Nicknames of Kashmiri Pandits

Nicknames
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A nickname, says Hazlitt, is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man, yet the Kashmiris have shown the unparalleled endurance to bear this hardest stone Pleased with their ‘devotion’ he (Mr. Devil) seems to have gifted this stone to them (Kashmiri) for ever. Love of nicknames is mixed in the blood [...]

International moot on Kashmir

International moot on KashmirCall to purge Kashmir of religiouselements
 
Geneva: Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, Chairman United Kashmir Peoples National Party (UKPNP), has said the people of Kashmir are pro-peace and pro-democracy. They demand that a culture of accountability and transparency be established in the polity of entire Jammu Kashmir without any distinction.Addressing a conference on “Kashmir [...]

Christians flee Iraqi city after killings, threats, officials say

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Muslim extremists order Mosul Christians to convert or face death, officials say
Officials: 13 Christians killed; more than 900 families have fled Mosul
Deputy governor: Election-related protests may have triggered the killings
Leaflets in Christian neighborhoods threatened families, official says
From Mohammed Tawfeeq
CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — At least 900 Christian families have fled Mosul in the past week, [...]

Balawaristan: BNF Chief Abdul Hamid Speech to a Historic Gathering

English translation of Chairman Balawaristan National Front (BNF) Abdul Hamid Khan’s telephonic address to a public gathering at Gahkuch dated June 8, 2008
Balawaristan: BNF Chief Abdul Hamid Speech to a Historic Gathering
My dear brothers, sisters of Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, Chitral and Kohistan; youth of BNSO, GBDA Leaders and distinguished guests,
I am proud of the fact that [...]

Report on Pandit killings rekindles communal fissures in Valley

Report on Pandit killings rekindles communal fissures in Valley
Kashmiri Pandit groups have reacted sharply to media reports that the Jammu and Kashmiri Police has prepared a report saying that ‘only’ 209 Kashmiri Pandits have been killed in the Valley since 1989. The police, however, deny having prepared or published any such report.
Some recent media reports had [...]

VIRTUAL MILITARY RULE IN POK

With the election of Maj.Gen.Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan, former Vice-Chief of the General Staff, as the so-called President of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) on August 1,2001, POK has been brought under virtual military rule, with Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, the elected Prime Minister, reduced to a figurehead.  Maj.Gen. Anwar Khan had earlier taken premature retirement from [...]

brief history of kashmir

Kashmir, if literally translated, means land desiccated from water: “ka” (the water) and shimeera (to desiccate). Tradition says that Kashmir was originally a lake that was drained by the great saint of ancient India Kashyap. It was included in the empire of Ashoka Maurya who is credited with the foundation of the city of Srinagar [...]