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  • “We are also saying we should get back PoK but…”: Asaduddin Owaisi attacks BJP

    Amid a debate on Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi asked the BJP on Wednesday what they have done in the last 10 years to get back PoK?

    Owaisi also mentioned that he also wants that PoJK should be included in India but this issue only comes forward during the elections.

    “Now they (BJP) are not saying ‘400 paar’. The real issue is that the prices of petrol have crossed Rs 100 and the incidents of paper leaks are taking place in Varanasi, from where PM Modi is a candidate. They talk about Pok, but what have they done in the last 10 years to get it? We are also saying that PoK is a part of India and we should get it back but the issue of PoK only comes forward during elections,” he said.”All the promises that they made in the last 10 years turned out to be false,” Owaisi added.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesNotably, the Bharatiya Janata Party have racked up the PoK issue in their campaign across the country. Several BJP leaders are highlighting that the territory belongs to India only.The Home Minister Amit Shah in a rally on May 20 in Delhi emphasized that Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir will remain India’s forever.”The leader of the INDI Alliance says do not talk about POK; respect Pakistan because it has atom bomb. Rahul Baba, we are the people of the BJP; we are not afraid of atom bombs. PoK belongs to India, will remain so and we will take it,” Shah said.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday said that the vision of securing over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections needs to be realised to integrate Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) into India.

    “The vision of ‘Abki Baar, 400 Paar’ needs to be realised to make PoK a part of India,” UP CM said.

  • ‘Pak has nukes’ remark: ‘Pakistan Ka Samman Karo Matlab…’, Amit Shah lambasts Farooq Abdullah – The Economic Times Video

    Home Minister Amit Shah take on JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah ‘Pakistan has nuke’ remark and asserted that PoK is part of India. Further he attacked opposition over ‘respect Pak’ remark and said, respect Pakistan means what? Give up PoK? He said, “As far as PoK is concerned, it is not only the commitment of the BJP but also the commitment of the Parliament of the country. PoK is a part of India and we have rights over it. No one can deny that. Farooq Abdullah and Congress leaders are saying that Pakistan has an atom bomb, so respect them. Will an Atomic power with a 130 cr population Bharat, be scared of someone and give up its right? JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah said, “If the defence minister is saying it then go ahead. Who are we to stop? But remember, they (Pakistan) are also not wearing bangles. It has atom bombs, and unfortunately, that atom bomb will fall on us”.

  • PIN code 193224: First post office in India at LoC run by a postmaster and three mail runners

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR:  The first post office in India, which was, until recently, referred to as the last post office, is located on the banks of the Kishenganga River near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir. 

    The post office, bearing PIN code 193224, is run by a postmaster and three mail runners. It was known as the last post office of the country until recently. Now the signboard near it describes it as the “First Post Office of India”.

    The post office is located right on the edge of Pak-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) where the LoC divides the anxious nations. A stream passes between, known as Kishenganga River on one side of the LoC and Neelum River on the other. On the Indian bank of the river, stands the post office

    With the border ceasefire between India and Pakistan troops undisturbed in the past two years, the postmaster Shakir Bhat and three mail runners are distributing the mail with significant ease, without the fear of being caught in a border fire-fight or shelling.

    Earlier, mail runners were hesitant in delivering mail to the army posted at the LoC and to the local population out of the fear of the barrage of bullets that were exchanged across the border occasionally.The thawing of ice between India and Pakistan, with decreasing cross-border hostilities between the two nations, has made the life of the locals relatively easier. Those working at the post office echoed a similar relief.

    It is a historic post office, being operational even before the two countries were divided in hate in 1947. The post office did not refrain from its duties towards the people and troops even as the hostilities between Indian and Pakistan forces reached their peak in 1965, 1971 and 1998 Kargil wars between the two nuclear-armed neighbouring states. 

    The post office has been functioning out of the house of postmaster Shakir ever since 1993 when the post office was washed away in the flash floods. A local Tufail Ahmed Bhat said that the post office mostly received mail and speed posts for and from army personnel posted at the LoC.

    It takes three days for speed posts to reach the Keran post office, from where postmaster Shakir and the three mail runners take them to their destination without fail. He said the post office has recently become an attraction for tourists, who are visiting Keran after the border area was relatively demilitarized and opened to visitors last year.

