By Irfan Shahzad The deadly unprecedented riots in, Urumqi, capital of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region come at a very peculiar time. There is enough evidence to say that the riots were certainly not a result simply of what can be termed as a quite controllable dispute between the co-workers in a toy factory. The events of last few weeks in the countries bordering Xinjiang, seemingly well choreographed, clearly appear linked with what happened this…
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By Huma Yusuf RUSSIA may have dismissed the recent violence in China’s western Xinjiang province as an ‘internal matter’, but the ethnic clashes between Uighurs and Han Chinese could have a long-term effect on Sino-Pakistan relations. It may seem as if a showdown between the minority Turkic-speaking Muslims and Han migrants to the province has little to do with Pakistan. But the manner in which these ethnic tensions play out in the coming months could…
GILGIT, July 12: Two prisoners escaped from jail here on Sunday. According to police, cases against the accused were under-trial in various courts. Police identified them as Sajid and Nasir. Meanwhile, the courts in Gilgit-Baltistan were closed for summer vacation, officials said. The courts usually remain closed from July 12 and resume work on August 1 every year, they added. However, a judge has also been appointed to dispose off urgent cases. <!– /* Style…
BEIJING – Three civilians were killed in rioting that struck the regional capital of China’s far west Xinjiang region on Sunday. The dead were “three ordinary people of the Han ethnic group,” killed in rioting in Urumqi that witnesses and other sources have said involved members of the Uighur ethnic minority. More than 20 others were injured in the incident and many motor vehicles were burned.
LAHORE, July 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan says mid-term elections are required for solving the problems being faced by the country. After a meeting with Dr Raghib Naeemi at Jamia Naeemia and visiting Mansoora for condoling the death of former Jamaat-i-Islami amir Mian Tufail, he said conditions in the country had not changed after the elections proving that the Tehrik’s decision to boycott the same was right. He said the country was moving towards…
Ten years ago, the fierce skirmish over Kargil, the strategically important piece of territory disputed between India and Pakistan came to an end. The war, which started as the Pakistan Army came close to cutting off key routes in Kashmir, quickly turned as India responded with unexpected force. The crisis between the two nuclear-armed nations brought on the spectre of the possible use of such weapons or of still further acceleration in the fighting to…
By Dr. Shabir Choudhry Dr Nazir Gilani is among a few Kashmiris who regularly write on Kashmir and human rights abuse. He at times comes out with new phrases, which provide a new dimension to debates. In response to my article, ‘Another Own Goal’, he made an interesting remark: ‘India is not an occupier in Kashmir. She is there as the consequence of a provisional agreement with the Government of Kashmir. The jurisprudence of this…
by JAMALUDDIN The Malakand and Waziristan areas, where the Army is conducting its operations to clean up the Taliban, are prohibited areas for journalists and civilians. The only source of information on `Rah-e-Rast’ operations, therefore, is daily press briefings from the DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas. In a briefing on June 22, he said, “the military operation is in its final phase to eliminate terrorists from Swat. Total figure of militants who have been…
MUZAFFARABAD: The bomber responsible for the first suicide attack in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was a member of the Taliban from Waziristan, an official said on Saturday. The blast on Friday hit an army vehicle in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the AJK, killing two soldiers and wounding three others. “The suicide bomber has been identified as Abid. He belonged to the Taliban in Waziristan,” said Raja Kafeel, a spokesman for the prime minister of…
BOOK REVIEW: Thread not Scissors: Common Spiritual Heritage for Peace and Harmony; Compiled by Ahmad Salim; South Asia Resource Centre Islamabad 2009 Pp245 Price Rs400 Thank God we have got over our love of the Taliban or we would have had to apostatise a lot of other ‘potentially excludable’ communities to make the national flag almost half white. Shia, Ismaili, Bohra and Barelvi all would have found themselves in the white patch The white patch…
MIRPUR (AJK) – In the wake of first-ever suicide attack on security personnel in Muzaffarabad, the security has been put on red alert across AJK to foil any terrorist attempt, official sources said. The sources said Saturday that police have intensified thorough checking at all the entering and exit points. Checkposts have been erected at Bararkot, Kohala, Azad Pattan, Dhalkot, Mangla, Dhangalli, Jatlan and Gujrat-Bhimbher entry points, said Mirpur Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Tayyeb. Besides, the…