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Majeed urges parties to keep Kashmir atop manifestos

April 11, 2013 06:00
AJK Prime Minister Ch Abdul Majeed claimed that he was confident that all the elected members of both houses of the AJK: the Legislative Assembly and the AJK Council, held valid and genuine educational certificates. "Despite this we are ready anytime to get educational certificates of Azad Jammu and Kashmir parliamentarians verified from competent authority", Majeed said while responding to questions from journalists during his sudden visit to the Kashmir Press Club here. He was accompanied by senior officials of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government including officials of th

Kashmir: neglected

April 6, 2013 14:51
President Zardari’s assertion that Kashmir is a centrepiece of our foreign policy is welcome though for five years, the dispute figured low among PPP setup’s priorities. Now merely a lame duck, he seems to be rubbing salt on the wounds of the Kashmiris who have been surprised to see the PPP bending over backwards to placate New Delhi, even giving it the MFN status. Kashmir had always been one of the linchpins of Pakistan’s foreign policy but that reality changed ever since the rulers compromised on their conscience.

Deadly ambush on Kashmir patrol: Indian police

March 21, 2013 05:46
Gunmen shot dead an Indian paramilitary and wounded two others when they ambushed their patrol vehicle in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city on Thursday, police said. "One of the three BSF (Border Security Force) soldiers injured in the incident died," Abdul Gani Mir, Kashmir's inspector general of police, told AFP. A BSF official, who cannot be identified, said the three members of the force were hit when gunmen opened fire as they drove through Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar.

Gunmen ambush Kashmir patrol: Indian police

March 21, 2013 01:30
Gunmen wounded at least two Indian paramilitaries when they ambushed their patrol vehicle in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city on Thursday, police said. "Two Border Security Forces personnel were injured when their vehicle came under fire from unknown gunmen," Ashiq Bukhari, senior superintendent of police in Srinagar, told AFP. A BSF official, who cannot be identified, said three members of the force were injured in the attack at Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar, one of whom was in a critical condition.

Indian police report Pakistan link to Kashmir attack

March 19, 2013 10:00
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir Tuesday said they had arrested four people including a Pakistani member of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) over an attack that killed five policemen. Abdul Gani Mir, Kashmir's top law enforcement officer, said investigators had concluded that the attack was planned by LeT, a Pakistan-based group blamed for mass killings in Mumbai in 2008. "The arrested include Zubair alias Talha Zarar of Lashkar-e-Toiba who came from Multan (in Pakistan)," inspector general of police Mir told reporters.

Indian police report Pakistan link to Kashmir attack

March 19, 2013 07:15
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir Tuesday said they had arrested four people including a Pakistani national from the Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group over an attack that left five policemen dead. Abdul Gani Mir, Kashmir's top law enforcement officer, said investigators had concluded that the attack was planned by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based group blamed for mass killings in Mumbai in 2008. "The arrested include Zubair alias Talha Zarar of Lashkar-e-Toiba who came from Multan (in Pakistan)," inspector general of police Mir told reporters.

Curfew in Kashmir as killings heighten tensions

March 14, 2013 06:00
Indian-administered Kashmir's main city was under curfew Thursday after the killing of five paramilitary police and the death of two civilians cranked up tensions in the disputed region. Kashmir's inspector general of police Abdul Gani Mir said a round-the-clock curfew order had been imposed in the city of Srinagar while there were similar restrictions in other towns and villages in the Kashmir Valley. "It is an indefinite curfew," Mir told AFP in Srinagar where major roads were blocked with steel barricades and coils of razor wire.

Pakistan denies India accusation over Kashmir attack

March 14, 2013 02:15
Pakistan has strongly rejected an accusation from India that militants who killed five paramilitary police in Indian Kashmir came from across the de facto border. Indian Home Secretary R.K. Singh said two gunmen killed in the attack in the disputed territory appeared "not local but from across the border". Wednesday's attack was the deadliest on Indian security forces for nearly five years and comes two months after six soldiers were killed in exchanges along the de facto border in Kashmir, a region claimed by both countries.

Insurgents kill 5 Indian soldiers in Kashmir

March 13, 2013 13:34
New Delhi, Mar 13 (EFE).- Five members of the Indian security forces were killed and 10 people were wounded in an attack by insurgents dressed as cricket players at a barracks in Srinagar, in Indian Kashmir, officials said. Two of the insurgents also died in the attack, which lasted about 30 minutes, according to a police source consulted by Efe. The insurgents used grenades to try and penetrate into the interior of the barracks, located very close to a school that remained closed on Wednesday, according to local media.

Gunmen disguised as cricketers kill five police in Kashmir

March 13, 2013 11:00
Militants disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary police in an ambush in the main city of Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said, in the deadliest attack for nearly five years. Two gunmen from the local pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen, which claimed the attack, were shot dead after the assault on a police compound housing a barracks, school and playing field, the officials said.
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