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Month: June 2021

“I’m waiting for you till I’m alive”, Sister of Baramulla’s missing youth

“I’m waiting for you till I’m alive”, Sister of Baramulla’s missing youth

REGIONAL
Bhat Yasir The 23-year-old - a covid recovered boy from Shrakwara Wagoora of North Kashmir's Baramulla district goes missing on 17 June and left the family in distress. "Hilal Ahmad Sheikh, son of Abdul Hamid Sheikh of Shrakwara was working as a salesman at a medical shop in Sopore", Family members told The kashmiriyat. Reports said that he has approx two months ago recovered from the COVID-19 deadly virus and was at home since that.buy viagra soft online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/viagra-soft.html no prescription A family member told The Kashmiriyat that He was at home till 5 pm on Thursday (17 June) and the family members were busy with Agricultural work, but when the family reached back home, he wasn't there. "We called our relative...

2 Dead and 14 Injured In a Blast at Lahore’s Johar Town

INTERNATIONAL
On Wednesday a blast in Lahore's Johar Town has left 2 people dead while 14 injured. According to Dawn, the police has stated that the blast took place in a residential area near Allah Hu Boulevard. Earlier, the Lahore Deputy Commissioner, while talking to a News Channel, had said that 12 people have been injured, including women and children. A police official was said to be injured as well. The Deputy Commissioner Mudassir Riaz Malik said that while it was not immediately clear what had caused the blast, it had left behind a crater. "We will only be able to determine the cause after carrying out an investigation," he said. Also, adding that the area would be cordoned off. Although later on, the Lahore Police Chief Ghulam Mehmood Dogar confirmed to the Associated Press of Pakista...

51 Militants Killed in Kashmir in the Ongoing Year

REGIONAL
Out of 51 militants killed in the first half of this year, 15 were killed after the imposition of Covid-19 related lockdown in Kashmir Valley. Before the enforcement of the lockdown in the last week of April this year, Joint Forces had managed to neutralize 36 militants in the first four months of the current year. Director-General of Police Dilbagh Singh recently maintained that operations against militants were affected to some extent due to lockdown related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The data available with news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that 80 persons were killed in different militancy-related incidents in the first six months of this year. These include 51 militants, 11 civilians 18 personnel from Joint Forces. Out of the 18 casualties that Joint Forces suffered, 7 we...

Delimitation panel to hold virtual meet with J-K Deputy Commissioners Today

REGIONAL
The Delimitation Commission for Jammu Kashmir will hold a virtual meeting via video conferencing with Deputy Commission Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday. Earlier in March this year, the Delimitation Commission (/topic/commission) for Jammu Kashmir, which was set up in March 2020 to redraw the parliamentary and assemblies constituencies, got a one-year extension from the Central government. The delimitation panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, was set up only for one year. Later, the panel got A gazette notification was issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on March 3, 2021, in this regard. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 was notified by the government on August 9, 2019, paved the way for the creation of two Union Territories - Jammu...

Indian Delegation Visited Qatar to Meet Taliban, Says Qatar Government Official

INTERNATIONAL
On Monday, a senior official from the Qatari government claimed that an Indian delegation made a "quiet visit" to Qatar to meet with the Taliban. As per a report published on The Wire, Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, Qatar's special envoy for counter-terrorism and mediation of conflict resolution, revealed the information during a webinar, in the first official acknowledgment of links between India and the Afghan insurgent group, Taliban. So far, The Wire report says that Indian government has not responded to these remarks. On being questioned by The Hindu about India's role in the stalled Afghan peace process, Qahtani responded that it was a complicated question. "Afghanistan soil should not become a proxy for any countries. Yes, it is in the interest of Pakistan to have a more ...

Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel: Trial run for HMVs conducted Successfully

REGIONAL
The trial run for heavy motor vehicles through the double-tube four-lane Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along Srinagar-Jammu Highway was conducted today. Sources said that the trial run was conducted in the Wujur- Qazigund Banihal tunnel in presence of Project Manager Navyug Company Jalchandera. Navyug Engineering Company which is the executing agency for the tunnel conducted the trial for heavy motor vehicles for over and hour. The 8.5-km-long tunnel, built at the cost of Rs 2,100 crore will reduce the distance between Srinagar and Jammu by 16 kms from the present 35 km, and will bypass Jawahar Tunnel and Shaitan Nalla, which is prone to heavy snowfall and slippery conditions during winters. An official said that the work on the Rs 2100-crore project started in June 2011 by Navyuga E...

Major Drugs Smuggling Bid Foiled, Smuggler Shot Dead Along International Border in Kathua: BSF

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The Border Security Force on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a major drugs smuggling bid by killing a smuggler along the International border near Pansar in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/aciphex.html Officials told that BSF shot dead a smuggler and also recovered 27 packets of Heroine. They said the smuggling bid was foiled along International border near border out post Pansar falling under Hiranagar sector of Kathua. The officials said that searches in the area were going on—(KNO)

Remembering Comrade Lal Khan and his Incessant Solidarity to the Opressed

EDUCATION
Today marks the 65th birthday celebration of Dr. Tanveer Gondal, well know by the name of Dr. Lal Khan, who died in Lahore, February last year after an extended fight with cellular breakdown in the lungs. Dr. Lal Khan remains one of the most well known academicians in Marxist history of Pakistan. He was the primary notable student pioneer to raise the banner of protection from the tactical system of General Zia. Due to his Marxist activism, Dr. Lal Khan went to Netherland in exile. He is also known for taking the ideology of Trotskyism to the ground in Pakistan's Marxist politics. He tried to organize genuine Marxist grant along with activism in the practice of Trotskyism, which has a past filled with delivering essayist and activists like Tariq Ali and Christopher Hitchens. He...

‘Fear has Grown Among Muslims’- In Rajouri, Radical Group Brutally Lynches Sole Bread Earner to a Family of Six

WRITE-UPS
Vikram Raj/ Mubashir Naik As incidents of mob lynching continue to grow throughout India, the threat among the minority communities is increasing with every passing day. On Tuesday morning, around 4 a.m., a 20 years boy was cornered by a violent communal mob in Rajouri and lynched. The Kashmiriyat spoke to the relative of Aijaz Ahmed Dar, who said that 20-year-old Aijaz along with his friend was returning to his house at four, Tuesday morning after buying a buffalo to sell her milk in order to earn a livelihood. "As soon as their car reached Moradpur village in Rajouri, some two-wheeler-borne men started pelting stones at their vehicle. The youth driving the vehicle tried to speed up but the vehicle slowed down amidst the barricading of Rajouri BSF Camps," the family member said, ...

CID Inspector Shot Dead by Suspected Militants in Srinagar

REGIONAL
An inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), J&K Police, was shot dead by suspected militants in Nowgam area of Srinagar on Tuesday evening. Official sources told GNS that the militants fired at and critically injured the CID inspector when he was returning after offering prayers at Kanipora area of Nowgam. He was shifted to hospital where he was declared brought dead on arrival, they said. A police officer confirmed the killing of the CID inspector and identified him as Pervaiz Ahmad Dar. He was posted at police station Parimpora. “Investigations have been started,” he said. (GNS)