Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

"Legally Untenable": Top Court Rejects Plea To Earmark PoK, Gilgit As Lok Sabha Seats

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 1, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the centre to earmark and declare Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit as parliamentary seats.

"Should've Strapped Bomb On Rahul Gandhi": Pankaja Munde Drops A Shocker

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday April 22, 2019

BJP leader Pankaja Munde today took the political discourse down a further notch, suggesting that those sceptical about the surgical strikes conducted by the army would be convinced only if the explosives were strapped onto Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

"Regressive": Kashmir Parties Oppose Halting Of Vajpayee-Era Cross-Border Trade

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday April 18, 2019

The central government's decision to suspend trade across the Line of Control with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has come in for scathing criticism, with Kashmir-based opposition parties alleging that the move would only worsen relations with the neighbouring country. While National Conference leader Omar Abdullah claimed that the centre was undoing ev...

Trade Across Line Of Control With Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Suspended

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Thursday April 18, 2019

Trade across the Line of Control with Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir will be suspended from midnight, the government has announced.

In Latest Advisory, US Warns Citizens "Not To Travel To Balochistan, PoK"

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 16, 2019

The US has advised its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and asked them not to travel to restive Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), identified as the most dangerous areas due to terror attacks.

BJP Attacks Omar Abdullah For Praising Pak Decision To Open Sharda Peeth

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 26, 2019

The BJP Tuesday criticised National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah for praising Pakistan's decision to open the Sharda Peeth, situated in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, to pilgrims and said the region is under illegal occupation of the neighbouring country and India will take it back.

After Kartarpur, Pak Approves Plan To Open Hindu Temple Corridor In PoK

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 25, 2019

The Pakistan government on Monday approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharda Peeth, an ancient Hindu temple and cultural site in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to a media report.

US Travel Advisory On Pak Warned Of Terrorism, Day Before Pulwama Attack

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 15, 2019

The US government had urged its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir because of "terrorism and the potential for armed conflict" in an advisory issued on Wednesday, just a day before the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left over 40 security personnel dead.

Around 450 Terrorists Operating In Jammu And Kashmir: Army

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 7, 2019

The Army on Thursday said 450 terrorists were operating in Jammu and Kashmir and the terror infrastructure across the Line of Control (LoC) was intact with the full support of Pakistan as 16 terrorist camps were operating in the neighbouring country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Indian Diplomat Exits SAARC Meet Over Presence Of PoK 'Minister': Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 10, 2018

An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan staged a walkout of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) at the event, news agency PTI said, quoting a source.

After Kartarpur, Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah Push For Another Corridor

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday December 1, 2018

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who sees the Kartarpur corridor as a "new beginning" of reconciliation between India and Pakistan, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for the Sharda Peeth in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to be opened for devotees.

Demography Of Entire PoK Completely Changed By Pak, Reveals Army Chief

India News | ANI | Thursday November 29, 2018

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday that Pakistan has very cleverly changed the complete demography of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) including Gilgit-Baltistan while adding that the identity of Kashmiris on the other side of the Line of Control has systematically been eroded by Islamabad.

PoK Activists Allege China-Pak Trade Corridor A Pro-Military Project

World News | ANI | Sunday November 18, 2018

Activists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have come out in protest against the so-called China Pakistan Economic Corridor's actual intention of the trade project, which they alleged was pro-military. The United Kashmir People's National Party or UKPNP led the protests, news agency ANI reported.

China, Pak Start Bus Service Through PoK Despite India's Strong Protest

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Tuesday November 6, 2018

A private bus service between Lahore in Pakistan and Kashgar in China was launched late on Monday night. The first bus left for Kashgar from the terminal at Lahore's Gulberg area, and will cover the one-way journey in 30 hours. The bus service however, will pass through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan region, which India has strongly p...

Bus Service Through PoK Doesn't Change Our Stand On Kashmir: China

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 1, 2018

China today sought to defend the proposed bus service with Pakistan through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or PoK, saying its cooperation with Islamabad has nothing to do with the territorial dispute and will not change its principled stance on the Kashmir issue.