Union Home Minister Amit Shah again targetted former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and blamed him for Pakistan's illegal occupation of a portion of Kashmir, known as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday supported Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by saying India's position on PoK is very clear; it is part of our country and we don't see any reason to change the stance.
Kashmiri political activists raised concern over the gross human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a recently held seminar in Calgary.
In a letter, penned to PM Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs, the committee has drawn PM Modi's "attention to the setting up of Coffee home by Pak army and demolition of boundary wall of our revered Sharda Peeth, amounting to encroachment."
Demonstrating their frustration with the recurrent hikes in electricity prices, locals have resorted to symbolic acts of resistance, such as discarding their power bills into water bodies.
Poorly maintained school premises with no classrooms, no benches, no toilets and no blackboard - this is a harsh reality of school's infrastructure in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are infuriated over their unending woes due to issues like high inflation, frequent load shedding, unemployment and other violations of human rights.
Working as health workers under the Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Programme these women are surviving on merely a monthly remuneration of 8,000 Pakistani Rupees.
People from all walks of life in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) took to the streets in a region-wide protest against a range of issues they have been grappling with for an extended period.
The main bone of contention is the government's decision to increase the retirement age for doctors to 65, a move the protesting doctors deem draconian and unjust.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that India's position regarding the entire Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir being an integral part of the country is well known and New Delhi has raised its concerns with US side regarding US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome's recen
Shops in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Kotli and other major cities remained shut and trades and locals carried out protest marches with slogans against the Pakistan government.