Polo: the “Game of Kings and the King of Games”

An APP feature By Sultan Shoaib   Polo- “the game of kings and the king of games” is very popular in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Chitral for centuries and it brings jubilation and fanfare to the people of the region once in a year at Shandur, Babuser Top and twice in Gilgit, Skirdu, Ghezer...

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Five Pakistani peacekeepers honoured with UN medals posthumously

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (APP): The United Nations has honoured at a solemn ceremony 117 military, police and civilian personnel from 43 countries, including five Pakistanis, who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations during 2016. Wednesday’s ceremony marked the annual International...

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KASHMIR - A Festering Wound of South Asia

HEINOUS INDIAN STATE TERRORISM IN OCCUPIED KASHMIR SINCE 1989 Total Killings : 94,504 Custodial Killings : 7,062 Arrests:  136,434 Children Orphaned: 107,586 Houses/Shops Destroyed: 106,261 Women Widowed: 22,824 Rapes: 10,433 Jewel of Asia, linked to South and Central...

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Kashmir and India's Commitments

“If the people of Kashmir are in favour of opting for Pakistan,  no power on earth can stop them from doing so. They should be left free to decide for themselves.” MAHATAMA GANDHI Speech at Prayer Meeting, 26 October 1947 Complete Works of Mahatama Gandhi, P. 413 and fn.1. “.......But...

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Perilous Pellets- State Terrorism taking a new height

On July 8, Burhan Muzaffarabad Wani, a 22-year old Kashmiri, was killed in custody by Indian soldiers in a small village Kokernag in Indian Occupied Kashmir. On the morning of July 9, Burhan‟s body was brought to a vast open ground in Tral, his hometown, and people started attending his funeral....

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