Geneva strips the mask: The ‘world’s largest democracy’ is running a police state in Kashmir
- 28-Nov-2025
For years, the geopolitical narrative regarding South Asia has been dominated by a deliberate deafness. While Islamabad shouted into the void about the systematic brutalization of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the Western world, charmed by India’s market size and strategic utility, chose to look away. But the facade of normalcy in […]
U.S. Played Key Role in India-Pakistan Ceasefire, Offers Mediation on Kashmir
- 28-Sep-2025
A senior official from the U.S. State Department has confirmed that the United States played a pivotal role in facilitating the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. Speaking to the media, the senior South Asia official described America’s contribution as “critical and instrumental” in de-escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. She acknowledged that various […]
Girl dies after jumping from moving chairlift in Bagh, Azad Kashmir
- 17-Sep-2025
BAGH: A female college student died on Wednesday after allegedly jumping from a moving chairlift in the Central Bagh area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, police said. According to initial reports, the girl, a second-year student, sustained fatal injuries after she jumped from the chairlift. Local residents attempted to rescue her, but she died on […]
India bans dozens of books in Occupied Kashmir
- 09-Aug-2025
SRINAGAR: In yet another attack on freedom of expression, the Indian government has banned 25 books in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), including works by Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy. According to Al Jazeera, police in Kashmir have raided bookshops after authorities claimed the banned titles propagate “false narratives” and “secessionism” in the […]
Kashmir solution is the responsibility of UNSC, permanent members: Pakistan
- 02-Jul-2025
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, who assumed the UN Security Council’s presidency for July, urged UNSC and its permanent members on Wednesday to resolve the Kashmir dispute. He underscored the need for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which he said was causing tensions and frictions between India and Pakistan. “It […]
70-year-old tourist raped in Pahalgam, Kashmir
- 01-Jul-2025
PAHALGAM: In a deeply disturbing incident, a 70-year-old female tourist was allegedly raped in the Pahalgam area of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian media reported. According to reports, a local youth forcibly entered the elderly tourist’s room and allegedly assaulted her, causing serious injuries. The incident occurred on April 11, 2025, but […]
Pakistan regrets Kashmir’s omission in UN report on child rights violations
- 26-Jun-2025
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani envoy on Thursday expressed regret that the plight of children in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir was omitted without justification in the UN Secretary General’s latest report. Speaking in the 15-member Council’s debate on ‘Children and Armed Conflict’, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that record high child rights […]
AJK presents over Rs300 billion budget 2025-26
- 18-Jun-2025
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Wednesday presented its more than 300 billion Rupees budget for the next fiscal year 2025-26 with a development outlay of Rs. 49 billion. Finance Minister Abdul Majid Khan presented the budget estimates for the fiscal year 2025-26 and revised estimates for the current fiscal year in the […]
President Trump Again Offers to Mediate on Kashmir, Says He Averted Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan
- 13-Jun-2025
Washington: US President Donald Trump has once again offered to mediate on the issue of Indian Occupied Kashmir, stating that he told India and Pakistan, “I’ll be your arbitrator.” President Trump said he feels proud to have managed a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, preventing a potential nuclear war. “I stopped a war between India […]
Pakistan raises ‘missing persons issue’ in Indian Occupied Kashmir at UNSC
- 16-May-2025
UNITED NATIONS: Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, has raised the ‘missing persons issue’ in Indian Occupied Kashmir at UNSC. The Pakistani diplomat told the UN Security Council that the “acute” matter of missing persons in armed conflict was persisting like a “silent crisis”, as he underscored that absence of […]