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Lahore, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has strongly criticized the caretaker government for massive increase Rs.5.82 per unit in electricity prices and termed it an anti-industry and anti-masses move. In a press statement issued here Saturday, Chairman PIAF Malik Tahir Javed said that electricity …
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AI demands end to repeated detentions under draconian PSA
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): World human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has urged the puppet Chief Minister of occupied Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, to issue an order directing the authorities to stop the practice of ‘revolving door detentions’ and not use black law, Public Safety Act, to repeatedly detain the same …
Read More »Kashmir settlement can bring peace in region: JKPM
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), has said that an amicable settlement of the Kashmir dispute can bring permanent peace in the region. The JKPM spokesman in a statement issued in Rajouri …
Read More »TeH expresses concern over detainees’ plight in jails
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir has expressed serious concern over the cruel treatment meted out to the Kashmiri political prisoners in jails. The Tehreek-e-Hurriyet spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the administration of Hiranagar jail had informed the court …
Read More »Seminar held in Srinagar in connection with Martyrdom Week
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Anjuman-e-Nusrat-ul-Islam held a seminar ‘Role of religion in personality building’, today, at the auditorium of Islamia Higher School, Rajouri Kadal, Srinagar, in connection with the Martyrdom Week. The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq presided over the seminar while …
Read More »IHK HCBA team to visit New Delhi’s Tihar jail
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): A team of High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir will visit the New Delhi’s Tihar Jail to take stock of the plight of illegally detained Kashmiris and will release a detailed report about their condition. The HCBA General Secretary, Muhammad Ashraf Butt told a …
Read More »Protesters subjected to brute force in Bandipora
Srinagar, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, five people were injured when Indian police resorted to brute force on peaceful protesters in Bandipora. Eyewitnesses told media men that scores of people led by APHC leaders including Mohammad Yousuf Naqash took out a rally from the Jamia Masjid Jadeed in …
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