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People take to streets in PoK, demand 'Aazadi'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (PoK), Aug. 11 (ANI): Demanding freedom from Pakistan, people on Thursday took to the streets in Muzaffarabad protesting against rigged elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that saw Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) coming to power.
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India-Pakistan cross-border trade resumes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu-Kashmir), Aug 10 (ANI): Cross-border trade between India and Pakistan resumed yesterday after remaining suspended over widespread unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Kashmiri leaders protest Pakistan's move to establish military courts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mirpur(POK), Aug 6 (ANI): The independent leadership in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit, led by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), have strongly rejected moves by Pakistan to establish military courts in the region in order to further suppress the local popul
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PoK Administration says China backed CPEC projects only to favour Chinese
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad/Islamabad, Aug.3 (ANI): The administration in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has told the federal government that Islamabad has been flouting all rules and procedures with respect to projects forming part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by waiving aside the condi
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Local politicians have no say in PoK, decisions taken in Islamabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 1 (ANI): The recent victory for the ruling Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) is being publicly projected as the result of alleged "bad governance and corruption" by the previous Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led regime.
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Resentment mounts against growing Chinese presence in Gilgit, PoK
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit/Geneva, Aug. 1(ANI): Anger is mounting high in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmiri (PoK) over both Pakistan and China exploiting their resources in a reckless manner for selfish economic gain.
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Not surprised by PoK poll rigging, Pakistan notorious for not upholding de
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 30 (ANI): The National Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday asserted it was not surprised by the "rigged" elections in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), considering the fact that Pakistan itself is notorious for not upholding democracy.
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PM Modi must begin campaign to free PoK: Baba Ramdev
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana), July 30 (ANI): Calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch a campaign to free Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has said it was about time that India took concrete steps to take back the "captured and disputed" land.
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Rampant human rights violation in Balochistan, PoK not new: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): With residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) taking to the streets to vent their anger against the ruling establishment over the "rigged" elections, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday called upon the International Human Rights C
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Protest escalates in PoK over rigged election
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Neelam Valley (PoK), July 29 (ANI): Extremely enraged with the rigged July 21 election which witnessed the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerge victorious in 32 out of 41 seats, the locals in Neelum valley in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Friday took to the streets to vent
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Leave PoK affairs to Pak and J-K's to India for some peace in Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Asserting that some people have complaints that the elections did not take place as expected in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Friday said the problems emanating from Gilgistan and PoK should
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PoK elections a sham, protests reflected people's will: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Hitting out at the recently held elections in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said it was another farcical exercise by Pakistan to cover up their illegal occupation.
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