London, August 15 (Scoop News) -JKLF UK Zone in co-ordination with other Kashmiri groups and Sikh Community in UK observed 15th August as black day. Hundreds of Kashmiri supporters gathered in front of Indian Embassy London and protested against human rights violations in Kashmir,said in a statement.. Statement issued to Press, said that protesters shouted slogans against Human Rights abuses by Indian troops in Kashmir. The demonstrators were holding play cards and banners highlighting the deteriorating human rights situation in Kashmir. The objective of the protest was to draw world attention towards the recent killings of Kashmiri ....

Hardiwar/Jammu,August 13 (Scoop News) - Eighty Hindus and Sikh pilgrims from Swat Valley in Pakistan, who are on visit to India, were accorded rousing reception by Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust (JYBT) and Management in their premises at Haridwar. The Hindu-Sikh pilgrims from Swat Valley in North Western Province of Pakistan are on their visit to various Sikh Gurudwaras and Hindu Shrines in India. Of the 80 pilgrims 40 are males, 30 females and 10 children. Most of the pilgrims are Medicos, Medical students and other top professionals in Pakistan. On their way to Hemkund Gurudwara off Rishikesh the pilgrims had stop over at Haridwar wh....

Jammu, August 5 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) - Fifty people are feared dead in Pak-occupied Kashmir, when a passenger bus plunged at River Jhelum near Garhi Dupata this morning. The bus with fifty passengers on board was coming from Chakothi to Muzaffarabad. Twenty bodies have been so far recovered while search for the remaining persons is underway. The accident took place while the driver of the bus was trying to overtake another vehicle. ....

Muzaffarabad/Jammu,August 01 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) - After five years Police and rescue workers on Sunday recovered seven bodies, after a devastating earthquake buried under tonnes of rubble in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. The bodies were found at Kaamsar village of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). Sources said that these people were trapped by the earthquake while travelling in a car. Police had also recovered 16 dead bodies in January this year from a passenger coach which had also been buried under rubble by the earthquake. Sources said that the bodies discovered on Sunday were beyond recognition but people were a....

Islamabad/Peshwar, July 9 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) –A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber targeted a government office in a crowded market in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt today,killed 50 people and over 70 injured. The Government officials told reporters that 50 people were killed and 70 others injured in the attack. They said Four persons succumbed to their injuries at the state-run Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar,.Another 66 injured people were being treated at the hospital and eight of them are in a serious condition, officals said. Women, children and personnel of the Khasadar militia were among the dead and injured. A prison, ....

Brussels, June 04(Scoop News) – European Organization of Pakistani Minorities organized a peaceful hunger rally today outside the European Parliament in Brussels during the visit of the Pakistani Prime Minister. The group of protestors included people from Pakistani groups representing Baluchistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Christians and Sikhs. The statement issued from Brussels,urge European Unions Women's rights groups to help the women in Pakistan and force the Pakistani Government to withdraw the Sharia Law and Protect Women from slavery of Pakistani Army. It is estimated that over 85% of women in Pakistan face domestic abuse, which in....

Jammu,April 17 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) - Twin blasts killed at least 22, and injured 53 others in a camp set up for those displaced by anti-militancy operations in northwest Pakistan. The nature of the explosions at the Kuccha Pakka relief camp, located 30 kms from Hangu city in North West Frontier Province, could not immediately be ascertained. The second blast occurred when a large number of people had gathered to remove bodies and help the injured after the first explosion. Geo TV reports, the death toll in the twin blasts could be above 25. The Security forces have cordoned off the area and an emergency has been d....

Quetta,April 16 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) – More than nine people including a Photo Journalist and a senior police officer killed in a bomb blast today in the southwestern city of Quetta in Pakistan. Thirty-five others have been also injured in the attack. According to reports a suicide bomber today blew himself up in a hospital. The bomber struck when a large number of people gathered outside the Civil Hospital in Quetta to protest the killing of a member of the minority Shia community. A large number of protesters, policemen, reporters and TV cameramen were outside the hospital when the suicide attacker detonated his explosives....

Dir-Swat,February 03 (Scoop News Monitor Desk) At least nine persons, including including three foreigners were killed and nearly 70 wounded on Wednesday when a security forces' convoy was targeted with a roadside bomb in tehsil Balambat of lower Dir area of northwest Pakistan. Dir is located between the Swat valley and Bajaur tribal region, where Pakistani troops have conducted campaigns against the Taliban According to TV news channels, the bomb exploded as the convoy carrying security personnel, foreign aid workers and journalists was on its way to a school-opening ceremony in Lower Dir district of North West Frontier Province. The e....

Muzfarabad (POK),January 19 (Scoop News)- International Council Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party ( IC JKNAP) leaders are demanding that Pakistani state must immediately move out its troops from populated areas of POK as soon as possible, after series of suicide attempts have been made on them. In a statement issued by International Council JK NAP. to press said that It is quiet clear that army has split in groups and fighting has been broke out among army groups and we do not want this hostile army to stay here in our peaceful region to harm our innocent people who are already victims of this occupied army. We demand that in firs....