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Fazl urges world community to stop brutal killings in IHK

Islamabad—Chairman Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday urged the world community to play its role in stoping brutal killings by Indian Forces in Occupied valley. Appreciating the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Margaret Sekaggya’s report, he appealed to the international community and the United Nations to play their role for ending the barbarism being committed against the Kashmiri people. He also urged for resolving the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people, said a news release issued here.

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‘OIC should shun double standards, back Iran’

Srinagar—A top Kashmiri leader has blasted United States and its western allies for imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic and has urged OIC to shun double standards and back Tehran. Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani condemned the sanctions imposed on Iran, saying, “world powers were resorting to diplomatic hooliganism to dominate others,” Kashmir Observer quoted Geelani as saying. “It is unjust that these countries, which posses nuclear bombs and weapons of mass destruction, accuse others of developing such weapons. Iran has every right to defend itself and the international community should accept this right,” he said.

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KPs integral part of Kashmiri identity: Malik

Srinagar—Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has said it is the moral, social and religious obligation of Muslim majority to safeguard the minorities living in the valley. In a statement issued here, Malik interacted with members of Pandit community living in Shiekh Pora Budgam on the eve of Mahashivratri.

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Karkare episode — few relevant questions

Monitoring Report

THE killing of Hemant Karkare, the head of ‘Anti Terror Squad Maharashtra has become highly controversial raising some crucial issues related to the entire episode of Mombay Attacks on November 26, 2008. In the weeks prior to his killing, Karkare had been leading a high-profile investigation into a Hindu-supremacist terrorist network that had mounted bomb attacks with the aim of killing Muslims and stoking communal strife. Karkare had ordered the arrests of 11 Hindu extremists who police allege were responsible for a serial bomb attack in Malegaon (Maharathtra) and Madosa (Gujarat) on September 29. They may also have been the authors of other bombing attacks, including the Samjhuata train bombing, which killed 68 people in 2006.

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APHC kicks off diplomatic campaign on Kashmir

Indian troops martyr youth in Sopore
New Delhi—The All Parties Hurriyet Conference has kicked off its campaign of galvanising diplomatic support for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations. A top delegation of the APHC, as first part of a series of their interactions with New Delhi-based diplomats of western and Islamic countries met Iranian Ambassador to India, Dr S Mehdi Nabizade, today.

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