Brussels, (TW NEWS) – A woman working at a bookstore has recounted an encounter with Israeli customers who reportedly asked for books about Jerusalem and the history of the region. According to her account, she provided the customers with older publications that referred to the land as Palestine, including books published more than a century...
BILBAO, Spain, (TW NEWS) – Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a symbolic “die-in” outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, to denounce Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and draw attention to the continuing humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians. Demonstrators lay motionless on the ground in front of the prominent museum, using the protest to symbolise the loss of...
CANBERRA, (Web Desk) – An ABC journalist has won a legal battle after a court ruled that her dismissal was unlawful following the publication of a report documenting allegations that Israel was using starvation as a weapon against civilians in Gaza. The journalist had been dismissed after publishing a report examining the use of hunger...
As Pakistan prepares to celebrate another Independence Day, the announcement and conferment of civil awards once again becomes a matter of national attention. Civil awards are an important tradition. A nation has every right—and indeed a responsibility—to recognise individuals who have rendered exceptional services to the country. There is nothing inherently wrong with honouring outstanding...
Berlin/Germany, (Mahwish Zafar) – The Embassy of Pakistan in Berlin hosted a prestigious ceremony at Pakistan House to mark the 79th Independence Day of Pakistan. The ceremony began with the recitation of the Holy Quran, followed by the hoisting of the national flag by Ambassador of Pakistan Saqlain Syeda to the national anthem. Senior officials...
14 August is always a day of celebration, remembrance and national pride. It reminds us that on this day in 1947, Pakistan emerged on the map of the world as an independent sovereign state. Millions of Muslims of the subcontinent had sacrificed their lives, homes, properties and futures for the realization of a dream led...
Every August 15th, the streets of Srinagar and the wider landscape of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir undergo a ritualistic transformation. The city is not merely secured; it is besieged. From the multi-layered security grids surrounding Bakshi Stadium to the proliferation of drones, CCTV surveillance, and the omnipresent Cordon-and-Search Operations (CASOs), the machinery of the state...
The Jammu massacre of 1947 remains one of the darkest and most neglected episodes of the partition violence in South Asia. While the massacres of Partition are widely remembered, the systematic violence against Muslims in Jammu has received comparatively little attention in mainstream historical narratives. Thousands were killed, displaced, abducted or forcibly converted during the...
“Normalcy” was presented as the promise that would follow the removal of Indian illegally occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s special status. Instead, the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019 ushered in a new phase of political uncertainty, restrictions and human rights concerns in the region. The Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi unilaterally stripped...
In the orchards of Sopore and the saffron fields of Pampore, a quieter transformation is underway in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. It does not announce itself with checkpoints or demolition orders. It arrives through contract papers, high-density saplings, corporate procurement trucks and promises of mainstreaming. What is presented as economic modernisation is, in analytical terms,...
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