Jammu policemen face charges over Asifa’s rape, killing
A retired government official and four policemen in northern India have been charged over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in the country’s troubled Jammu and Kashmir state. The retired official, Sanji Ram, ordered his nephew and a policeman to kidnap the girl, Asifa, in January to terrorise members of her […]
Kashmir: Court to hear plea against Article 35A
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – People in Kashmir have their eyes on India’s Supreme Court, which is set to hear a plea against Article 35A that gives special status to Indian-administered Kashmir. Altaf Sheikh, owner of a popular cafe at Srinagar’s Residency Road – the busiest shopping street in the main city of the disputed region
Kashmiris see ‘little hope’ in India’s dialogue offer
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed a former intelligence chief as an interlocutor to hold talks with “stakeholders” in Indian-administered Kashmir to find a political solution to the Kashmir issue. The appointment of former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma, who has been tasked with holding talks with Kashmiri leaders, including […]
Kashmir victim: Life since India’s pellets blinded me
Sedow, India-administered Kashmir – More than one year has passed since Insha Mushtaq got a good night’s sleep. The teenager cannot forget the evening of July 11, 2016, when, aged 14, she had opened the window to look out at the protests raging against the killing of a popular rebel commander, Burhan Wani, in the […]
Resistance is a way of life for Kashmiri youth
The year 2017 is not even halve way through, but in the Indian-controlled Kashmir it has already been named “the year of the student uprising”. Earlier this month, students from several educational institutions across Kashmir started to demonstrate against the Indian forces. It is an unprecedented and historic turn of events, because never before have […]
Toronto man who has been de-radicalizing Canadian terrorists being deported to the U.S.
Jason Pippin was an idealistic 18-year-old when he went to a conference in Dearborn, Michigan and heard a speech about how the Indian army was treating Muslims in the disputed Kashmir region. Believing it was his religious duty to help, the Muslim convert made his way to a camp in Pakistan run by Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT), […]
Kashmir protests: Thousands attend funeral of schoolboy
Thousands of demonstrators have defied a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir to attend the funeral of a schoolboy whose body was found riddled with pellets. Security forces fired tear gas shells on Saturday to disperse stone-throwing protesters, triggering more clashes in at least half a dozen places across Srinagar and southern parts of the Himalayan valley. […]
Just resolution of Kashmir, Palestine issues can ensure world peace: President
President Mamnoon Hussain stressing the need for giving the right of self-determination to the peoples of Kashmir and Palestine has said the just resolution of these issues can ensure peace in the world. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also highlighted the issues of Kashmir and Palestine in the Istanbul Summit hosted by Turkey from […]