    After the improvement in the ground situation in J&K and the cessation of India-Pakistan hostilities at the LoC, the authorities have thrown open many border areas including Keran, Karnah, Uri, Gurez, etc to visitors. Earlier, these border areas used to be completely inaccessible to outsiders and even for the local population.

    SRINAGAR:  The first post office in India, which was, until recently, referred to as the last post office, is located on the banks of the Kishenganga River near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir. 

    The post office, bearing PIN code 193224, is run by a postmaster and three mail runners. It was known as the last post office of the country until recently. Now the signboard near it describes it as the “First Post Office of India”.

    The post office is located right on the edge of Pak-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) where the LoC divides the anxious nations. A stream passes between, known as Kishenganga River on one side of the LoC and Neelum River on the other. On the Indian bank of the river, stands the post officegoogletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    With the border ceasefire between India and Pakistan troops undisturbed in the past two years, the postmaster Shakir Bhat and three mail runners are distributing the mail with significant ease, without the fear of being caught in a border fire-fight or shelling.

    Earlier, mail runners were hesitant in delivering mail to the army posted at the LoC and to the local population out of the fear of the barrage of bullets that were exchanged across the border occasionally.
    The thawing of ice between India and Pakistan, with decreasing cross-border hostilities between the two nations, has made the life of the locals relatively easier. Those working at the post office echoed a similar relief.

    It is a historic post office, being operational even before the two countries were divided in hate in 1947. The post office did not refrain from its duties towards the people and troops even as the hostilities between Indian and Pakistan forces reached their peak in 1965, 1971 and 1998 Kargil wars between the two nuclear-armed neighbouring states. 

    The post office has been functioning out of the house of postmaster Shakir ever since 1993 when the post office was washed away in the flash floods. A local Tufail Ahmed Bhat said that the post office mostly received mail and speed posts for and from army personnel posted at the LoC.

    It takes three days for speed posts to reach the Keran post office, from where postmaster Shakir and the three mail runners take them to their destination without fail. He said the post office has recently become an attraction for tourists, who are visiting Keran after the border area was relatively demilitarized and opened to visitors last year.

    After the improvement in the ground situation in J&K and the cessation of India-Pakistan hostilities at the LoC, the authorities have thrown open many border areas including Keran, Karnah, Uri, Gurez, etc to visitors. Earlier, these border areas used to be completely inaccessible to outsiders and even for the local population.

  • On J&K merger day, Rajnath aims for PoK

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR:  On the 75th anniversary of Jammu & Kashmir’s Accession with India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday in a clear message to Pakistan said the Modi government’s aim is to implement the February 22, 1994 resolution of the Indian Parliament to reclaim the Gilgit and Baltistan and PoK, which is under the occupation of Pakistan.

    “I want to question Pakistan that under our areas (PoK) that is illegally under its occupation, what rights has it given to people living there? We know how much Pakistan, which sheds crocodile tears in the name of human rights, cares about the human rights of the people in those areas.  Every day, we hear news about atrocities on these innocent Indian people,” Rajnath, said while addressing the 76th Infantry Day programme at Budgam.

    He was here to attend the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ celebrations of the Indian Army to commemorate the air-landed operations of the Indian Army at Budgam Airport in 1947 to take on the tribal raiders of Pakistan.Taking a dig at Pakistan, the defence minister said that history is witness that those rulers and states who committed atrocities on their people had to pay for it.  “Pakistan, which is sowing the seeds of atrocities in PoK, will have to face thorns in future. We are pained by the sufferings of PoK people. In the times to come, Pakistan will face the consequences of its atrocities”.

    Rajnath said that J&K and Ladakh are on the path of progress and development and touching new heights after Article 370 revocation on August 5, 2019. “We have just started the development process of these areas. We have just started walking and our yatra will be completed when we implement the unanimous resolution passed in the Indian Parliament on February 22, 1994 about PoK to reclaim Gilgit Baltistan and other areas under the occupation of Pakistan. Our aim is to implement Parliament’s resolution to reclaim remaining parts of Kashmir from Pakistan,” the defence minister said. “Our yatra will complete when all refugees of 1947 get justice and get their land and homes back with honour”.

    “The day is not far away when these resolutions too will be realised,” he asserted. Referring to Article 370 revocation, Rajnath said that on August 5, 2019, J&K was fully integrated with the country and it brought a new dawn here. “After Article 370 revocation, our government showed to people that our talks and deeds are the same and whatever we promise, we fully implement. We were committed to the integration of J&K with the country and people reposed their trust in us with the passage of time, we succeeded in fully integration of J&K with India,” he said.

