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Kashmiri Voice: Sleepless nights and stressful days

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Kashmiri Voice: Sleepless nights and stressful days Kashmir blackout is not something new which we saw growing. Uprising, Curfew, agitations, killings goes side by side. The times has changed but the situation remained same since 1990. Back then people were gathered outside in a ground and kept hours for investigation. Crackdown remained in mind till teenage. With time things change and tactics changed as well. AFSPA, PSA took some time to understand as these tactics were legal now what was done in the past. Destiny and virtue being a Kashmiri…

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KC-EU to organize a three-day protest against revoking of special status of Kashmir by India: Ali Raza Syed

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Chairman Kashmir Council Eu Ali Raza Syed

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Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) will organize a three-day protest from Wednesday in different places in Brussels, the capital of Belgium against Indian decision for abolition article 370 and 35A in order to revoke special status of Jammu and Kashmir. According to a statement issued by Chairman Kashmir Council EU Mr Ali Raza Syed, the protest camps will be held from 10:30 (10:30 a.m.) to 17:30 (5 p.m.) at different places in the capita city, which is also EU’s headquarters. The statement explains, camp against Indian decision at Place de L’ Albertine…

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Norwegian Pakistani Artist Anwar Kazmi returns home with dignity

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Norwegian Pakistani Artist Syed Anwar Ali Kazmi who faced hardships in Pakistan last year as he was  tortured in Lahore, finally by returning home joined his family in Norway with a great dignity as the main opponent in his case Malik Riaz Mahmood and his supporters apologized on their mistakes. Earlier, the additional Session Judge of Lahore Mohammad Irfan Basra cancelled bail before arrest of Malik Riaz Mahmood and other people involved in this case as saying police should arrest them in order to complete the legal proceeding. Syed Anwar…

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3 killed, 19 wounded in blast inside Quetta mosque ahead of Friday prayers: DIG

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At least three people were killed and 19 were wounded in a blast inside Rehmania mosque in Quetta’s Pashtoonabad area during Friday prayers, according to Civil Hospital medical superintendent (MS) Dr Saleem Abro. The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema confirmed the casualties and said that the attack was carried out through an improvised explosive device (IED). According to Cheema, the blast occurred before Friday prayers started. There has been no claim of responsibility as yet. The DIG said that out…

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Chairman PUN Qamar Iqbal asks Chairman NADRA for resolution of issues of overseas Pakistanis

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Islamabad (PR) Chairman Pakistan Union Norway (PUN) Chaudhry Qamar Iqbal has called upon Chairman NADRA Usman Yousaf Mobin to resolve the issues concerning Overseas Pakistanis. Qamar Iqbal handed over a letter addressing Chairman NADRA in a meeting with Director General (DG) Vigilance Directorate NADRA Lt-Col Retired Ch Adnan Hafeez Chohan. During the meeting, which took at  NADRA Head Quarters Islamabad, Pakistani researcher and Journalist Syed Sibtain Shah, Senior Member Pakistan Union Norway Mir Nasir and Writer and Senior Journalist of Gujrat Arshad Mahmood Raza were also present Issued related to…

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Ch Qamar Iqbal meets DG NADRA: The Official directs for preferring overseas Pakistanis in NADRA’s offices in Gujrat and Kharian

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Islamabad (Exclusive Report) Director General (DG) NADRA Islamabad region Zulfiqar Ahmad has directed the concerned officials of his organization to give priority to overseas Pakistanis at NADRA’s offices in Gujrat and Kharian. The directive issued on request of Chairman Pakistan Union Norway (PUN) Ch Qamar Iqbal, who met the DG NADRA at his office in G.10 Islamabad. DG NADRA Vigilance Lt.Col retired Adnan Hafeez, Researcher Syed Sibtain Shah, Senior Journalist Arshad Raza and Senior member PUN and Norwegian Pakistani Businessman Mir Nasir were also present on the occasion. Ch Qamar Iqbal…

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JF-17, not F-16, used in air combat: report

