Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
SANNA Despite attempts by American officials to distance the US from the Saudi-led carnage against the people of Yemen, new documents have revealed that the Pentagon is planning to resume training programs for Saudi pilots. The US Air Force has recently put out request for information (RFI) forms, calling on contractors to come forward with pricing […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
AMSTERDAM An anti-Islam cartoon contest depicting Prophet Mohammad Pbuh to be held by a Dutch lawmaker was cancelled on Thursday. Geert Wilders, leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom, in a statement said the contest which was expected to take place in the Dutch Parliament was cancelled due to security reasons. He claimed that […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
WASHINGTON United Nations human rights experts voiced concern on Thursday over alleged Chinese political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs, and called for the immediate release of those detained on the pretext of countering terrorism simply because of their religion. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination cited estimates that from tens of thousands […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
SRINAGAR: In a significant decision for the welfare of government employees and their family members, the State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the implementation of the Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy for all State Government Employees. Those covered by the policy include employees […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
Top Court Defers Hearing On Punch Of Petitions To 2nd Week of January NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday deferred till January next year the crucial hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35 A, which provides special rights to the natives and bars outsiders from acquiring immovable property in Jammu and […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
Like all the others pieces written by Secretary General World Kashmir Awareness Forum, Dr G N Fai, the one titled The ostensible accession of Kashmir to India is a fiction: Ambassador Yusuf Buch too makes a sensational claim which if true would change the entire discourse on Kashmir. Unfortunately, just like all his other claims […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
SRINAGAR Militants have released the brother of a police officer who had been abducted by them from his Kulgam based residence here in South Kashmir. Gowhar Ahmed Malik, a resident of Kathpora Kulgam who happens to be the brother of a DSP rank police officer was picked up by a couple of gunmen on […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
KULGAM Militants have released the brother of a police officer who had been abducted by them from his Kulgam based residence here in South Kashmir. Gowhar Ahmed Malik, a resident of Kathpora Kulgam who happens to be the brother of a DSP rank police officer was picked up by a couple of gunmen on Thursday […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
SRINAGAR Police have released the father of Hizb Commander Riyaz Naikoo from the custody. Asadullah Naikoo, was picked up by Forces in a nocturnal raid from his Beighpora Awantipora residence here in South Kashmirs Pulwama district. Riyaz Naikoo alias Muhammad Bin Qasim is the Operational Commander of militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen. SP Awantipora Mr Zahif Malik […]
Observer News Service - August 31, 2018
LAHORE India has invited Pakistani experts to visit the sites of its two hydropower projects on the Chenab river next month to address its concerns, but hinted at continuation of the work on them despite Islamabad’s objections, a senior Pakistani official has said. After the conclusion of the two-day high-level bilateral talks on the […]