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Immediate release of Mirwaiz demanded in IOK

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Hurriyet forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while strongly condemning the authorities for extending the illegal detention and solitary confinement of its chief has demanded his immediate release. According to KMS, a spokesman of the forum in a statement deplored therepeated and arbitrary curbs and detention of the Mirwaiz and said that […]

  • Kerry urges Taliban to reach peace with Kabul

    BRUSSELS, Oct 5, (APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday urged Afghanistan’s aliban militants to follow the recent example of a notorious warlord and make an “honourable” peace with the Kabul government. “There is a path toward an honourable end to the conflict that the Taliban have waged — it is a […]

  • Kerry urges Taliban to reach peace with Kabul

    BRUSSELS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban militants to follow the recent example of a notorious warlord and make an “honourable” peace with the Kabul government. “There is a path toward an honourable end to the conflict that the Taliban have waged — it is a conflict that […]

  • Kerb currency market

    KARACHI, Oct 5 (APP): Following were the Opening Rates offoreign currencies in kerb market issued by the Forex Association ofPakistan (FAP), here on Wednesday.F.C. LOW RATE HIGH RATEU.S $ (Inter Bank) 104.55 104.60 U.S $ (Cash Free Market) 105.10 105.30 SAUDIA RIYAL 27.80 28.05 UAE DIRHAM 28.55 28.80 EURO 117.50 119.00

  • US Sikh group urges Sikh soldiers to boycott Indian army as Indo-Pak tensions escalate

    NEW YORK, Oct 5 (APP): Amid rising tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, Sikh For Justice (SFJ), a U.S.-based human rights advocacy group, has given a call to Sikh soldiers serving the Indian Army to boycott what it called “India’s jingoistic war against Pakistan”, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. It said SFJ […]

  • Aasiya Andrabi, Fahmeeda Sofi arrested in Srinagar

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (APP): Indian police arrested Dukhtaran-e- Millat Chairperson Aasiya Andrabi along with party leader Fahmeeda Sofi in Kralkhud area Srinagar Indian occupied Kashmir and shifted them to unknown place. According to KMS, authorities arrested Aasiya Andrabi and Fahmeeda Sofi to prevent them from leading anti-India women rallies. However, hundreds of women defied restrictions […]