Pakistan to continue support to Kashmir cause: PM
July 6th, 2012 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) The government would continue its support to the people of Kashmir till the resolution of the issue, said Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Thursday, a ... Read more...
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PPP headed for majority in Pakistani Kashmir polls
June 27th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) seemed headed for a simple majority in polls in Pakistan administered Kashmir, media reports said Monday citing unofficial results.Associated Press of ... Read more...
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MQM to contest elections in Pakistani Kashmir
June 7th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which primarily represents the Urdu-speaking people, will contest the next assembly elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a media report said."The MQM is ... Read more...
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At least 25 killed, 25 missing after passenger bus plunges into Kashmir’s Neelum River
May 27th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least 25 people have been killed after a passengers bus carrying around 50 people in the Kashmir region plunged into the Neelum River on Friday, local ... Read more...
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Claim Pakistani Kashmir before China takes over, India urged
May 10th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) India should be assertive and proactive to claim the strategically vital parts of Kashmir "illegally" occupied by Pakistan where China has increased its footprints leading ... Read more...
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All isn’t well in Kashmir coalition, now Omar snubs Azad
February 10th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) A day after senior Congress leader and cabinet minister Ghulam Nabi Azad censured Omar Abdullah's call for amnesty and rehabilitation of Kashmiri militants in Pakistan, the ... Read more...
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Zardari vows to wage ‘thousand-year ideological war’ with India over Kashmir
January 6th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan. 6 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan is ready to wage a thousand-year war with India over the Kashmir dispute.The Daily Times quoted Zardari as saying that ... Read more...
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Pak rebuffs India’s stance on occupied Kashmir
January 2nd, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan.2 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected India's stance on occupied Kashmir, saying the dispute over the region was a result of New Delhi's refusal to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.Responding ... Read more...
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Health minister’s constituency faring worst in providing toilets (Nov 19 is World Toilet Day)
November 19th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's constituency in Jammu will reach 100 percent sanitation and toilet coverage by the year 2266 - taking the longest time ... Read more...
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Autonomy to Gilgit-Baltistan is a joke: Pakistani Kashmiri leader
September 1st, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Islamabad's move to give "greater political autonomy" to the Northern Areas by renaming the region Gilgit-Baltistan and giving it the powers of a federal province is ... Read more...
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Gilani, Shahbaz for repealing 17th Amendment, 58(2)B
August 10th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday reiterated their resolve to work for the sovereignty of parliament and resolution of ... Read more...
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Pakistan again raises Kashmir, urges resumption of dialogue (Lead)
June 2nd, 2009 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) Pakistan again raked up the Kashmir issue Tuesday, saying the key to peace in the region lay in its resolution. It also urged India to resume the ... Read more...
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Kashmir holds key to peace in region: Pakistani PM
June 2nd, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday urged India to resume the sub-continental dialogue process, holding that the resolution of the Kashmir dispute "holds the key to peace in the region.
"Kashmir holds ... Read more...
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BJP’s rise in Jammu and Kashmir worrying: Ghulam Nabi Azad
December 28th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 28 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s “rise” in the state was “worrying” for the entire ... Read more...
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Pakistan cracks down on LeT in face of US pressure (Roundup, combining different series)
December 8th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) With pressure mounting from the US to act against the suspected perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, Pakistani security forces have begun a crackdown on the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group ... Read more...
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LeT commander among 20 arrested in Pakistani crackdown: reports (Second Lead)
December 8th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 8 (IANS) Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi, commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that India has blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks, and 19 other fighters of the group have been arrested in ... Read more...
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LeT commander arrested in Pakistani crackdown: reports (Lead)
December 8th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 8 (IANS) Apparently acting under international pressure, Pakistan has cracked down on the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that India has blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks and arrested the group's commander Zakiur ... Read more...
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LeT commander Lakhwi arrested, says Dawn
December 8th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 8 (IANS) Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi, the commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) whose extradition India has sought for his organisation's alleged role in the Mumbai terror attacks, has been arrested by ... Read more...
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National Conference to challenge Azad
November 6th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Conference, which had not fielded any candidate against Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress during the April 2006 by-election, will challenge the former Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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US-led coalition cant win terror war without Pak help
October 13th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
Multan , Oct 13 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the US and its allies cannot win the war on terror without Pakistan s help. He stressed ... Read more...
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Gilani calls for improved trade and tourism between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar
May 1st, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
Muzaffarabad, Apr 30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that trade and tourism between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar should start so that Kashmiris on either side can avail ... Read more...
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Salahuddin slams Musharraf over concessions to India on Kashmir
April 22nd, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by admin
Muzaffarabad, Apr 22 (ANI): Leaders of militant groups fighting against Indias rule in Jammu and Kashmir have criticised President Pervez Musharrafs policies and vowed to continue their fight to end their ... Read more...
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Kashmir Solidarity Day observed in Pakistan
February 5th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb.5 (ANI): Organisations supporting the Kashmiri quest for self-determination today observed Kashmir Solidarity Day.
In Muzzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, rallies were held to mark the occasion for the 18th consecutive ... Read more...
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LoC conversion report worries former PoK premier
November 14th, 2007 - 8:20 am ICT by admin
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