By Anam Zakaria One refugee who had returned to his village in Shopian in Indian-administered Kashmir told me of the difficulties he had faced, and continues to face, there. We spoke over a WhatsApp call that got disconnected over twenty-five times during the one-hour conversation. In bits and pieces, Sayar Lone told me about […]
The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), was cancelled on Monday in view of the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports said. The weekly bus will not operate today, the reports added. A message was received from PaK that bus cannot operate in view of the Eid celebrations, the reports said. The passengers, […]
Srinagar: The Indian government has released a Pakistani national imprisoned in Indian jails for 23 years, reports said. “Opting for backdoor diplomacy, the repatriation was performed as a goodwill gesture to the (Pakistan) government,” the Express Tribune reported. It said Syed Sajid Ali Bukhari, a resident of Kotli in Pakistan-administered Kashmir had “mistakenly crossed the […]
India and Pakistan traded fire for the fourth consecutive day along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Officials said that the armies exchanged fire in Lam and Jhanger areas of Nowshera today morning. “The firing started at 10:20 am with the sides using small arms and mortars,” said […]
Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif called off his meeting with Indian High Commissioner Ajay Basariya on Friday protesting against the increasing Indian atrocities across Jammu and Kashmir. “Ajay Basariya had taken written approval for meeting the CM and the meeting was scheduled on Saturday, April 14,” said India’s Foreign Office said adding that owing […]
The government of Pakistan has approved over Rs 104 million for the victims of “unprovoked” firing by Indian security forces at the Line of Control (LoC), a media report said. The announcement was made Wednesday after a meeting of National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC) chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. “Last month, following provocation by Indian […]
Pakistan Army said two of its soldiers were killed Wednesday when Indian forces opened “unprovoked fire” across the Line of Control (LoC). “The latest incident of unprovoked firing occurred in the Bhimber sector of the LoC,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, in a statement, according to reports. It identified the dead […]