Kashmir shutdown caused losses of more than $1 billion, trade body saysKashmir Updates -REUTERS- 19 NOVEMBER, 2019 SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Economic losses in Kashmir have run well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in August, the main trade body in the Himalayan region said, adding that it planned to sue…
In Pictures: 100 days of crippling lockdown in KashmirKashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA- 11 NOVEMBER, 2019 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On August 5, the Indian government withdrew Article 370 of India’s constitution, which gave the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir partial autonomy. The article, abrogated in a cloak-and-dagger manner by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Resolve Kashmir crisis for regional prosperity: PM Khan at KartarpurKashmir Updates -NAWAIWAQT GROUP- 10 NOVEMBER, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the time was not far when the subcontinent would become a prosperous region once the Kashmir issue was resolved and the Kashmiris got their due rights. READ MORE: PML-N challenges President Alvi’s decision…
Pakistan condemns restrictions on Eid Milad-un-Nabi congregations in occupied KashmirKashmir Updates – DAWN- 10 NOVEMBER, 2019 The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday condemned the restrictions imposed by Indian authorities on congregations in occupied Kashmir on Eid Milad-un-Nabi. “All roads leading to the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar and other holy shrines and mosques in India- occupied…
Kashmir businesses facing uncertain periodKashmir Updates – Al Jazeera- 5 NOVEMBER, 2019 Businesses are struggling three months after New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its autonomy. It has been three months since New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its autonomy. India said the decision would usher in development in the region. Read More
India’s clampdown in occupied Kashmir has entered its 4th month — here’s everything you need to know Kashmir Updates – Dawn – 5 NOVEMBER, 2019 On November 3, the lockdown imposed in occupied Kashmir on August 5 by the Indian government crossed ninety days. The security and communication clampdown has now entered its fourth month.…
Shops shuttered, streets deserted as Kashmir loses special statusKashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA – 31 OCTOBER , 2019 Shops and offices were shut in Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as federal authorities formally revoked the restive state’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision in August to change Kashmir’s…
Kashmiris are resisting government ‘through satyagraha’, says fact-finding reportKashmir Updates -Scroll.in – 13 OCTOBER , 2019 Not a single person in the Kashmir Valley is happy about the Narendra Modi government’s decision to revoke the state’s special constitutional status, advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan and sociologist Nandini Sundar have said in a report prepared after their visit…
Kashmir families live in fear as lovedKashmir Updates -The Guardian – 16 OCTOBER , 2019 The last time he saw her, Mehraj-ud-din Wani assured his wife that he would soon be a free man. Wani was speaking to his wife, Gulshan, from behind bars in Srinagar jail in Kashmir. “He was certain that he would be…
Kashmiri children among prisoners in India crackdownKashmir Updates -Osama Bin Javaid – 18 OCTOBER , 2019 More than two months after New Delhi revoked the autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir, thousands of Kashmiris are still in jail. Among them are children as young as nine-year-old. Some families accuse the Indian government of torture and abuse which has…