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Pakistan: Road Mishap Kills 26, Injures 12 In Gilgit-Baltistan

A t least 27 people including 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded when a passenger coach smashed into a mountain valley. The accident took place when a bus driver lost control over a vehicle due to technical glitch in a bus, the regional Police head informed the media on Sunday. The  bus was traveling from Skardu to Rawalpindi when it crashed near Babusar Pass in Dia Mir District.  The same source further added that victims of the incident were shifted to closeby government hospital for medical assistance.     Diamer District; also called Diamir district is one of the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is the district through which the Karakoram Highway passes. Capital of the district is Chilas.  

Pakistan: Dozens Feared Dead As Bus Plunged Into Gorge In KPK

Web News As many as 24 people found dead when a vehicle carrying 35 passengers plummeted into the canyon. A local newspaper reported that an accident took place in the Kandia tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday after the bus driver lost control over a vehicle and it fell into a ravine. All 35 victims belonged to the same family were traveling to attend a function. The deputy District Police officer said that injured were shifted to a local government hospital after being given first aid.

What Is Article 35-A Of Indian Constitution?

By Shujaat Abbasi  Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution empowers the Jammu & Kashmir legislature to define the state's 'permanent residents' and their special rights and privileges. It was added to the Constitution through a presidential order of 1954. In other words, 35-A simply says that Jammu & Kashmir legislature has full discretionary power to decide who all are 'permanent residents' of state and confer on them special rights in the public sector jobs, acquisition of property in the state, scholarships and other public aid and welfare. The main thing about Article 35-A is that it cannot be declared invalid even if it is violating any Indian law. Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution was drafted under the light of  Instrument of the Accession Agreement. That was why the government of India was not allowed to intervene in the land and property affairs of Jammu & Kashmir state. https://twitter.com/Shujaat15abbasi  

History Of Kashmir Conflict, & Article 35-A of The Indian Constitution

There were 565 princely states in British India. These princely states were directly ruled by the princes. Those states were not ruled by the British empire. On June 3, 1947, the British government finally decided to divide the Indian subcontinent into two separate states. Mr: Lord Mountbatten Architected subcontinent division map. According to the plan, Muslim majority regions shall be joining Pakistan and Hindus predominant regions joining India. As a result of that in August 1947, two new nations, India and Pakistan, emerged on the map of the world. Out of 565, only 13 princely states Joined Pakistan. Even though 80% population of Jammu and Kashmir was Muslim, the state was provided with the option either to Join Pakistan, India or remain an independent state. Maharaja Hari Singh was a Non-Muslim prince of Jammu and Kashmir, therefore, he had a soft corner for India. Being a Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh wanted the predominant Muslim state of Kashmir to be a part of India. Fin

Indian Government Orders New Division In Jammu & Kashmir

Shujaat Hussain Abbasi The government of India has given approval for Ladakh as a new division in Jammu & Kashmir. An Indian government official said that the Ladakh, separate Administrative and Revenue division has been approved in Jammu & Kashmir state. The state of Jammu and Kashmir had two divisions Jammu and Kashmir earlier, but now it has been divided into three divisions Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh. Ladakh will have a separate commissioner, police inspector general (IG), and constitution committee. The newly created administrative division is comprised of two administrative districts, Leh and Kargil with about  274,289 population as per the 2011 census, and division headquarters at Leh district. ladhak population is split roughly in half between the districts of Leh and Kargil.76.87% population of Kargil is Muslim mostly Shia, with a total population of 140,802, while that of Leh is 66.40% Buddhist, with a total population of 133,48, most of Its economy depends on tour

Afghanistan — 20 Killed, Over Dozen Injured, In Road Mishap In Kabul

S.Hussain.Abbasi   Afghanistan, KABUL  —  As many as 36 people had been killed and wounded in a road accident in Kabul, an eyewitness said Thursday. On Friday, government officials confirmed the accident, saying it happened on the super highway which connects Kabul with Kapisa province. Accident occurred when a bus filled with wedding guests was on the way to northeastern Kapisa province. According to the Afghan government officials,  the devastating  accident happened when the bus driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and  rammed it into another vehicle. As a result of that 20 people were killed and sixteen others were wounded. Injured were taken to the Qarabagh district hospital for medical  assistance.

