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Kashmir: Heartbreaking Pictures show 3-year-old crying over ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | July 1:Heartbreaking pictures of a 3-year-old boy sitting on the motionless body of his grandfather in Kashmir’s Sopore has emerged from an encounter site. The 60-year-old man was a civilian who was killed in the cross-firing on Wednesday morning in Kashmir when an encounter broke out between militants and security forces. Bashir Ahmed Khan, 65, took his grandson along early this morning for a long ride from Srinagar to Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, where...
Iran Issues Arrest Warrants for Trump and 35 Others in Sulei...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | June 30:Iran has issued Interpol Red Notices asking for help to arrest the US President Donald Trump and a number of top US officials on charges of planning and launching drone attack near Baghdad International Airport which led to assassination of top IRGC commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in January. “Thirty-six people who were involved in the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani have been identified, including political and military officials from the United...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani Quits Hurriyat Conference...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | June 29:Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the face of Kashmir’s separatist politics over the last three decades, has announced his resignation from Hurriyat Conference, the biggest separatist amalgam in Kashmir. The 90-year-old was a lifelong chairman of the Hurriyat. In an audio message, Syed Ali Shah Geelani said he was announcing his resignation from the All Party Hurriyat Conference because of “the current circumstances” in the umbrella group. “In view of...
Hazrat Zahra (Pbuh) Mosque in Baku destroyed by Azerbaijani ...
( Azerbaijan )
Baku | WTNS | June 28:Twelve years ago, the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan tried to destroy the mosque, but with the formation of a human circle by religious people around the mosque, the government withdrew, and the mosque symbolizes the resistance and victory of the Islamists against the anti-Islamic policies and destruction of the country’s mosques. Hazrat Zahra (SA) mosque in capital Baku destroyed by Government of Azerbaijani. Senior Islamic figures likely Haj Abdul Suleimanov...
Relief for parents:PSAJK announces mega fee waiver scheme fo...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | June 27:Private Schools’ Association of J&K (PSAJK) after lengthy deliberations with Parents Association of Privately Administered Schools (PAPAS), trade bodies and representatives of tourism, transporters and other sectors have decided to announce a major fee waiver scheme for students, whose family income has been severely impacted by the present COVID19 lockdown. The press conference was attended by G N Var President PSAJK, Sheikh Ashiq, President KCCI, Asma Goni Convener...
Report:25,000 granted domicile certificates in J&K...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | June 26:As many as 25,000 people including a senior IAS officer have been granted domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir, reports said on Friday. The certificate allows non-locals to buy land, get education and jobs in Jammu and Kashmir which prior to this were reserved only for the permanent residents of the erstwhile state. Navin Kumar Choudhary, a senior J&K cadre IAS officer from Bihar is among those who have been given the certificate. “This is to certify that Shri...
Agha Kashmiri an unsung Ayatollah...
Aga Syed Amin
( Jammu and Kashmir )
The spread of Islam in Kashmir by the Sufi saints has always been discussed by various scholars, academics, writers, historians and believers. The impact of Sufism on the culture of the beautiful place has been alluring and has always enhanced the beauty of Kashmir. Beyond the known Kashmir, the mountain ranges, the green meadows, and the water bodies, there is a different world. Special Feature Report of Wilayat Times by Aga Syed Amin The spread of Islam in Kashmir...
The Western Politics at the Cost of Muslim Unity....
Syed Amjad Razvi
( Jammu and Kashmir )
There are number of questions to be answered in this regard but who is going to answer and to whom? No doubt there are number of sections in Muslim society,having different beliefs,faith and ideology towards their religion. Based on the educational and sociological past of Islam. These differences and can be rectified only by and on the basis of educational and social welfare of the Muslims and not by targeting or defaming each other. Quran is still in between us which is the symbol of unity and...
By Samiya Nazir:Depression can be subsidized to relish the l...
Samiya Nazir
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Since, we live in 21st century, the silicon age abuzz with techno- crèche’s clichés here we are bent with our toils and hardships , struggling for varied opportunities to chase the cut-throat age. By Samiya Nazir “ We’re in toiling -Moiling era , hard stiffened hot baked life endowed with nitty-gritty what’s what and How’s how – all we need is to maintain our cool and move forward positively, what’s more Writes “Sumiya Nazir.” Since, we live in 21st...
Famed Islamic Scholar Alama Talib Jauhari passes away at Kar...
( Pakistan )
Karachi | WTNS | June 22:Globally Renowned Islamic Scholar Alama Talib Jauhari has passed away at a private hospital in Karachi at Pakistan. The 81-year-old Alama Jauhari had been under treatment at the ICU of a private hospital for past few days. He had been on a ventilator since he was admitted to the hospital on June 10. His body has been shifted to Ancholi Imambargah, according to the family sources. Funeral prayers will be offered today after Zuherain prayers in Amroha Ground, Ancholi Society,...