In a memorandum to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, London-based representatives of political parties in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have urged the Pakistani government to reconsider policies on Kashmir and stop the export of extremism, terrorism. “(We) Note with regret that despite our suffering and great human and economic loss[Read More…]
Tag: Terrorism
Olive branch! India ready to help Pak act against terror: Rajnath
India is ready to help Pakistan take action against terrorists in Pakistan, including in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. Pakistan should close down the “factory of terrorism”, Rajnath Singh said while addressing a Regional Editors Conference. Referring to the army’s surgical strikes on Pakistani territory,[Read More…]
BRICS nations are committed to anti-terror cooperation, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the five-nation bloc of emerging economies was “determined” to cooperate in the fight against terrorism. “For our five countries’ leaders this meeting (in Goa) will be a good opportunity to harmonise our positions on key issues on the international agenda. We are determined to cooperate[Read More…]
Struggle of Kashmiris can’t be terrorism: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif today said India will be “mistaken” if it equates the “freedom struggle” of Kashmiris with terrorism. Sharif added that Kashmiris were fighting for their right of self-determination and Pakistan would continue to support them. “No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom[Read More…]
Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Sheltering terrorists has become Pakistan’s calling card
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York today hit out at Pakistan holding it accountable for nurturing terrorism on its land. Swaraj also took up the issue of human rights violations in Balochistan. Swaraj appealed to the General Assembly[Read More…]
Modi in Kozhikode: 15 points made by the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Kozhikode, Kerala at BJP’s National Council Meet. The BJP supremo talked about elevating poverty and unemployment, while he trained his guns on Pakistan by calling them a nation run by terrorists which exports terrorism. He also addressed the Pakistani leaders by[Read More…]
No question of playing cricket with Pakistan, says BCCI chief
Coming down heavily on the neighbouring country, BCCI chief Anurag Thakur on Friday ruled out the possibility of reviving bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan in near future, saying even considering such a thought is not appropriate. Thakur struck a combative note, saying India can decimate Pakistan anytime but it is[Read More…]
Pakistani chief justice says political parties endorse terrorism
Criticism on Pakistan’s policy of supporting terrorism has this time come from none other than its own chief justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali. The chief justice while speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad on Monday slammed Pakistani political parties for endorsing terrorism. Jamali said, “It is disappointing to see some political[Read More…]
One nation spreading terror: PM Modi’s veiled attack on Pakistan
Speaking at the G 20 summit which is being held in Hangzhou, China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said terrorism was being spread by a single South Asian country. PM Modi in the final session of the G 20 said, “Growing forces of violence and terror pose a fundamental challenge. There[Read More…]
Indo-Egypt bonhomie: PM Modi, President Al Sisi vow to combat terror
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who is on a three-day visit to India. PM Modi held extensive discussions on the shape and substance of partnership with Egypt. He said that both countries agreed to further defence and security engagement which would[Read More…]
Series of blasts rock Thailand; 4 dead, several people injured
Eight bomb blasts have been reported in Thailand in the last 24 hours in the resort towns of Hua Hin, Phuket and other southern provinces. It what seems to be a coordinated attack, four people have been killed and multiple injured. Thailand’s junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha described the incidents as[Read More…]
Munich shooting: 10 dead including gunman, several wounded
Nine people were killed in Munich, Germany, on Friday, after a lone gunman, who was an 18-year-old German of Iranian descent, opened fire at a shopping complex. In what police described as an “acute terror situation”, authorities believe it was aimed at causing fear in the country. Many of the[Read More…]
“I didn’t inspire any terrorist”: Zakir Naik
Controversial Islamic preacher, Zakir Naik while addressing the media through skype from Medina pledged innocence and said that he was unnecessarily being subjected to “media trials” by the Indian media. “I am seeing that there is an India media cry on me just because a report came in one of[Read More…]
Horror has struck again: President Hollande
The state of emergency has been extended for three more months in France following the fresh terror attack in Nice, which has killed 80 now. 18 people are in intensive care. A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades was driven at high speeds through crowds celebrating Bastille Day. According[Read More…]
Stop asking why terrorists kill during holy month of Ramazan
The merciless and brutal killing of people by terrorists in Dhaka shocked the world. Although it happened on the night of 1 July, I came to know about it the next morning when I switched on the TV and saw the news. It was heart-wrenching! Reactions started pouring in from Bangladesh[Read More…]