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Posts published in “Day: July 11, 2012

Ismailis to observe ‘Imamate anniversary’

GILGIT, July 10: The 55th Imamate anniversary of Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, will be celebrated today (Wednesday) throughout Gilgit-Baltistan. Elaborated measures have been made to celebrate the anniversary in a befitting manner. Various programmes have been chalked out to give the anniversary a special colour as the region’s mountains would be illuminated and special religious gatherings would be held. In Hunza and areas where the community is settled colorful events…

Protest: AJK varsity react over cuts in their budget

MIRPUR: Faculty members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) university on Tuesday staged a protest over what they dubbed the “anti-education policies” of the AJK government, in Muzzafarabad. They held placards and banners inscribed with slogans, accusing the government of creating hurdles for higher education in the state. While addressing the protesters, senior academician Dr Raja Muhammad criticised the government for cutting the development funds of the varsity, earmarked in the current fiscal year.…

World Bank all set to settle Kishanganga dispute

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has finally decided to settle the Kishanganga powerhouse dispute between Pakistan and India, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. India started building Kishanganga powerhouse in Bandipur area of held Kashmir in 1994 on the River Ganga-Kishan, which is tributary of River Jhehlum. But in 2006 India, in violation of the Indus Water Treaty, changed the original design of the powerhouse diverting the river water into underground channels. In 2010 Pakistan…

Dr Fai goes to jail, but a comfortable one: By Wajid Ali Syed in the News, July 11

WASHINGTON: Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chief of Kashmiri American Council, handed himself over to the Maryland prison authorities on Tuesday in presence of his close friends and family associates. He was sentenced on March 30 to two years in jail on changes of illegally working for a foreign government to influence American policy on Kashmir, lying to the state authorities, and tax violation. Fai was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment followed by three years…