Indian attack on UN vehicle threat to regional peace, says Pakistan Army chief during LoC visit
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Gen Bajwa briefed on latest situation along the LoC.
Indian Army would always get a befitting response to any misadventure or aggression, says the COAS.
The army chief lauded officers for continued vigilance and professionalism.
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday visited forward troops deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) and said that Indian provocations, particularly the attack on the vehicle of United Nations Military Observers Group in Pakistan (UNMOGIP), were threats to regional peace and stability.
Protecting ex-government officials: Who gets security and why?
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Former president Asif Ali Zardari. Photo: File
Recently, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed revealed that 20 politicians in Pakistan face “serious life threats”. Those high-risk politicians, which include leaders from Opposition parties, have been told to increase their security, said Ahmed.
Till now, the names of the politicians have not been disclosed. Neither is it clear what kind of state security, if at all, will be provided to those facing death threats.
In Pakistan, security for VVIPs, which are the president and the prime minister, has been listed in the “Blue Book”. Former Interior Minister Ijaz Shah recently told the National Assembly that Prime Minister Imran Khan has 215 security personnel guarding him. However, this does not include personnel who accompany his security detail when he is on the move.
Climate change ravages Occupied Kashmir’s ‘red gold’ saffron crop
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December 23, 2020
OCCUPIED Pampore: On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers is all farmers in Indian-Occupied Kashmir’s saffron-growing region Pampore have to show for this year’s harvest.
Dry conditions blamed on climate change have seen yields of the world’s most expensive spice halved in the past two decades, threatening the future of a cash crop that has brought wealth to the region for 2,500 years. These fields used to be like goldmines, said Abdul Ahad Mir in Pampore, just south of Indian-Occupied Kashmir’s main city Srinagar. Saffron has long thrived there, and Mir’s family was reared in the delicate work of plucking the lucrative but tiny crimson threads from purple crocus flowers.
Pakistan will continue to support Kashmiris: President Dr Alvi
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He assured President Tehreek-e-Kashmir Kayani that Pakistan wants peace in South Asia
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday said that Pakistan will continue political, diplomatic and moral support for the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) to help them achieve their right of self-determination.
President Alvi said this in his meeting with the President Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) United Kingdom (UK) Raja Fahim Kayani who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday.
“We appreciate the role of overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris who come to support the Kashmiris struggle following the events that happened after August 5, 2019 in IOK. Along with supporting the Kashmir cause, expatriates are playing a pivotal role in the economy of Pakistan while sending remittance,” President Alvi added.
Climate change ravages Kashmir’s ‘red gold’ saffron crop
Saffron has been cultivated in Kashmir since 500 BC SAMAA | AFP - Posted: Dec 22, 2020 | Last Updated: 3 months ago SAMAA | AFP Posted: Dec 22, 2020 | Last Updated: 3 months ago
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On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers is all farmers in Indian-occupied Kashmir’s saffron-growing region Pampore have to show for this year’s harvest.
Dry conditions blamed on climate change have seen yields of
the world’s most expensive spice halved in the past two decades, threatening
the future of a cash crop that has brought wealth to the region for 2,500