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By Sajjad Shaukat   It is a misfortune that as part of the Indian venomous propaganda campaign, in his article, published in Japan Times on April 14, 2020, under the caption “The other contagion: Political and religious fanaticism”, Indian writer Brahma Chellaney has shown misconceptions about the Muslims, some Islamic countries, including Pakistan and China in relation to the Coronavirus outbreak. Brahma Chellaney wrote: “Just as fascism led to World War II, communism has engendered the greatest global health catastrophe of our time. The Chinese Communist Party, by initially covering up the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, helped unleash the world’s worst pandemic … [China’s]…authoritarianism can ravage the entire world…the pandemic is another extremism—one grounded in religion…Meanwhile, a transnational Islamist movement, the Tablighi Jamaat (“Proselytizing Society”), by holding large gatherings in Malaysia, Pakistan and Indonesia, helped export the pathogen to multiple countries ...

KW reports from Indian occupied Kashmir Srinagar, April 30, 2020: The Jammu and Kashmir Young Journalist Association (JKYJA) has expressed deep concern over the continued throttling of the high-speed internet in the Jammu and Kashmir region particularly at the time of global pandemic of Corona Virus. President JKYJA, Mr. Ajaz Ahmad War said, “ at a time when doctors have to continuously access high-speed internet for downloading and accessing the high-speed internet, the same continues to evade, thus posing a grave threat to the pandemic related efforts and is a stumbling block in fighting against COVID-19 Pandemic”. Mr. Bilal Bashir Bhat, General Secretary JKYJA observed that students of Jammu and Kashmir are suffering a lot due to absence of 4G internet as they are not able to attend the online classes, access education lectures in a proper manner, urging the restoration of same immediately for better academic of...

MUZAFFARABAD , April 30: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that the recommendation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to blacklist India for being a dangerous country for the minorities, is a proof that India’s blackface now stands fully exposed before the world, and it is no longer in a position to further deceive the international community through its mantra of democracy. Commenting on the recent report of the USCIRF through different tweets, he said that India has emerged as the most violent and turbulent Islamophobic hotspot where the worst wave of hatred and violence against the minorities particularly the Muslim is being directly patronized by the government. He said that the Muslims who form the largest minority in India, feel themselves totally helpless and insecure because the state which was to protect their rights, life and property, itself has become their enemy. The AJK president said that the Indian ...

NEYAZ ELAHI Srinagar, Apr 29: Due to lock down in wake of Coronavirus, no organization or entity including Pashmina Karigar Union this time remembered the 28 innocent shawl weavers who were put to death by tyrant soldiers of Maharaja Ranbir Singh on 29 April 1865 at Zaldagar area of old Srinagar city. The unarmed shawl weavers were protesting against the cruel taxation of the then autocratic government. Every year, people especially those related to Pashmina business used to commemorate the death anniversary of these innocent weavers. These people used to observe April 29 instead of May 1 as Labour Day. “April 29, 1865, is marked as the bloodiest day in Kashmir history and it is our responsibility and duty to revive our past and impress upon all the trade unions here in Kashmir to observe Labour Day on this day. Unfortunately, this year we couldn’t observe this day in wake of lockdown due to lethal Coronavirus,” said a Weaver Tariq Ahmed to KNT over the phone. He said the world obs...

Also Read Other Updates and avoid Fake News   COVID-19 has not only hit the economic sector of all the countries but also hampered the schedule of education systems as well. India has too faced similar issues with their exam and admission schedule for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The pandemic has caused disruption in the April exam schedule of JEE Main 2020 as well.    In such a crisis, you must visit the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in or follow trusted channels to stay updated. It is advisable not to get distracted by any Fake News from any other source. Among all this, one thing which you can utilize in your favor is the time! Yes, with this extra time in hand, you can strategize and prepare better and can relax a bit before the exams.   JEE Main 2020: New Dates of the April Exam   The second lockdown is extended till 3rd May 2020 by our PM. Narendra Modi has made NTA change the dates further. The exam date is scheduled in the...

  To: Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung Sun Suu Kyi Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte President of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong April 27, 2020 Sent via email Your Excellencies, We the 74 undersigned media, press freedom, and human rights organizations are writing to call on your respective governments to release all jailed journalists amid the sweeping COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, the Committee to Protect Journalists began a campaign called #FreeThePress, launching a petition and publishing an open letter to world leaders urging the immediate release of all journalists imprisoned for their work. Given that a staggering number of these imprisoned journalists are held in jails across the Asian continent, we are reiterating that call to your respective countries at this time of grave public health co...

By Imtiaz Gul   The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report delivers a stinging unexpected bolt to an infatuated Indian leadership; recommendation that India be declared a “country of particular concern.” As the narrow-minded, RSS-inspired Modi team ramped up propaganda against Pakistan, allowed its things to persecute Muslims in all possible ways and poked fun at minorities as well as Arabs, they forgot one naked reality; motivated propaganda and fake news have a shelf life and eventually gets exposed.  The latest ploy was of the alleged 14 launch pads to facilitate the infiltration of “non-state actors” into the Indian-controlled Kashmir. The motive was pretty clear i.e. keep painting Pakistan in bad light and lobby against it at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Isn’t it strange that the Indian campaign against Pakistan was predicated on non-state actors, and now the US report itself accuses New Delhi of “ impunity for violence by non-s...

