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May pleads EU for Brexit deal she can defend at home

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

British Prime Minister Theresa May pressed European Union leaders on Thursday for a Brexit deal she can “defend” at home as her counterparts said at a summit in Brussels that there were encouraging signs of progress in the talks. May appealed for “urgent” movement at a summit dinner, the night before her 27 counterparts were set to decide that there had not been enough progress on divorce issues to open trade discussions until at least December. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EU’s most powerful figure, said however that there were…

Kashmiris should not be disappointed: There are inspiring examples in the world

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 News Desk

Syed Sibtain Shah at European Parliament

Brussels (Mujtaba Haider) Kashmiris should not be disappointed because of the attempts for ending multilateral and multi-cultural-ism. This was commented by Pakistani Researcher and Journalist Syed Sibtain H.Shah while talking at the conference organized by Kashmir Council EU headed by Ali Raza Syed at the European parliament last week. The conference was part of Kashmir EU Week co-hosted by MEP Sajjad Karim. Syed Sibtain Shah added, there are many inspiring examples for the Kashmiris. Fresh case is Catalonia, Spain and many other nations have already independence like East Timor, Darfur and Kosovo.

Portugal wildfires: ٖ37 burn alive

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 News Desk

Report by Zia Syed At least 37 people were killed and around 70 others injured – mainly firefighters – during Portugal’s worst day of the year for forest fires. A seventh person was reported missing. Around 500 blazes were reported in the country’s central and northern regions where a state of emergency has been declared. Almost 6,000 firefighters yesterday were said to be out battling the wildfires. Officials said that the rain forecast assisted firefighters and brought to an end a devastating fires of the year in Portugal.

In California, Fires So Fast Hesitation Proved Lethal

October 15, 2017 News Desk

(NewyorkTimes) — With towering flames bearing down, one victim delayed escape in hopes of saving his new truck — but he could not find the keys. An elderly couple slept as danger erupted, not waking until it was too late to flee down their one-lane road. Another couple, who barely missed their chance to drive away, huddled in a pool, surrounded by fire and choking smoke; he survived, but she did not. As widely varied stories emerged of how people died in the wind-driven fires that have ravaged Northern California,…

Florida bank robber googled ‘how to rob a bank’ before committing crime

October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 News Desk

William Joe Johnson Florida Bank robber Googled before robbery

CALIFORNIA: In one of the weirdest revelation involving a bank robbery, a suspect of the crime revealed before the police in Florida that he did a Google search for “how to rob a bank” prior to the incident. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said an undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the Achieva Credit Union in Largo on Oct. 5. The suspect was identified as William Joe Johnson, 26, who was arrested Monday at the Express Inn in Pinellas Park. “Detectives interviewed Johnson and he admitted to the bank robbery. Johnson informed detectives he was…

Kashmir EU Week at EU parliament gives a productive outcome on Kashmir cause, Says PM Raja Farooq Haider

October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 News Desk

Brussels (PR) Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said, Kashmir EU Week at EU parliament is an effective platform and it started to give productive outcome on Kashmir cause. He said, he felt that ice is being mild now and EU’s people started to listen the Kashmiris. The Prime Minister gave this statement at conclusion of Kashmir EU Week at European Parliament. Raja Farooq Haider said, it was a successful program at European Parliament including conferences, seminars, debates, an exhibition of photos from occupied Kashmir…

Family freed from Taliban in Pakistan arrives in Canada; says 1 child killed in captivity

October 14, 2017 News Desk

Joshua Boyle at Pearson International Airport Toronto

Joshua Boyle, his American wife and three children arrived in Toronto on Friday after being freed from captivity in Pakistan, the Canadian government announced. Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman were captured by the Taliban while hiking in Afghanistan in 2012, and then turned over to the affiliated militant Haqqani network in Pakistan. Boyle said upon arriving back in Canada that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant daughter and raped his wife during the years they were held in captivity. The couple was rescued on Wednesday, five years after…

Brussels: Ambassador Anthony receives a shield from AJK’s PM Raja Farooq Haider

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 News Desk

Brussels (PR) The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Mohammad Farooq Haider Khan met Ambassador Anthony Crasner, the former EU’s diplomat at his residence in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. Raja Farooq Haider appreciated services rendered by the EU’s former Ambassador for highlighting Kashmir issue in Europe. Also Read:AJK’s PM for role of EU based Kashmiri youth on Kashmir cause The Prime Minister also presented a shield to the Ambassador Anthony who is currently serving as senior advisor at Kashmir Council EU in EU headquarters Brussels. It…

