This week marks the second anniversary of New Delhi’s illegal annexation of Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJK) when it invalidated Articles 35A/370...
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Kashmir’s new domicile law: the next step in the dispossession of a people
One year on from India’s annexation of Kashmir, Mirza Saaib Bég explores how a new domicile law is strengthening the occupation On 5 August 2019, India’s...
USCMO, Muslims Mourn the Loss of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and Uphold His Dream of a Free Kashmir
What is awaiting with God is far better and everlasting – for those who believe, and on their Lord alone rely … and those, indeed, who when afflicted by...
Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Shamim Shawl gets Women’s Leadership Award
Brussels, September 04 (KMS): Kashmiri woman Hurriyat leader Shamim Shawl has been granted the European International Women’s Leadership Award by the Forum...
Internet shut down and Indian troops deployed after death of Kashmir separatist leader
Indian Kashmir veteran separatist politician Syed Ali Shah Geelani died on Wednesday night in Srinagar, prompting authorities to deploy troops around the city...
In-absentia funeral prayers for Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani held at Faisal Mosque
ISLAMABAD: In-absentia funeral prayers of the leader of the Kashmiri freedom movement, Syed Ali Geelani were offered at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad on...
Syed Ali Geelani: Deceased Kashmiri leader’s ‘strength, perseverance’ hailed
Veteran leader stood for Kashmiris' right to self-determination till his last breath. Tributes were paid to Syed Ali Geelani, the veteran Kashmiri leader who...
The Man Behind the Armor: Syed Ali Shah Geelani — the moving spirit of the Kashmiri freedom struggle
Last night at 10:30 PM local time, former Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away at the age of 92, after a long illness and under an...
Syed Ali Geelani: Kashmir’s separatist leader dies aged 92
Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has died at his home in Srinagar at the age of 92. He passed away after a lengthy illness. A veteran campaigner...
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies after prolonged illness
Ninety-year-old Geelani was an ideologue and a proponent of the merger of J&K with Pakistan Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 91, passed...
Geelani, Kashmir’s staunchest anti-India leader, dies at 92
SRINAGAR, India — Syed Ali Geelani, an icon of disputed Kashmir’s resistance against Indian rule and a top separatist leader who became the emblem of the...
Killing the story: How the Kashmiri press was silenced after the region lost autonomy
Journalist Irfan Amin Malik was having a quiet evening at home with his family. It was August 14, 2019, the eve of Indian Independence Day celebrations....
Sleazy advertisement leads to furore in Kashmir
An advertisement – seeking girls, house wives and widows for a leading spa in Delhi – that featured on Kashmir’s leading newspaper has caused shock and anger...
Kashmiri minors illegally detained, beaten; JJ Board says rampant abuse of rights
For two days, the family of a 16-year-old anxiously searched a south Kashmir village, looking for any trace of him. After Danish Shah* disappeared, the...
No jobs, passports for ‘anti-national’ social media posts in India
Aug 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least three Indian states are denying passports and government jobs to people because of their social media posts or...
Fourth day of protests after 9-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered in Indian capital
'Justice for India's daughter': Protests erupt over alleged rape and murder of 9-year-old 02:27 New Delhi (CNN) — Hundreds of people protested in the Indian...
Pakistani Embassy in Ankara hits back at India over claims on Jammu and Kashmir
The Pakistani Embassy in Ankara on Friday hit back at India over its claims about Jammu and Kashmir and urged to overturn its actions and conduct the...
‘Asian Age’ Kills Karan Thapar Column After Mention of ‘1947 Violence Against Jammu Muslims’
New Delhi: Mentioning the mass violence which took place against Muslims of Jammu during Partition has cost senior journalist Karan Thapar his fortnightly...
Man booked under PSA for “sloganeering” near army vehicle accident site
A resident of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, who had recorded the aftermath of a road accident in which a woman was run over by an army truck and...
“Angry, but not Surprised” Kashmiri Activists Condemn India’s Illegal Surveillance Tactics
-World Kashmir Awareness Forum Calls for International Unity in Defense of Journalists, Politicians, Activists, Students and more-Washington, DC (August 25,...
She lost her brother, son. Now, husband is dead as most-aged militant
Since her husband had disappeared, 45-year-old Gulshana Banno felt terrified and lonely during the night as visits by the government forces to search for her...
Hekmatyar asks India not to meddle in Afghan affairs
ISLAMABAD: Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-i-Islami (HI) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for peaceful settlement of the...
Future of Kashmir
KASHMIR’s future lies in the hands of its own people. The world outside can and must help them but it can only help so much and not more. The militancy which...
Her sons, husband are in jail. House now haunts a 70-year-old woman
The newly coated metal dishes are readied and kept aside in the room of Zoona Begum. She is hopeful that one day, she will serve her sons and husband —...
Police fire tear gas to break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and warning shots Tuesday to disperse Shiite Muslims who attempted to participate in...
PTI’s Barrister Sultan Mahmood elected new president Azad Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD: PTI's Barrister Sultan Mahmood was elected as the new president of Azad Kashmir Tuesday, securing 34 votes out of 52. "I have been elected to...
98,600 Kashmiri Migrants Given Domicile Certificates Till June
Jammu: As many as 98,600 Kashmiri migrants have been issued domicile certificates till the end of June, officials said here on Friday. Giving the breakup,...
What is India’s new endgame in Kashmir?
If performance and posturing were the only indicators within politics, it may be said the political scene in Indian-administered Kashmir has been abuzz with...
Pakistan’s foreign minister blames Afghanistan and India for suicide attack on Chinese workers
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)- Pakistan's foreign minister has accused India and Afghanistan of backing a suicide bombing which killed nine Chinese workers on...
Modi Is Trying to Engineer a Hindu Majority in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir—The Indian government has commenced preparations to redraw the electoral boundaries in Indian-administered Kashmir two years after...
Two years of lost autonomy
Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed unprecedented constitutional, political and socio-economic engineering since the nullification of Articles 370...
Afghan, Indian social media accounts being used to malign Pakistan: NSA Yusuf
National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf said on Wednesday that social media accounts operated from Afghanistan and India were being used to malign Pakistan as...
Why the US should take a firm stance with India
Paraphrasing Edmund Burke: All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. The human rights abuses now being conducted on the people of...
DelimItation process kicks off as NC falls in line. Where does it lead?
Moving forward with its unilateral vision for Jammu and Kashmir, as emphasised after the 24 June all party meeting, the Delimitation Commission arrived in the...
‘If the Israeli people can do it. We can also do it’: Normalization of Israel’s Colonial Desires
“..there is one and only solution that is a separate homeland, where we live and protect ourselves with arms, we should be given training. It is important to...
‘Sleepless nights, fear, trauma’: Detention of Kashmiri minors continues
After a sleepless night, with shivering hands, sitting in the guest room of his modest home in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, sixteen-year-old Mohidin...
‘Distance Widens, Disheartening Deepens’: Two Years In Kashmir Since Aug 2019
It was a week of unprecedented uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) and the local unionist leaders had rushed to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra...
Kashmiris in India are still suffering
On August 5, 2019, in the wake of the Indian government’s move to revoke the parts of the constitution that give Indian-administered Kashmir special status, I...
Two years of Kashmir unrest, political void and a sinking economy
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Two years after the Modi administration stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its limited autonomy, political...
Ministers, NSA condemn India for denying foreign journalists permission to visit Pakistan via Wagah
Senior ministers and national security adviser on Wednesday criticised New Delhi for denying permission to five foreign journalists based in India to visit...