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WASHINGTON: Apparently, it was a JF-17 fighter jet that brought down an Indian warplane in Azad Jammu and Kashmir last week, says a CNN report as an American diplomat said Washington wanted to know if Pakistan used a US-built F-16 jet to shoot the plane. The JF-17 is a Chinese-designed fighter jet produced jointly by Pakistan and China. “It may have been one of those jets that on Wednesday downed an Indian Air Force fighter plane, leading to the capture by Pakistan of an Indian pilot” Abhinandan Varthaman, said the CNN report released this weekend. The report…

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KC-EU for an immediate EU’s role for reduction tension in South Asia

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Chairman of the Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU), Mr Ali Raza Syed sent letters to a number of EU higher authorities and members EU parliament asking them for their role for normalizing severe situation in South Asia. The letters were dispatched to President of the European Council  Donald Franciszek Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Federica Mogherini, members EU parliament, other EU officials and as well as ambassadors of different countries influential countries based in Belgium. “This…

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KC-EU for EU’s intervention to avert a war in South Asia

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Brussels (PR) Kashmir Council EU (KC-EU for EU) has decided to launch a notable campaign calling the European Union to play its role for averting a war in the South Asian region. The decision was approved in a meeting of KC-EU headed by its Chairman Mr Ali Raza Syed at its central secretariat in Brussels. Condemning the recent Indian aggression on areas of Azad Kashmir along with the line of control of Kashmir and as well as Pakistan’s territories, the meeting underlined that Indian adventurous moves can escalate an atomic war…

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India claims to have struck ‘biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot’

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India’s Foreign Secretary VK Gokhale on Tuesday claimed that the country’s air force “struck the biggest training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Balakot”. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Gokhale said “a large number of JeM terrorists were killed”. “The strike avoided civil casualties,” he alleged. Early on Tuesday, Inter-Services Public Relations’ (ISPR) Major-General Asif Ghafoor said that Indian military planes violated the Line of Control (LoC), intruding from the Muzaffarabad sector. “Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near…

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AJK’s PM Raja Farooq Haider meets Chairman KC-EU Ali Raza Syed

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Mirpur, AJK (PR) Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said that India is involved in brutal act of state terrorism against the oppressed people of occupied Kashmir for a long time. In a meeting with Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Mr Ali Raza Syed at his residence in Mirpur (AJK), he said, unfortunately international community is kept silent on the Indian barbarism on the innocent Kashmiris. Appreciating the efforts of Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) for highlighting Kashmir issue in Europe, the AJK’s PM said, Mr…

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KEA beleives in prosperous sub-continent through peaceful resolution of Kashmir conflict

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President of Kashmir European Alliance Sardar Pervez Mehmood issued a statement on Kashmir Solidarity day. Sardar said that human rights are shared values. Human rights are our common possession.When abuses are committed against anyone in any society, the dignity of humanity as a whole is compromised. By the same token, it is only when the rights of any individual and rights of the people of any region receive our care and protection, humanity can achieve a shared redemption. Such is the principle of human rights, in all its stark simplicity.…

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Lahore hospital set to evaluate Nawaz’s health

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A board of doctors from the Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) in Lahore met with former premier Nawaz Sharif on Saturday evening and is currently taking an initial medical history. The incarcerated former prime minister was given a warm reception by hospital staff upon his arrival at Services Hospital, the main teaching hospital of SIMS. Doctors said the first round of tests will take place after obtaining details regarding how Sharif is currently feeling. They also said that the recommendations provided by the board which had referred him to…

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FBR revises land valuations upwards for 20 major cities

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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday issued a flurry of notifications regarding upward revisions in the valuation rates of immovable property in 20 major cities of the country. The average increase in valuations is around 20 per cent, but some areas have seen a much sharper revision in taxable rates. The new rates, which the FBR will use to calculate withholding and capital gains taxes when properties in notified areas are bought and sold, are applicable from February 1, 2019. Among the largest cities, the area-wise categorisation of Karachireveals that…

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