Turkish forces launch incursion into Syria

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 News Desk

BEIRUT: Turkish forces have entered northwest Syria’s largely jihadist-controlled Idlib province, observers said, where Ankara said this week it planned to create a “de-escalation zone” as part of efforts to end the Syrian war. “A military convoy of Turkish forces… entered Idlib province before heading towards the western part of Aleppo province,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement late Thursday. It did not elaborate on the size of the deployment. Turkish officials were not immediately available to confirm the report but the official Anadolu news…

British police get a new weapon to fight corruption

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 News Desk

Police gets a new weapon to fight Corruption in Britain

FOR successful crooks and corrupt foreign officials, Britain has long been a popular place to stash dodgy cash. Investing a few million pounds in a house in a discreet London neighbourhood is a neat way to hide stolen money. But Britain is getting tougher on such ruses. The government hopes that “unexplained-wealth orders”, part of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which comes into effect on September 30th, will make it easier to seize the loot of crooked bureaucrats and con artists. The National Crime Agency reckons that up to £90bn…

AJK’s PM for role of EU based Kashmiri youth on Kashmir cause

October 13, 2017 News Desk

AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider Adresses Youth Gathering in Brussels Belgium

Brussels (PR) Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has said, EU based Kashmiri and Pakistani youth can play a valuable role in the context of Kashmir cause in the region of Europe. He was addressing a gathering of Kashmiri and Pakistan youth specially students from different universities in Brussels. It is important to mention that the PM Raja Farooq Haider and senior Minister Tariq Farooq are currently on a visit to Belgium in connection with Kashmir EU Week at European Parliament in Brussels. The Kashmir EU Week…

Trump hails recovery of Canadian-American family as ‘positive moment’ in Pak-US relations

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 News Desk

United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said the recovery of the Canadian-American couple from Taliban captivity by Pakistan’s was a “positive moment” for US relations with Pakistan. The Pakistan government’s cooperation is a sign that “it is honouring America’s wishes for it to do more to provide security in the region”, Trump said in a White House statement. Earlier, the army had announced that it had recovered “safe and sound” a family of foreign hostages — an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children — from the Taliban captivity…

Kashmir needs serious attention of world community, Says AJK’s PM Farooq Haider

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 News Desk

Raja Farooq Haider Khan| European Parliament | Seminar EU Week 2017 in Brussels Belgium

Brussels (PR) The Azad Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider said, Kashmir is an international issue and it needs serious attention of international communities. He was addressing a seminar titled, “The Internatiaonl Community and Protection of Human Rights in South Asia” in connection with annual Kashmir EU Week organized by Kashmir Council EU at European parliament in Brussels. The seminar was also addressed by Senior Misiter AJK Ch Tariq Farooq, Chairman Kashmir Council Europe Ali Raza Syed, former EU’s Ambassador Anthony Crasner, Member Brussels Parliament Dr…

International community must help peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue, Says AJK’s PM Farooq Haider, Sajjad Karim, Tariq Farooq, Ali Raza Syed and other speakers of a conference in EU parliament

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 News Desk

PM AJK Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Ali Raza Syed, Sajjad Karim Adressed at Conference in European Parliament by Kashmir Council EU

Brussels (PR) Speakers of a conference in connection with Kashmir EU Week at EU parliament urged the International community to help peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue. The conference titled, “What Can the European Parliament Do about the Situation in Kashmir?” was moderated by former Ambassador of EU Mr Anthony Crasner. Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider, MEP Dr Sajjad Karim, Senior Minister Ch Tariq Farooq, Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed, MEP Wajid Khan, MLA Raja Javed Iqbal and other people addressed the conference in the…

AJK’s PM Raja Farooq Haider arrives in Belgium in order to participate in ‘Kashmir-EU Week’ at EU parliament in Brussels

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 News Desk

PM AJK Raja Farooq Haider Khan Arrives in Brussels Belgium, Ali Raza Syed welcomes him

Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan has arrived in Belgium, the EU headquarters in order to participate in the programs during Kashmir EU Week in Brussels, the capital. Kashmir Council EU has arranged the week long events of EU Week on Kashmir which would be continued till 12th October at European Parliament in Brussels. The Prime Minister who is accompanied by senior Minister AJK Ch Tariq Farooq and MLA Raja Javed Iqbal, was warmly welcomed by Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed and other leading…