Imagine watching cinema surrounded by the beauty of Dal Lake. A floating cinema in Kashmir is not just an event—it is a beautiful meeting point of art, nature and Kashmiri culture.
While Pakistan keeps sending infiltrators under cover of darkness, India's BSF keeps standing guard every single night, in every season, without pause. Round-the-clock patrolling and sharp instincts are what turned today's infiltration bid into a swift capture.
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Indian Kashmir is witnessing development and rising tourism, while Pakistan-occupied Kashmir continues to face protests, arrests and economic hardships.
Senate nominee Abdul used a Pak US community event to call out Islamabad's military rule, citing jailed opposition figures like Imran Khan. He argued that real democratic governance is being denied & that U.S. support shouldn't come without accountability for human rights abuses.
44 Democratic US lawmakers, led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Greg Casar, urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose visa bans and asset freezes on Pakistani officials, citing rising transnational repression and worsening human rights concerns, Dawn and Geo News reported.
U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed criticizes Pakistan’s military dictatorship, referring to the military dictatorship in Egypt, where his parents immigrated from, calling for democracy and human rights. He spoke today in Southfield at the Pakistan Association of America’s annual event celebrating Pakistan’s Independence and US Independence.
For Britain's Kashmiri diaspora and British nationals with family in the region, this is not abstract politics but urgent personal concern.
Recent Foreign Office correspondence, including advice against all but essential travel,
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In June I wrote to the Foreign Secretary about Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This week I got a reply from the Minister, Stephen Doughty. The Government says it is "seriously concerned" and following developments closely. But for families here who are still unable to contact relatives, that is not yet an answer. I'll keep pushing until there is one.
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons puts the number missing since the insurgency began at more than 7,000. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan separately recorded 1,455 disappearances, with 1,052 people still unaccounted for as of early this year.
Youth opportunities have expanded. India cites greater access to education, entrepreneurship, sports, skill-development programs, and recruitment drives as alternatives to militancy.
As India’s unilateral and illegal actions of 5 August 2019 in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) complete seven years, no amount of rhetoric can alter the internationally recognized disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir or deny the rights of its people enshrined in international law and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
The reality in IIOJK remains that a prolonged heavy military presence and draconian laws are enabling India to pursue its demographic engineering aimed at altering the territory’s Muslim-majority status, alongside systematic efforts to silence the Kashmiri people and obliterate their identity.
Hollow and unsubstantiated claims of development cannot substitute the inalienable right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine their own future through a free and impartial plebiscite, as mandated by the United Nations.
Pakistan reiterates its unwavering support for the just struggle of the Kashmiri people and calls on India to reverse its illegal measures, end its human rights violations, and create conditions conducive to a peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Charter, the relevant Security Council resolutions, and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.