“Baat niklegi to phir door talak jayegi.” PM Narendra Modi at Red Fort on the 70th Independence Day of India. This otherwise immortal line from Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh’s rendition appears to have acquired a new, dramatic relevance in the aftermath of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech. The prime minister had, just in a passing reference, spoken about the current state of affairs in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Right... 

Nawaz Sharif has called the China-Pak Economic Corridor a ‘top priority’. It runs through PoK. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, is his government’s “top priority” and has called for “concerted efforts” to ensure timely completion of the USD 46 billion project. “The prime... 

Pakistan has been needling India ever since violence broke out in Kashmir Valley after the encounter of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif not only urged the people of his country to observe a ‘Black Day‘ to express “solidarity with the Kashmiris”, but also said that Pakistan was obliged to become the voice of the “oppressed” of Kashmir Valley. PM Narendra Modi at Red... 

Opposition leaders suggested that AFSPA be lifted from civilian areas NEW DELHI: “Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is ours”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted at a four-hour meeting of all major political parties today, stating that dialogue must be initiated with expatriates all over the world from that region. “There cannot be any compromise on national security, but we have to win the confidence of the people in Jammu and Kashmir,”...