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Hundreds rally in Delhi for statehood for IIOJK
Hundreds of protesters led by the chief minister of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) staged a protest in the capital Delhi on Monday and raised chants seeking statehood for the region seven years after it was converted into a federal territory.
In a post on X which contained videos and photographs of individuals waving placards and yelling slogans, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the police prevented protesters from demonstrating.“This is only the beginning of our struggle for statehood, our rights, our dignity and everything that was snatched from us,” Abdullah added in the post.
In August 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended the occupied region’s partial autonomy, stripping it of statehood and dividing it into two federally governed territories: Muslim-majority Kashmir and Hindu-dominated Jammu, plus a Buddhist area of Ladakh.
Since then, the government has claimed it will restore statehood to the disputed Himalayan territory at the “appropriate time” but has not set a timeline.
Abdullah and his party, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, have maintained that statehood should be restored at the earliest, as promised by the administration.
Leaders of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party claim the demonstration is an effort to shift focus from what they allege are governance shortcomings of Abdullah’s government.
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The Punjab government has decided to celebrate Basant next year with the traditional kite-flying event being held in February instead of January.
In this regard, Punjab Home Department and the district administration have prepared a draft plan for Basant in Lahore next year.
The festival has been rescheduled to February and the final date will be revealed after the consent of the provincial government, sources added.
Preparations will be mindful of last year’s experience and preparations. Permission for kite, string and other associated manufacturing operations is also likely to be given soon while laws and regulations governing kite flying will be completed before the festival.
Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani called Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar last nite.
Foreign Minister Al Zayani thanked DPM Dar on signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He also said he would visit Pakistan soon.
Dar appreciated Dr. Al Zayani’s interest to visit Pakistan and thanked him for his good sentiments.
He emphasised Pakistan’s strong commitment to promote dialogue and diplomacy to achieve peace and stability in the region and beyond.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will demand that Iran pay compensation for “all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded,” in response to Iran seeking compensation for the damages it has incurred from US and Israeli attacks.
Trump’s social media post came after Iran said over the weekend it was nearing a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the US must meet conditions including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.
“It is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts,” he wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also referenced and claimed compensation from Iran for the October 2000 deadly bombing of the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole at a Yemeni port.
The FBI has attributed that bombing, which killed 17 sailors and wounded more than three dozen others, to al Qaeda.
Trump added that Tehran should also pay compensation to the families of the thousands of people during anti-government protests in January, Iran’s worst domestic unrest since the era of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Rights groups say the Iranian government has continued to crack down on opponents during the war.
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