Tag: Kashmir Issue

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Pak Rejects Request To Resume Samjhauta, Thar Trains

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of Railways has rejected a request by its Indian counterpart to restore operations of the Samjhauta and the Thar Express trains, which were suspended last week in the wake of New Delhi’s move to revoke Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said on Sunday. The […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Talks With Pakistan Only On PoK: Rajnath Singh

Kalka (Haryana): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that talks would be held with Pakistan only on Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). “If talks are held with Pakistan, it will now be on PoK,” he said in a public address after flagging off of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ here, some 20 […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Imran Khan attacks 'fascist, Hindu supremacist Modi govt'

Islamabad: Defeated in his bid to get the UNSC or the world leaders to censure India over Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took to Twitter to urge the world to “seriously consider the safety and security of India’s nuclear arsenal in the control of the fascist, racist Hindu Supremacist Modi Government”. As […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Kashmir in backdrop as Modi visits France, UAE, Bahrain

New Delhi: India will seek to reinvigorate its relations with three countries that backed India openly over the Kashmir issue — France, UAE and Bahrain, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the three this week. France, which has backed India in the UN Security Council over its moves to bring in development into Kashmir through […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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India sees dramatic rise in cyber attacks post-Kashmir decision

New Delhi: There has been a rise in cyber attacks on Indian institutions after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A and the country needs to be extra careful when it comes to the security of websites and critical infrastructure, Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky said on Monday. On Sunday, the official website of the […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Trump Calls Up Modi, Imran, Urges For Lowering Bilateral Tensions

New Delhi/Washington/Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump over phone during which he conveyed that “extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace”, in an obvious reference to the Pakistani leadership spewing anti-India venom over the Kashmir issue. Days after the […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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200 Pak Twitter Accounts Suspended Over Kashmir Posts

Karachi: After a sea of anti-India tweets emanating from Pakistan were objected to by the authorities in India, the micro-blogging site Twitter is said to have suspended 200 accounts in Pakistan. The Pakistan government has specified to the Twitter that 200 accounts that were suspended in the past week were apparently posting about Kashmir, reported […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Trump Asks Imran Khan To 'Moderate Rhetoric' With India Over Kashmir

Washington: US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to “moderate rhetoric” with India over Kashmir, as he underlined the need of exercising “restraint” by both sides and avoid escalation of the “tough” situation in the region. Trump on Monday spoke separately to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Khan […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Kashmir India's internal matter: US Defence Secretary

New Delhi: Newly-appointed US Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper told Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday that Kashmir was an internal matter of India and that all India-Pakistan issues need to be settled bilaterally. Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with Esper on Tuesday to congratulate him on his appointment. Esper appreciated India’s position that […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Pakistan to now raise Kashmir issue at ICJ

Islamabad: After its diplomatic overdrive on Kashmir fetched it virtually no results, barring support from friend China, Pakistan on Tuesday said it will take the Kashmir issue to the International Court of Justice. “We have decided to take the Kashmir case to the International Court of Justice,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told ARY News […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Pak asks UNICEF to remove Priyanka as goodwill ambassador

Islamabad: Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has written to the UNICEF demanding the removal of Priyanka Chopra as Goodwill Ambassador over the Kashmir issue, and also cited the Indian actress’ “jingoism and support” for the Indian government’s action in Kashmir. In a letter to UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, Mazari says Priyanka’s “Support for […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Trump Ready To Assist India, Pak Over Kashmir If Asked By Both: WH Official

Washington: US President Donald Trump is “ready to assist” India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue if both sides ask for it, the White House said on Thursday, even as Washington was “very closely” monitoring the situation. Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Despite Tensions, Pak Stands Ready To Open Kartarpur Corridor: Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said that despite tensions with India, it stands ready to open the Kartarpur Corridor and welcome the Sikh pilgrims to take part in celebrations in connection with the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said this while speaking to a delegation of civil society and […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Kashmir To Figure Prominently As Modi, Trump To Meet

Biarritz (France): The Kashmir issue is likely to figure prominently in talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday on the sidelines of the G7 Summit here, days after Trump said he would discuss the issue with “friend” Modi. Trump, who had telephonic conversations with both Modi and Pakistan Prime […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Smuggled Indian Produce No Longer In Pak Province

Islamabad: Fruits and vegetables smuggled from India were no longer available in the markets of Pakistan’s Punjab province after Islamabad suspended trade with New Delhi over the Kashmir issue, the media reported on Monday. The produce, including tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, apples and grapes, smuggled from Kashmir into Pakistan were sold at markets in […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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