    He said that before Article 370 revocation, some anti-India elements used to disturb peace and harmony in the name of religion but now there is peace and tranquillity in J&K due to persistent efforts by the government and armed forces.

    On October 27, 1947, the Indian Army was inducted by the Indian Air Force at Budgam Airport to evict Pakistani forces and tribal raiders from J&K, a day after the “Instrument of Accession” was signed between Maharaja Hari Singh and the Republic of India. During the Thursday event, the replication of the event was organised to pay homage to soldiers and people of J&K. 

    Before the Article 370 revocation, the shutdown used to be observed in Valley on the call of separatists but no call for strike was given this year and people did their normal chorus of life.

    SRINAGAR:  On the 75th anniversary of Jammu & Kashmir’s Accession with India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday in a clear message to Pakistan said the Modi government’s aim is to implement the February 22, 1994 resolution of the Indian Parliament to reclaim the Gilgit and Baltistan and 
    PoK, which is under the occupation of Pakistan.

    “I want to question Pakistan that under our areas (PoK) that is illegally under its occupation, what rights has it given to people living there? We know how much Pakistan, which sheds crocodile tears in the name of human rights, cares about the human rights of the people in those areas.  Every day, we hear news about atrocities on these innocent Indian people,” Rajnath, said while addressing the 76th Infantry Day programme at Budgam.

    He was here to attend the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ celebrations of the Indian Army to commemorate the air-landed operations of the Indian Army at Budgam Airport in 1947 to take on the tribal raiders of Pakistan.
    Taking a dig at Pakistan, the defence minister said that history is witness that those rulers and states who committed atrocities on their people had to pay for it.  “Pakistan, which is sowing the seeds of atrocities in PoK, will have to face thorns in future. We are pained by the sufferings of PoK people. In the times to come, Pakistan will face the consequences of its atrocities”.

    Rajnath said that J&K and Ladakh are on the path of progress and development and touching new heights after Article 370 revocation on August 5, 2019. “We have just started the development process of these areas. We have just started walking and our yatra will be completed when we implement the unanimous resolution passed in the Indian Parliament on February 22, 1994 about PoK to reclaim Gilgit Baltistan and other areas under the occupation of Pakistan. Our aim is to implement Parliament’s resolution to reclaim remaining parts of Kashmir from Pakistan,” the defence minister said. “Our yatra will complete when all refugees of 1947 get justice and get their land and homes back with honour”.

    “The day is not far away when these resolutions too will be realised,” he asserted. Referring to Article 370 revocation, Rajnath said that on August 5, 2019, J&K was fully integrated with the country and it brought a new dawn here. “After Article 370 revocation, our government showed to people that our talks and deeds are the same and whatever we promise, we fully implement. We were committed to the integration of J&K with the country and people reposed their trust in us with the passage of time, we succeeded in fully 
    integration of J&K with India,” he said.

    He said that before Article 370 revocation, some anti-India elements used to disturb peace and harmony in the name of religion but now there is peace and tranquillity in J&K due to persistent efforts by the government and armed forces.

    On October 27, 1947, the Indian Army was inducted by the Indian Air Force at Budgam Airport to evict Pakistani forces and tribal raiders from J&K, a day after the “Instrument of Accession” was signed between Maharaja Hari Singh and the Republic of India. During the Thursday event, the replication of the event was organised to pay homage to soldiers and people of J&K. 

    Before the Article 370 revocation, the shutdown used to be observed in Valley on the call of separatists but no call for strike was given this year and people did their normal chorus of life.

  • Amend law to allow visit to Sharda Peeth in PoK: Kashmiri Pandits

    By Express News Service

    BENGALURU: Kashmiri Pandits with backing from ‘Save Sharda Committe’ have urged the Union Government to make an amendment to the law to allow Indians to visit Sharada Peeth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as previously done in Kartarpur. They have also requested the Union Government to make arrangements for the pilgrimage.

    “Indians can only visit Sharda Peeth if they have their relatives there… but many do not. I had visited Kartarpur Gurudwara but why not Sharda Peeth,” questioned the committee head Ravinder Pandita.

    The members of the committee were at Bidadi to collect carved stones for the temple construction near the Indian side of Line of Control (LoC) at Teetwal.

    The construction is in progress and is expected to be completed in a year. He also claimed that reclamation of the 500 square yards base camp plot on the Indian side and the construction of the temple, burnt in 1947, is in progress with the blessings of Sringeri Mutt.

