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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...
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...
Kashmir:Shia-Sunni Unity “a Key to Success”...
Javeed Ali
( Jammu and Kashmir )
One who creates discord among Muslms is the enemy of islam and unity is a tool to defeat enemy for the betterment of Islam and Muslim Ummah. By:Javeed Ali On 30th September, 2016, after Friday prayers, the President of Jammu and Kashmir Itehadul Muslimeen and Executive Leader of Hurriyat Conference, Moulana Masroor Abbass Ansari led a huge Shia-Sunni unity march from Sazgari Pora to Baba Mazar Alamgari Bazar. Despite the severe curbs imposed by the state authorities, the march was attended by a...
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...
Nigerian police used illegal force over peaceful protestors,...
( Nigeria )
Abuja:Thousands of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria(IMN) in Abuja staged a protest against continued illegal detention of Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky and demanded his immediate release. On 22nd September,Nigerian police and army arrested hundrends of women and childrens and fired tear gas shells and live bullets to disperse the peaceful march which leads scores of protestors were injured. The protestors were holding placards and banners and chanted slogans against pro zionist policies...
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...
Pakistan, India need to address Kashmir dispute through dial...
( Geneva )
Geneva:Rejecting Pakistan’s repeated pleas to the UN to resolve the Kashmir dispute, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Pakistan and India should address their outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through “dialogue”. Ban’s remarks came as Sharif handed over to him a dossier containing evidence of alleged human rights violations by Indian forces in Kashmir. “The Secretary-General stressed the need for Pakistan and India to address their outstanding...
Nawaz Sharif rakes up Kashmir,seeks probe into Kashmir killi...
( Geneva/Pakistan )
Geneva:Raking up Kashmir at theUN, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today glorified slain Hizbul commander Burhan Wani as a “young leader” even as he expressed readiness for a “serious and sustained dialogue” with India for peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes, especially Jammu and Kashmir. Sharif devoted much of his 20-minute speech at the UN General Assembly session to Kashmir and the current situation in the valley and said Pakistan “fully...