Kashmir: The Chronic Problem & Bone of Contention Between India & Pakistan

This problem is called the mother of all problems between India and Pakistan. The Kashmir dispute date back from 1947. India and Pakistan had had three battles, first 1948 second 1965, and third in 1971, but the conflict of Kashmir remained unsolved because of Indian obduracy. About 70% population of Kashmir is Muslim, they want to draw their future democratically, according to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, passed On 17th January 1948, but India wants to impose its will on the Kashmiri people. To suppress the voice of  Kashmiris India had been violating human rights since the beginning of the issue. From 1947 to date over 12,000 Kashmiri women have been raped by the Indian ruthless military force, and rape is used as a tool to punish and humiliate Kashmiri Muslims. According to the Kashmiri-Canadian Council, more than 95,000 Kashmiris had been killed by the Indian army since October 1989, and "Since 1990, some 1700 to 1800 people have "disappeared"

India: Dozens Killed As Bus Plunged Into Ravine

By Zeina Fatima  NEW DELHI, India — The overloaded bus plunged into a gorge, on Tuesday, in the Indian state of Telangana, killing at least 55 people including kids and women. An eyewitness said the overcrowded bus fell into the valley when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle. The accident took place when the bus filled with many Hindu pilgrims on their way to a temple. It further added that other 25 injured were shifted to Jagtial district hospital for medical assistance. Over 1 lack people die every year in India in road accidents, because of reckless driving, fog, and vehicles overcrowded with passengers. Source: Press TV

Tragedy of Model Town Lahore

SHUJAAT HUSSAIN  On June 16, 2014, hundreds of police officials laid the siege of central secretariat of MQI and the residence of PAT chief Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. The police launched this operation suddenly without any prior notice presumably in the name of removing security barriers. The police operation was continued for 15 hours, in which 14 innocent members of Minha-Jul-Quran were killed 90 others were injured in direct police firing. After the long procrastination judicial commission was formed to find out main accused of tragedy. The commission comprising Justice Baqir Ali Najfi of the Lahore High Court held the Punjab government “directly responsible” for the bloodbath at Minhajul Quran Secretariat in Model Town. Therefore Arif Nizami had said the report has been suppressed. Shahbaz Sharif along with Chaudhry Nisar Ali conducted several meetings with COAS during those days because the immense pressure was developed by Minhajul Quran and PTI. Another five-members JIT w

Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud Appointed AS New Pakistani Taliban Chief

Shujaat Hussain  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan --- After the confirmation of  Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah's death, Pakistani Taliban announced the appointment of Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud as its new leader on Saturday. Cleric Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud believed to have great influence among the powerful group of Taliban, therefore, he was appointed unanimously as Pakistani Taliban chief. Ex-Taliban Chief Mullah Fazlullah was Killed In US Drone Strike in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province on June 14, 2018. Mullah Fazlullah's Taliban group brutally massacred over 150 school children and injured a hundred others in Army Public School in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16 December 2014. The assailants, all of whom were foreign nationals, included one Chechen, three Arabs, and two Afghans were killed after being shot by Pak army. 

Over 30 Engineers & Workers Abducted By Taliban In Afghanistan

Web News KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An statement issued by the Afghan officials on Friday reported that 33 workers and engineers belonging to a road construction company have been kidnapped by the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Mr: Dawood Ahmadi, the spokesman for the governor said during the briefing to media that Taliban gunmen have taken 33 workes and technical staff as hostages in a dawn attack. He added that in shoot-out 4 security officers were killed and one received severe injuries.