    He added that Muslims in PoK have installed a picture of Sharda Maata inside the shrine in 2017 and they offer flowers. “For the first time, we have documents from the PoK government with a landmark judgment for the preservation of the Peeth and have received an order from the archaeology department on the maintenance of its sanctity. Travel and trade have made people to people contact strong and hence the amendment should be made to allow us to travel,” he demanded.

  • External Affairs Ministry condemns US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s visit to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned the visit of US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying her travel to the region violated the country’s sovereignty and it reflected her “narrow-minded” politics.

    At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi criticised Omar for visiting the PoK. The US Congresswoman, who is a Democrat, is currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan. “We have noted that US representative Ilhan Omar has visited a part of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir that is currently illegally occupied by Pakistan,” he said.

    “If such a politician wishes to practice her narrow-minded politics at home, that may be her business. But violating our territorial integrity and sovereignty in its pursuit makes it ours. This visit is condemnable,” Bagchi added.

    He was asked to comment on Omar’s visit to PoK. She is the first American lawmaker to visit Pakistan after the ouster of Imran Khan as prime minister of the country. To another query on recent terror attacks in Afghanistan, the spokesperson said India has been looking at the developments in that country.

    “We have seen some of the terrorist attacks. We have always been forthright in our condemnation of terrorist attacks. We are looking at what has been the developments there. But let me emphasise that we certainly condemn all terrorist attacks,” Bagchi said.

  • India criticises OIC delegation’s visit to PoK

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: India on Thursday criticised a visit by a delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and described it as an interference in India’s internal matter.

    The delegation visited the Line of Control on Wednesday where it was briefed by the Pakistani military officials.

    “We have said on many occasions previously that we see such visits to occupied Jammu and Kashmir as interference to our internal matter,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.

    In the past, India has hit out at the OIC for commenting on Jammu and Kashmir and asked it to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for remarks on internal affairs of the country.

    India has been maintaining that the OIC has no locus standi in matters relating to Jammu and Kashmir and that the Union Territory is an integral part of the country.

    India has also repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of the country.

    It has advised Pakistan to accept the reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.

    The OIC delegation arrived in Pakistan on Sunday on a week-long visit.

  • Baramulla Police detains one more guide involved in exfiltration of three youngsters to PoK

    By ANI
    BARAMULLA: Baramulla Police detained one more guide during the investigation of the case of exfiltration of the three youth to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) on the confession of the other guide.

    The arrested person has been identified as Mohammad Majloon Sheikh, a resident of Dudran Boniyar.

    Earlier, Baramulla Police detained three youth and one guide who were trying to exfiltrate to POK via Line of Control (LoC) Uri at MVCP and incriminating material including sharp knives, torch, etc were also recovered from them.

    “During questioning of the guide namely Parvaiz Ahmad Hajam confessed that other guide namely Mohammad Majloon Sheikh resident of Dudran Boniyar was also involved in the act of exfiltration of the three youth to PoK and on his confession, the said guide was arrested and incriminating material was also recovered from his possession,” the police said on Thursday.

    A case under relevant sections of law was registered in Uri Police Station and an investigation into the matter was initiated. 

  • Article :- Nehru worked On the advice of Lord Mountbatten-Sheikh Abdullah-Krishna Menon Trimurti Kashmir and China became the problem.

    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had faith in Lord Mountbatten and Sheikh Abdullah and Krishna Menon. The real reason behind the Kashmir problem was the policies and advice of this trimurti. on which Pandit Nehru worked. Gave up agreeing. And from here the problem of Kashmir continued to get entangled.

     Pakistan still occupies a part of Kashmir, which we call Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Therefore, Pakistan’s claim is wrong in every way. According to this proposal of the United Nations, there will be ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir on behalf of both the countries. But the ceasefire violation from Pakistan still continues.

      Nehru’s decisions that became the canker of independent India

     The situation today regarding Jammu and Kashmir has arisen due to the wrong decisions of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister and Congress leader. In fact, Nehru took many such decisions, which became cancerous with time and whose pain is still facing the masses of India. Let’s take a look at some similar decisions of Jawaharlal Nehru.

    Article 370 by Nehru ….

