Tag: Kashmir issue

Trump hopes India and Pakistan ‘come together’ on Kashmir, Khan asks for U.S. help

NEW YORK – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped India and Pakistan could come together to resolve their differences over Kashmir, as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Trump to use U.S. influence to help end India’s “siege” of the volatile territory. Trump and Khan […]

Kashmiri reporter finds fear, chaos in locked-down hometown

BARAMULLA, India — My car moved within a column of Indian army vehicles and a cloud of dust. On a normal day, it would have been a smooth journey from the airport in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, to my family home in the […]

Pakistan says India has taken ‘illegal steps’ in scrapping special status for Kashmir

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Monday it “strongly condemns” India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries. India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the […]

Qureshi telephones Mirwaiz; discusses Kashmir issue

Islamabad :  Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday telephoned Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and discussed with him Islamabad’s efforts to highlight the Kashmir issue. Though there was no immediate reaction from the Ministry of External Affairs but Qureshi’s move may not go down well with India, which […]

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