India: Weapon Purchase Spree Ignores Woes of Millions of Poor India: Weapon Purchase Spree Ignores Woes of Millions of Poor By YFK June 22,2016 Recently India has increased its defense spending by 7.9% in the fiscal budget for the year 2015-16 with the amount now reaching to $40 bn (2.47 trillion Indian Rupees). For the…
Impunity Continues In Kashmir Impunity continues in Kashmir By YFK April. 19,2018 Introduction The first six months of the year 2015 prove to be disastrous for the civil rights of nearly thirteen million Kashmiris living under Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir. The territory remains at the center of an international dispute for the 67th…
Pakistan Civil Society Slams Indian Terrorism In KashmirBy News Desk Pakistan Civil Society Slams Indian Terrorism In Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—A coalition of Pakistani civil society organizations held a peaceful protest in the heart of Federal Capital Islamabad against recent killings in Handwara, Indian-occupied Kashmir and the harassment of college students specially National…
Activists Assemble In Islamabad To Send A Message Through Art Work: We Stand By KashmirBy News Desk Activists Assemble In Islamabad To Send A Message Through Art Work: We Stand By Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—Pakistani capital Islamabad witnessed a unique moment on Friday when students of top universities of Pakistan and Kashmir joined hands…
Amb. Zamir Akram Interacts With Youth At YFK On Kashmir Self-Determination DayBy News Desk Amb. Zamir Akram Interacts With Youth At YFK On Kashmir Self-Determination Day By News Desk ISLAMABAD—On the occasion of Kashmir Self-Determination Day, Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) marked the 66th anniversary by organizing a Round-Table with Zamir Akram as a keynote…
Pakistani Lobbying Group Petitions UNSC Ambassadors On Ideas To End Indian Occupation Of KashmirBy News Desk Pakistani Lobbying Group Petitions UNSC Ambassadors On Ideas To End Indian Occupation Of Kashmir By News Desk NEW YORK / ISLAMABAD—An international lobbying group has submitted a petition to the five permanent and ten nonpermanent members of United…
Pakistani Pro-Kashmir NGO Celebrates Independence Day With Pak-Kashmir YouthBy News Desk Pakistani Pro-Kashmir NGO Celebrates Independence Day With Pak-Kashmir Youth By News Desk ISLAMABAD—Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) organized a talk, titled “Kashmir: The Unfinished Agenda Of Pakistan’s Independence” with Pak-Kashmir youth to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day at Ambassador Inn Hotel here in Islamabad. Shaista…
Pakistani NGO Is Training Young Political Lobbyists For KashmirBy News Desk Pakistani NGO Is Training Young Political Lobbyists For Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) organized a One-Day Kashmir Workshop titled “How To Be An Effective Lobbyist” at Ambassador Inn Hotel Islamabad. The main objective of this unique practical workshop was to…
Kashmir Martyrs Day: Nawaz Sharif Receives Strong CriticismBy News Desk By News Desk ISLAMABAD—The eighty-fourth anniversary of Kashmir Martyrs Day was observed across Pakistan on Monday where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was the center of criticism by Ministers in AJK Government, Kashmiri leaders based in Pakistan, and human rights defenders, for his latest U-turn on…
Great Power India Is Afraid Of An Old Kashmiri Man: Ahmed QuraishiBy News Desk By News Desk ISLAMABAD—International lobbying group Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) condemns Indian-occupation army for putting senior Kashmir freedom leader Syed Ali Geelani under house arrest and arresting Musarrat Alam. “Great regional power India is intimidated by a frail, old man…