Tag: Kashmir issue

India-Pak ties at its ‘lowest point’, says Imran Khan, hopes Modi uses ‘mandate’ to resolve issues

Imran Khan has written twice to PM Modi seeking dialogue for the resolution of all problems, including that of the disputed Kashmir region.

June 14, 2019

Imran Khan writes to PM Modi, offers dialogue on reconcilable issues including Kashmir

Khan had on 23 May, breaking the ice in bilateral ties, congratulated PM Modi on Twitter after the BJP-led NDA alliance returned to power by winning 353 seats of the total 542.

June 8, 2019

Mehbooba Mufti wants India to initiate dialogue with Pakistan on Kashmir issue

Earlier, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq announced that the conglomerate led by him was "ready to support all Indo-Pak efforts aimed at ending hostility and seeking a peaceful solution" to the Kashmir issue

May 20, 2019

Not worthy of Nobel Peace Prize, must be given to one who solves Kashmir dispute: Imran Khan

A resolution was submitted in Pakistan Parliament on Saturday to endorse Khan for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize due to his efforts to de-escalate the recent tensions with India.

March 4, 2019

India summons Pak High Commissioner over Pak FM’s phone call with separatist Mirwaiz

This is for the first time that a Pakistani minister of the Imran Khan government has directly talked to a Hurriyat leader in Kashmir.

January 31, 2019

Anti-Pakistan sentiments roused in India for election purpose: Imran Khan

Talking about the Kashmir issue, Khan blamed India for "committing human rights violations in the region."

January 8, 2019

Mehbooba Mufti blasts PM Modi for ‘wasting’ massive mandate, not addressing Kashmir issue

Mehbooba said that as chief minister she had visited the families of policemen and bank guards who were killed by terrorists.

January 7, 2019

Pak PM Imran Khan’s talk with Antonio Guterres centered on Kashmir: UN official

The 113-member UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) established by the security council monitors the cease-fire in between the two neighbours in Kashmir.

December 22, 2018

Indian diplomat walks out of SAARC meet in Pak over presence of PoK ‘minister’

Diplomat Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India's protest over the presence of PoK 'minister' Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed at the SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry meeting on the SAARC Charter Day in Islamabad on Sunday.

December 10, 2018

Not war, only talks can resolve Kashmir issue: Imran Khan recalls discussion with AB Vajpayee

Asserting that Pakistan was serious to develop peaceful ties with all its neighbours, Khan claimed that India was not ready to hold talks with the country due to the upcoming general elections.

December 4, 2018

India regrets Kashmir issue being raised at UNHRC

"Terrorism is the biggest scourge and greatest violator of human rights and we hope that you will address it more emphatically in the coming years," Rajiv K. Chander, India's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, told Michelle Bachelet, the new UN Human Rights High Commissioner, the HRC meeting on September 10 in Geneva.

September 12, 2018

India and Pakistan clash at United Nations on Kashmir

At the UN Security Council open debate on ‘Mediation and the Settlement of Disputes’, New Delhi takes exception to Islamabad raising the Kashmir issue, asks the new government in Pakistan to work constructively to build a safe and terror-free South Asia rather than indulging in polemics

August 30, 2018

An unnerving crease

Cricket Captain Imran Khan has now become the Prime Minister of Pakistan. It is a watershed event in his personal career and also in the country’s history. This is the third consecutive democratic government in Pakistan. The cricketer-turned-politician had been struggling for a while to become the Prime Minister. His ambition has now been fulfilled. …

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August 29, 2018

Mr Khan’s agenda

Rather than hi-falutin platitudes, as is the wont of those at the helm of governance, Imran Khan’s signal of intent, as articulated 24 hours after being sworn in as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, is a critical presentation on austerity in a stuttering economy. He has moved on to bread-and-butter issues in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s …

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August 22, 2018

Farooq Abdullah seeks serious political initiative to resolve Kashmir issue

Seeking a serious political initiative to resolve the Kashmir issue, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday told Home Minister Rajnath Singh that “unabated civilian killings” risked pushing Jammu and Kashmir to a “dangerous precipice of turmoil and instability”. Abdullah, who met Singh here and apprised him about the “grim situation” in the Valley, said …

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April 6, 2018

Why and wherefore of North-east conflicts

The story of insurgencies is told through riveting testimonies of underground leaders, with rare insights into the psychology, history and economy of this conflict zone... A review

April 1, 2018

Pakistan raises Kashmir in UNSC, asks for review of 1948 resolution

Pakistan has brought up the Kashmir issue in the Security Council, accusing it of “selective implementation” of its resolutions. “Nothing undermines the credibility of the Council more than the selective implementation of its resolutions,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi said on Tuesday during a session on its working methods. “The Council should therefore periodically review …

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February 7, 2018