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Protest against plot to set up soldier colonies in IOK

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): In Indian Held Kashmir, the independent member of so-called Kashmir Assembly, Engineer Abdur Rasheed led a forceful protest demonstration in Baramulla against the Indian plan to establish colonies for Indian soldiers in the territory. Engineer Rasheed while leading hundreds of protesters in Baramulla told media men that the establishment of colonies for Indian […]

  • PM makes stopover to pays respect at Shah Hamadani’s mausoleum

    KULOB, Tajikistan, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday made a stopover in the Tajik city of Kulob to pay respects to great sufi saint of 14th century Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. The Prime Minister made the stopover on his way to the capital Dushanbe, where he is due to attend the launching ceremony […]

  • Girl, woman died, two injured in Charsadda rain

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): A woman and girl (7) were died when roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rain in Tangi. According to a private news channel, in another incident, two people were injured when a wall collapsed on them due to heavy showers in Charsadda. Rain and thunderstorm with gusty winds have enveloped the […]

  • Indian SC verdict ignored special status of Kashmir: Gilani

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani has said that discriminatory treatment to Jammu and Kashmir does not fulfill the parameters of justice. Commenting on the decision of the Indian Supreme Court regarding the undergraduate medical and dental entrance exams of Kashmir, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement said, Jammu and […]

  • India making Kashmir institutions redundant: Mirwaiz

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Chairman of his own Hurriyet forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that New Delhi is making institutions of the territory redundant. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was reacting to the Indian Supreme Court ruling, which held that Indian states including Indian occupied Kashmir cannot conduct their own entrance examination for medical courses. “India is […]

  • PM leaves for Tajikistan on two-day visit

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday left here for Tajikistan on a two-day official visit where he will attend the launching ceremony of Central Asia-South Asia 1000 (CASA-1000) project on May 12. The Prime Minister’s delegation included Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign […]