Pok

Pakistan, China vow to tap full potential of strategic Gwadar Port

December 31, 2021 9:23 pm

The CPEC is the flagship project of China's ambitious USD 60 billion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and it links China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan's Gwadar port in Balochistan province.

India slams Pakistan for holding elections in PoK

July 30, 2021 2:48 am

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that Pakistan has no locus standi on these Indian territories and it should vacate all areas under its illegal occupation.

China is helping Pakistan set up missile systems in PoK: New Intel says

October 09, 2020 10:42 am

Late last month, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), sources said, provided intelligence on China helping Pakistan set up a new missile system in PoK.

Doctors with medical degrees from PoK barred from practice in India

August 13, 2020 10:45 am

Any qualification obtained from medical colleges located within these illegally occupied areas of India shall not entitle a person for grant of registration.

Day not far off when Tricolour is unfurled in PoK: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

October 24, 2019 3:52 pm

Jitendra Singh was speaking at an event to rename the Chenani-Nashri Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir after Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.

Explained: PoK and Gilgit Baltistan, parts of J&K under Pak occupation

September 19, 2019 4:30 pm

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is an area of 13,297 sq km, which was under the control of the Pakistani forces when the ceasefire line came into effect on January 1, 1949.

Pakistan evacuates 50 Chinese nationals in PoK due to continuous firing near LoC

July 31, 2019 5:54 pm

The Chinese men were working on a dam being constructed in PoK along the confluence of the Neelam and Jhelum rivers when the firing pushed authorities to move the workers late on Tuesday, Akhtar Ayub from the local disaster management authority was quoted as saying by the Dawn News.

Cross-border travel suspended as tension grips LoC in Jammu & Kashmir

January 15, 2018 6:19 pm

The trade and travel between the divided families of Jammu and Kashmir and PoK through Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch had begun in 2006. It was considered a major confidence-building exercise between India and Pakistan.

Pakistan announces hydropower project worth $1.5bn in PoK

December 30, 2017 3:45 pm

The project is expected to be completed within six years.

Delhi HC disposes plea seeking action against Farooq Abdullah for remarks on PoK

November 21, 2017 12:13 pm

The plea, filed by Delhi-based Maulana Ansar Raza who claimed to be a social activist, had sought “immediate investigation” and “arrest” of Farooq Abdullah alleging that he favoured Pakistan and insulted India.

India gives a strong response to Pakistan PM Imran Khan's tweet on Kashmir

June 22, 2020 6:13 pm