Four terrorists, who carried out attack on an Army base in Uri, are suspected to have come from a training camp located at a place called Pir Chana Sai in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
The weekly service was suspended on August 19 after authorities in PoK did not respond to a call from their Indian counterparts to let a bus get across the LoC.
Pakistan has offered to India to host technical-level talks on the Khokhrapar-Munabao bus service on March 8 to 9 and Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service in March 29 and 30.
The festering dispute over the accession of Jammu and Kashmir stands out as one of the world's most volatile fault lines that divides regions, countries, societies, communities and ethnic groups, notes Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs, on Sheikh Abdullah's 39th death anniversary.
One man follows Guru Nanak's visits to multi-faith sites across nine countries.
India on Friday came down hard on Pakistan for allowing Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, blamed for the 2001 Parliament attack, to "spew venom" against it, saying it was a matter of concern how a globally banned terrorist could address anti-India rallies.
A visiting delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Sunday met leaders from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. The Hurriyat delegation, led by the group's chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, met the political leadership of PoK in Muzaffarabad.
The army on Tuesday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing a powerful pre-planted Improvised Explosive Device on the strategic Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway near Parimpora in Srinagar.
A village sarpanch was gunned down by unidentified militants in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday evening. Militants shot from a close range at Ghulam Ahmad Yatoo, sarpanch of Palhallan village located on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road, said a senior police official.
Pakistan's ruling party PML-N has swept the PoK's legislative assembly elections, bagging 30 of 41 directly elected seats, with a two-thirds majority to form the new government.
Two persons, including a policeman, were killed and ten more injured in a bombing in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi today, police said.
Jobs which are rare in this part of the region are reportedly being given to Pakistani youth and youngsters of Kashmiri origin are being marginalised.
"The world's eye is on Kashmir and on Pakistan...I will be the ambassador who raises Kashmir's voice at every international forum," he said.
Pakistan on Wednesday described as "incorrect" a media report that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had contended the Kashmir issue is a flashpoint which "can trigger a fourth war" with India.
Mehbooba said there was a huge difference between former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's regime and the current one under PM Narendra Modi.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba is raising a group of 21 female terrorists at its training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for carrying out sabotage activities in India, army sources said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday asked India to hold a 'meaningful' dialogue with Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday led a 'Kashmir Caravan' from Lahore to Islamabad
Three militants and a policeman were killed in a fierce gun-fight in the Qamarwari locality of Srinagar on Monday afternoon.Motorcycle borne militants opened indiscriminate fire at a naakabandi, after being intercepted on the Srinagar Muzaffarabad highway, just six kms from the city centre Lal Chowk on Monday afternoon, said a police officer."A policeman died on the spot while the other cops manning the naaka returned the fire, killing all three militants," he said.
Yattoo, who hailed from Budgam district of central Kashmir, had a long association with Hizbul Mujahideen and was responsible for keeping alive the prolonged unrest of 2016 following the killing of group's commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8.
Hundreds of students, including foreigners are being trained in militant camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to wage 'jihad' against India, but Pakistan denied the report by the BBC as "baseless".
Hundreds of university students, including foreigners, are being trained in militant camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to wage 'jihad' against India, BBC Urdu Service has reported.After a lull, several militant outfits have increased their activities in and around Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, and pro-Jihad slogans can be seen on the walls of the city, said the report.
Kaman Aman Setu, the bridge on the Line of Control connecting Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, which suffered heavy damage last week has been repaired and restored by the army.
'As long as Jammu and Kashmir is under Indian subjugation, jihad must continue. Pakistan should continue political, diplomatic and moral support for the Kashmiris seeking freedom. If Pakistani rulers cannot help Kashmiris they should let the field open for the Kashmiri militants rather than creating any obstacles in their way,' the declaration issued after the meeting said.
Two youth were critically injured on Sunday as mobs defied curfew and attacked the home of the state education minister in south Kashmir Anantnag district. Meanwhile 34-year old Mohammad Ashraf Mir who was critically wounded in police firing in Palhallan town on the Srinagar Muzaffarabad road on September 6 succumbed to injuries in the Soura medical institute this afternoon.
Security forces failed to quell the protests by using teargas and baton charges, and finally resorted to firing.
Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan of the Muslim Conference was on Thursday elected "prime minister" of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after incumbent Raja Farooq Haider quit amidst high drama, alleging that PPP-led federal government was interfering in the affairs of the region.
Qureshi urged for unity among political parties in Pakistan on Kashmir and warned that doing politics on the issue would harm the cause.
Two paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force troopers were killed in a militant strike in north Kashmir's Pattan town on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway on Wednesday morning.
Main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said the Kashmir issue and differences over the sharing of river waters must be discussed during the February 25 talks between foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan.
United Jihad Council chairman and supreme commander of Hizbul Mujaheedin Syed Salah-ud-Din will address a seminar in Srinagar via telephone from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on Wednesday. Ahsan Untoo, chairman of the human rights group, said the seminar will be attended by several senior separatist leaders including Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik.
Two crucial witnesses in the Mumbai attacks trial, including an electoral officer who gave evidence about the Pakistani origin of one of the Laskar-e-Tayiba terrorists involved in the assault on India's financial hub, have been cross-examined in an anti-terrorism court.
Two crucial witnesses in the Mumbai attacks trial, including an electoral officer who established the Pakistani origin of one of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists involved in the assault on India's financial hub, have been cross-examined in an anti-terrorism court.
Curfew remained imposed for the second day today in Srinagar district in Jammu and Kashmir with no untoward incident being reported so far from anywhere in the Valley.Curfew was imposed on Monday in Kashmir after a protest march towards Pakistan occupied Kashmir capital Muzaffarabad -- organised by fruit growers and separatists against the 'economic blockade'-- turned violent.Prominent Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz and three others were killed and hundreds injured.
After lying low for over a year due to the scrutiny of its leaders in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, the frontal outfit of Lashkar-e-Tayiba, has stepped up its activities and unveiled plans to hold major conferences of Pakistani jihadi groups on Kashmir this week.
A suicide bomber struck an army barracks in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, killing at least four soldiers and injuring 10 others, near the Line of Control. The bomber targeted barracks close to an army hospital at Tararkhal, over 90 kms from PoK capital Muzaffarabad, police said. There were over 35 soldiers in the facility located near the LoC when the attacker struck at 6.50 am local time. Police said the attacker detonated his explosives.
Pakistan accused Indian troops on Saturday of resorting to "unprovoked firing" on the Line of Control and violating a ceasefire prevailing along the frontiers in Jammu and Kashmir.
From being billed as mother of "all confidence building measures" to derision as a "cosmetic step", Srinagar-Muzaffarabad cross-Line of Control bus service has survived tensions between India and Pakistan including Mumbai terror attacks and numerous ceasefire violations along the border to complete 10 years of its operation on Tuesday.
Terrorist groups banned by Pakistan, including the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, are expanding operations and recruitment in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to a secret government report.
Lakhvi's reported arrest, if confirmed, speaks of the intense pressure on Pakistan from the US to act against the Lashkar. India, the US and the rest of the international community should ensure that this is not a cosmetic step like similar steps in 2002 and that the LeT infrastructure in Pakistan is dismantled and those involved in the Mumbai terrorist strike against Indians, Israelis, Americans and others are brought to justice.
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