Kashmir
“Be united, move ahead and take this movement forward and ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Throwing his weight behind the unified Hurriyat, opposition National Conference (NC) President and former chief minister, Farooq Abdullah Monday offered allegiance to them for ‘Azadi’ saying that in pursuit of the ongoing movement NC was with them not against them. “We are with you (Hurriyat) not against you and we have given our entire lives for this movement,” he said addressing party workers at the mausoleum of his father and former Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Sheikh Muhammad...
Most of pellet hit victims under age of 20 Comprises large n...
Waseem Ramzan
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: At least 500 of pellet victims in Kashmir are aged under-20 and a vast majority of them are students who are still recuperating, according to records.
Data accessed by KNS reveals the number of students who have become victims of pellets hit by forces in Kashmir, and are struggling to get “some vision” back in their affected eyes.
Of 1065 pellet victims admitted at general specialty SMHS hospital, and SKIMS Medical College Hospital here with injuries to globe of eye, 523...
United resistance leadership get full mandate for carrying K...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:A meeting of different organization and associations convened by the joint resistance leadership, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, was held at Hyderpora Srinagar of Indian Adminstered Kashmrir in which stake holders from all walks of life participated with enthusiasm and fervor.
In a Statement to Wilayat Times Representatives of religio-political & social organizations, trade and transport fraternity, educationists, intellectuals, lawyers...
Indian delegation led by 5 members meets Hurriyat leaders...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Former external affairs minister, Yashwant Sinha led five-member delegation Tuesday called on top Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat and held elaborate deliberations with them. Soon after reaching Srinagar, the delegation led by Sinha and comprising former Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities and the first Chief Information Commissioner of India, Wajahat Habibullah, former Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, veteran...
Centre must talk to Kashmir stakeholders to end political st...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday called on Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra in Srinagar and asked him to impress upon the Centre to open doors to dialogue and political engagement for ending the political stalemate in the state. “There can be no alternative to a political initiative and New Delhi should not waste any further time and engage with stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir,” Abdullah told the governor, a...
Solution of Kashmir lies in its Historical Perspective not t...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Qom:In an important meeting of Kashmiri Islamic scholars, social activists and civil society members held at Qom Iran under the leadership of Aga Reyan Hussain Balhami with an intention to discuss the current ongoing unrest in valley.Spekers condemned the killings and continue curfew in Kashmir.
During the meeting Balhami told the reporters that since last three months the civilian killings and human right violations in Kashmir valley without a pause, depicts the ugly face of Indian democracy...
Kashmiri Scholars and Seminary students in Qom condemned the...
( Iran )
Qom:Kashmiri Islamic Scholars and Seminary students in Qom Iran has strongly condemned the Killing of innocent kashmiris and also prayed for the injured persons.During the Mourning sessions in respect of Ashura,speakers urged for unity,tolerance and proximity among different schools of thoughts in islam. Speakers said that Kashmiri leadership needs to chalk out a strategy and guide the nation within the teachings and guidelines of Quran and Holy Prophet (SAWW) to reach the goal of freedom. They termed...
Syed Ali Geelani flays JK Government for imposing restrictio...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani flayed the puppet government for imposing restrictions on the Muharram processions, using indiscriminate force against the mourners and detaining them in the police stations, terming these actions as interference in the religious affairs. The government provides all facilities for Amar Nath Yatra and other festivals of the Hindu brethren and gears up its whole administrative machinery for their security.
Referring to the...
J&K govt bans Kashmir Reader, calls it a threat to R...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the publication of Srinagar-based English daily Kashmir Reader calling it a threat to the “public tranquility”. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Lone on Sunday evening issued the order asking the newspaper to stop its publication forthwith. “I District Magistrate Srinagar do hereby direct the printer, published and owner of daily Kashmir Reader to abstain from printing and publishing of the newspaper namely Kashmir Reader till...
Kashmiri Activist seeks immediate release of Khurram Parvez...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Kashmiri social activist Syed Karar Hashmi
strongly condemned the detention of Kashmiri well known Human Rights Activist Mr Khurram Parvaiz and termed the action as a matter of great concern and said that this depicts the ugly face of Indian democracy.
In a statement to Wilayat Times,He said that all these barbaric tactics are executed in Kashmir from long past to suppress the true voice of Kashmiri’s for there right of self determination. He demanded the immediate release...