Pakistan

Lahore, Sept 3 (PTI) Kartarpur is the "Madina" and Nankana Sahib is the "Makkah" of the Sikh community, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said and assured that his government will issue multiple and on-arrival visas to Sikh pilgrims coming from India and other countries, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Khan said the government will provide Sikh pilgrims maximum possible facilities during their pilgrimage to the holy sites in Pakistan, the News International reported.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday said the oppressed people’s agonies of Jammu and Kashmir had shaken the world conscience.

In a series of tweets, the SAPM said that India could not suppress the just voice of Kashmiri people

She pointed out that the legitimate rights of Kashmiri people had also been echoed in the European Parliament.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (APP): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan Monday urged the international community to play their due role in resolving the Kashmir issue as per the aspiration of Kashmiris.

Addressing a conference, “Kashmir: Heaven in Ashes” here, he urged, “The international community to break the silence and play its due role in resolving the outstanding Kashmir dispute as per the UN resolutions.”

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): Hurriyet leader Yasin Malik’s wife, Mishal Malik, Monday said that the Kashmiri people’s desire for freedom can’t be suppressed and their passion for freedom would continue to increase with every passing day in Kashmir valley against the fascist mind set of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.

In a talk on a private news channel, she demanded of the United Nations Organiozation and other Human Right Champions to adopt concrete steps for resolving the long standing Kashmir issue.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcast Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said Friday’ s half an hour protest to highlight plight of Kashmiris has attracted global attention and echoing of the issue in the European Parliament was a proof of Pakistan’s successful diplomacy.

She said the unprecedented sacrifices of the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the sincere diplomacy of the Prime Minister Imran Khan across the globe have started yielding positive results.

New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) India has accepted the consular access extended by Pakistan to death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav and a senior Indian diplomat will meet him on Monday, official sources said as tensions over Kashmir simmer between the two countries.

Charge d' Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia will meet Jadhav, the sources said.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (APP): The curfew and communication blackout continued across the Kashmir valley and five districts of Jammu region on the 28th consecutive day, In Indian occupied Kashmir.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the Kashmir valley remains cut off from the rest of the world since August 05 due to continued blockade and suspension of internet, mobile and landline services and closure of TV channels. Publication of local newspapers remains suspended.

KARACHI, Sep 01 (APP): Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said the European Parliament during its discussion on Kashmir on Monday would hopefully raise its voice for the plight of Kashmiris who had been facing curfew and other restrictions for the past almost one month at the hand of Indian forces in the occupied Kashmir.

Talking to reporters here at the Karachi Airport, he said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to face embarrassment in his attempts to prevent the Kashmir issue to be highlighted internationally.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said the statement of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in support of the Kashmiri people was a victory of Pakistan’s principled stance and a defeat for India.

The nation, which had taken a stand for right and truth, could not be defeated through guns, oppression and suppression, she said on her Twitter handle.

LAHORE, Sept 01 (APP): Lawmakers and lawyers Sunday lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) in Houston for exposing the humanitarian crisis in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Talking to APP, noted lawyer and analyst Shahid Zaheer Syed said the prime minister in his speech exposed the real face of India before the world.