opened chances of international intervention, declared meeting on Kashmir held in New Delhi. The …
Read More »India committing state terrorism in IOK: Pakistan
New York, September 29 (KMS): Pakistan submitted its right to reply in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in response to Indian remarks on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech. In response to First Secretary of the Indian External Affairs Ministry Vidisha Maitra, Zulqarnain Chheena, a diplomat of the Pakistani mission, …
Read More »OIC asks India to lift IOK siege, rescind annexation
United Nations, September 26 (KMS) – Members of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation’s Contact Group on Kashmir have expressed their complete solidarity with the suffering Kashmiri people and asked India to lift repressive lockdown as well as rescind its illegal annexation of the disputed territory. Briefing journalists after the …
Read More »EU for India-Pakistan talks with involvement of Kashmiris
Brussels, September 25 (KMS): The European Union has called for an immediate political dialogue process between India and Pakistan with the involvement of the people of Kashmir. In response to a letter dispatched by Chairman of Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Ali Raza Syed to the President of European Commission, EU …
Read More »India suppressing prayer leaders of IOK mosques
Srinagar, September 19 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, India is even suppressing prayer leaders (pesh imams) as it has arrested several clerics and is monitoring mosques, sparking concerns of a religious crackdown. Mohammed Ameen, a prayer leader at Jamia Masjid in Awantipora, Pulwama, was taken away by Indian police in August …
Read More »Rescind Modi’s award, Nobel Laureates urge gates foundation
Washington, September 17 (KMS): Three Nobel Prize Laureates, Mairead Maguire, Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman and Shirin Ebadi have called on Washington-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to rescind its award to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for blatant basic human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, attacks on minorities in India and …
Read More »Nafees Zakaria briefs UK MPs on humanitarian crisis in IOK
London, September 05 (KMS): The Pakistan High Commissioner in Britain, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, facilitated by the All-Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group (APPKG) in the House of Commons held a meeting with a large number of UK parliamentarians and apprised them of the prevailing situation of occupied Kashmir. The High Commissioner briefed …
Read More »Former military officers, others move SC against Kashmir move
New Delhi, August 18 (KMS): Six petitioners, including two former high-ranking military officers, have approached the Supreme Court of India to challenge the Indian government move to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and bifurcate it into two union territories. The petitions, including those filed by former …
Read More »APHC-AJK presents memorandum addressed to UN chief
Islamabad, August 16 (KMS): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter, today, held a demonstration outside the UN Observer Office in Islamabad urging the United Nations Security Council to take steps for granting the Kashmiris their inalienable right to self-determination. During the demonstration a memorandum addressed …
Read More »Activists, academics condemn military suppression in IOK
New Delhi, August 16 (KMS): Prominent activists of South Asia expressing solidarity with the people of occupied Kashmir have condemned the inhuman clampdown they are being subjected to. More than 250 journalists, academics, scholars, artists, activists of South Asian and those who work on South Asia, including Veena Das, Partha …
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