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Nepal drowning in Chinese debt trap
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Recently inaugurated Pokhara International Airport has come up with a USD 215 million loan from the Chinese EXIM Bank. The terms for this financing are highly adverse for Nepal's economy. The rate of interest charged on this loan is 2 per cent, much higher than what other multilateral lender
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Rajasthan: Army missile misfires in Pokhran, probe ordered
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A case of missile misfire was reported when an Army unit was carrying out field firing practice at Pokharan ranges in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
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Pakistan continues to sponsor terrorist outfits along LoC
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A recent incident in which three terrorists opened fire at a rally of the Jammu and Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) and National Awami Party (NAP) at Tatrinote in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on March 18 proves that the Pak army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) continue
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Opening Sharda Peeth Corridor is "welcome step," says PoK political activi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
India is planning to open a corridor in the PoK for the Sharda Peeth Pilgrimage. The announcement was made by Home Minister Amit Shah after he virtually inaugurated the Sharda Devi temple at Teetwal in Kupwara district today.
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PoK, Gilgit Baltistan witness rise in human rights abuses, activists infor
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
While giving an intervention during the 52nd Session of the Council, Nasir Aziz Khan, the central spokesperson of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) said, "Our organization would like to draw your attention to the serious human rights abuses that are taking place in Pakist
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No freedom of expression in PoK, terror hideouts intact, activists tells U
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
People in PoK gave many examples where the students and political activists from the region are not allowed to express their opinions and they are treated as enemies and threatened.
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Activists raise concerns over human rights situation in PoK, Gilgit Baltis
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Organised by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) at John Knox Center, the participants including intellectuals and researchers discussed about radicalism, exploitation of resources, enforced disappearances and other issues concerning the region.
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'Talibanization of PoK intensifies under Pakistani influence'
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
People living in the PoK are being forced against their will to accept measures instituted by Islamabad aimed at incorporating this territory into Pakistan. Various steps have been recently taken that signal these efforts, cites a report.
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People in PoK oppose digital census in fear of losing identity and demogra
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jamil Maqsood said a large number of people in these occupied regions are opposing the Census as it will diminish their identity and demography of the region.
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PoK: Gilgit Baltistan minister vows to fight undemocratic attacks on regio
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), which is illegally occupied by Pakistan, said it will oppose any undemocratic action taken by the federal government against its chief minister or other elected officials, reported Dawn.
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Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front holds protest against census in PoK
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
JKLF leaders said that carrying out a census in PoK is the worst violation of the Pakistan constitution itself.
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Opportunities for higher studies in PoK on decline : Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, has recently expressed his regret about the high rate of school dropouts, particularly among girls
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