    Most of the problems facing the country today are of Pandit Nehru’s time. Talking about Kashmir, the Maharaja of Kashmir had unconditionally proposed the merger of his princely state with India, but Nehru made Sheikh Abdullah’s consent to that proposal mandatory. Article 370 and other terms were added after the meetings of Nehru and Sheikh on the Kashmir issue. The effect of this decision was that despite being an integral part of India, a kind of alienation arose in Kashmir towards the rest of India.

    At the time of independence, some rules were made for the merger of more than 600 princely states in India. Except for a dozen states, all were merged in India according to the intention of the then Home Minister Sardar Patel. Nehru kept the matter of the princely state of Kashmir, even though it did not come under his jurisdiction. Many decisions of Nehru as Prime Minister in the matter of Kashmir made Kashmir’s case more complicated.

    “Why was a state of the Indian Union accorded special status? It gave a false signal to not only the Kashmiris but also the separatists, Pakistan and indeed the international community that Jammu and Kashmir is yet to become an integral part of India, as soon as Article 370 is over Gone is better. “

    Nehru’s promise that Article 370 was a temporary provision and would wane over time became a chimera.

    Nehru taking Kashmir case to United Nations and announcing cease fire

    Home Minister Amit Shah said in a program organized by ‘Sankalp Formar Civil Servants Forum’ at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) on 30 September 2019 – The Kashmir issue had to be taken to UNSC was the biggest mistake.

    Nehru made a big mistake by taking the issue of Kashmir to Kashmir.

    On 22 October 1947, the tribal invaders of Pakistan invaded Kashmir. On the advice of Sheikh Abdullah, Nehru himself moved the issue of Kashmir to the U.N., while the Indian Army at that time had driven the Pakistani army into disguise in the form of Kabaili to 2/3 part of Kashmir, only 1/3 had to be removed. In this way Nehru gave a gift car to Pakistan on 1/3 ie POK.

    On the advice of Sheikh Abdullah, Pakistan got the benefit of taking the issue of Kashmir to the UN and the issue has not been resolved yet.

     When there was a war between India and Pakistan in the year 1948, the Indian Army was successful in repelling the Pakistanis and the Indian Army captured Balochistan. Not only this, Pakistan was severely defeated in the war and the Parliament (Jirga) of all the tribal groups of Balochistan passed the resolution that they want to stay with India, but then suddenly Pandit Nehru declared a ceasefire, because They wanted an atmosphere of peace.

    Khan of kalat gave in writing  gave in  the merger of  kalat with India, but Nehru rejected it as well, I have discussed this separately in one of my articles.

    Lord Mountbatten-Sheikh Abdullah, Krishna Menon Trinity, Nehru, Kashmir, Pakistan,

    Jammu and Kashmir, Article 370 by Nehru, Sardar Patel, Amit Shah, Formar Civil Servants Forum,

    China’s support for the Security Council, due to which China is still a problem.

    The US wanted to make democratic India a permanent member in 1950 rather than Communist China, but Jawaharlal Nehru rejected the proposal. It was argued by him that if India is made a permanent member in place of China, then it will create a competitive environment in the region, which will prove fatal for peace. Rejecting the permanent seat of the Security Council of India is one of the biggest mistakes of history. Unknown to India how many times it has had to face international issues. The same China, which has been with India for 25 years to get a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, has been a hindrance in India’s attempts to declare Masood Azhar a global terrorist a total of 4 times.

    Indeed, Nehru was heavily influenced by China’s socialist policies, and advocated India’s good relations with China. He also gave the slogan ‘Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai’ to establish a positive dialogue between Indians and Chinese, but in return China imposed war on India in 1962. China also seized Tibet under India’s nose and today it is illegally occupying a large part of India’s state of Jammu and Kashmir. Not only this, China has also been claiming its claim on the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. If today India has security Had there been a permanent seat in the council, the Kashmir issue would have been resolved by now. Also, India would have cracked down on terrorists like Masood Azhar.

    It is said that Bhim Rao Ambedkar had questioned Nehru’s foreign policy. He had said – Jawaharlal Nehru is campaigning for China, it is difficult to understand whether he works for India or China. India was invited to become a permanent member of the Security Council, but Nehru is campaigning for China.

    The proposal of the same proposal that Nehru had given to Nehru in 1950, was proposed to Nehru by Russia in 1955, but was rejected by the defeated China. I have discussed this in yesterday’s editorial of 24 June 2020 and in articles.

    Despite Russia’s support

    Could India not become a permanent member of the UNSC due to Nehru’s mistake?

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