Last updated, April 29, 2020       Use of UAPA Against Journalists is Last Nail in Coffin for Press Freedom in Kashmir https://ift.tt/2VXWqJP   US congressman sympathises with Kashmiris fighting coronavirus in Indian occupied Kashmir https://ift.tt/2Y7WSbg https://ift.tt/3f2QvvN My heart remains with the people of #Kashmir during this challenging time. The draconian restrictions placed upon them by PM Modi are not only taking away their basic human rights, but also making it more difficult to protect against #COVID19 . These unjust restrictions must end! — André Carson (@RepAndreCarson) April 25, 2020 Doctors fight a lonely battle against #COVID19 in absence of High speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir.  Doctors are on the frontline amid covid 19 pandemic and their job became more tough with 2g speed internet #coronavirus https://ift.tt/3bQjbpP Occupation more fatal than Corona #Kashmir 23 militants loose life in 24 days. Operations ...

Islamabad:  Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has said that the situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) is fast deteriorating under a dual-lockdown imposed by the Indian government. The AJK President made these remarks while individually speaking to leading national political leaders and influential members of the diaspora community. The President had said that due to the coronavirus pandemic, life around the world has come to a standstill and a strict lockdown too has been imposed in AJK to help contain, control and eliminate the coronavirus. Due to the effective implementation of a lockdown in AJK, the number of infected individuals is only around 60 and no deaths have been reported so far. He added that foreign travellers are traced and tracked so as to ensure that no potential victims are left out. President Masood Khan apprised that the situation in IOJK is fast deterring. He added that under the cover of the coronavirus lockdown, young Ka...

Basit Amin Makhdoomi. Lawyer, J&K High Court   It is an old adage that building relationships and trust takes ages while destroying them takes a few seconds. Recently Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and several other gulf countries raised red flags demonstrating concerns over instances of Muslims being targeted in India amid the COVID-19 crisis. Calling on the Indian government to take steps to protect Muslim minorities who are being “negatively profiled,” facing “discrimination and violence” amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the 57-member OIC criticised what it called “growing Islamophobia” in India. These remarks came amidst an unhealthy trend of attaching coronavirus in India with Muslims and suffixing names like “Jamaati Virus”, “ Corona Khan”, “Corona Jihad” et al on social media platforms and other associated media. These recent incidents of toxicity might go a long way in tearing apart the hard-earned relationship of trust, faith and reliance that India and the G...

KNO  reports from Indian occupied Kashmir Srinagar, Apr 29:  ThreeSashastra Seema Bal  (SSB) personnel and a policeman were injured on Wednesday evening in a grenade attack in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar, officials said. Sashastra Seema Bal is one of India’s Central Armed Police Forces. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled a grenade towards police personnel in the Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar in the evening, resulting in injuries to three SSB men and a cop. “The attack took place near the main gate of historic Jamia Masjid,” officials said. The injured cop has been identified as Constable CT Abdul Majedwhile the three SSB men were identified as Sub-Inspector Anurag Roa, Head Constable Sananta Kumar and Constable Dugesh. Officials said that all the injured have sustained leg injuries during the attack. They said the injured persons have been shifted to Police Control Room (PCR) hospital for treatment. The...

KNO  reports from Indian occupied Kashmir Srinagar, Apr 29:  District administration has made mandatory for all residents of Srinagar to wear masks from May 1st and any violation in this regard will be treated as an offence under Disaster Management Act. In an order issued by deputy commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that wearing face masks is mandatory for all Srinagarities from May 1st. “It shall be mandatory to wear Face Mask /Face-covering at all public places including public transport, offices, shopping or market places etc w.e.f 1st May/2020. Medical grade masks which are strictly for hospital use shall, however, be avoided for general use,” reads the order. The order reads that all Government Offices /Private Establishments /Shops/ Mandis etc shall put in place arrangements for Handwash/Sanitizers/ Soap etc as per the requirement. “Information promoting hygiene/handwash shall be d...

JKNS reports from Indian occupied Kashmir Srinagar, April 29: Sixteen new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Kashmir on Wednesday taking the total number of people infected with the coronavirus disease in the region to 581. A senior official at of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar, six were confirmed at viral Diagnostic Lab including four from Budgam and one each from Baramulla and Kulgam districts. While ten cases were confirmed at the COVID-19 testing laboratory at Chest Disease Hospital, it includes one from Srinagar and nine from Anantnag. While Jammu had recorded its first positive case on March 9, Kashmir’s first Covid-19 positive case was reported on March 18. So far, 176 have recovered in Jammu and Kashmir from the disease while eight other people have died. The government has said that over 68846 travelers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance. Pulwama admin quarantines 300 workers at SIDCO A day aft...

Says people may view body prior to burial in accordance with custom, religious rituals should be allowed KNO reports from Indian occupied Kashmir Srinagar Apr 29:  As the families of deceased COVID-19 patients are being asked to follow the protocol set by the government in performing last rites, the health expert in the Valley on Wednesday said that there is no risk of getting affected from the dead persons, who die from the deadly Coronavirus. In a statement issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) president and prominent health expert of Kashmir, Dr. Nisar ul Hassan, said “There is no risk to catch the infection from the bodies of persons who die from the novel Coronavirus. Cadavers do not transmit disease.” “There is no evidence of a person being infected from the exposure to a corpse who died from Coronavirus,” he said, adding that the main driver of transmission of COVID-19 is through respiratory droplets generated when an i...

Washington, D.C. April 28, 2020 (KW): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ) today released its  2020 Annual Report , documenting significant developments during 2019, including a sharp downward turn in India, and making recommendations to enhance the U.S. government’s promotions to designate India as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). USCIRF also recommends imposing targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies and officials responsible for severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals’ assets and/ or barring their entry into the United States under human rights-related financial and visa authorities, citing specific religious freedom violations. USCIRF also highlighted the stripping off the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy by the Governm...