Latest Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) News & Updates

Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) India exercised significant restraint during Operation Sindoor last year, targetting high-value terror infrastructures and terrorists across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) and Pakistan, despite being aware of military assets concealed within civilian areas. Indian forces chose not to target those locations to avoid civilian casualties, underscoring New Delhi’s emphasis on adhering to the laws of armed conflict — a standard Pakistan’s military has repeatedly failed…

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) India on Thursday is marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, a decisive military action carried out by Indian armed forces on this day last year against the high-value terror infrastructures and terrorists across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan. This military operation was carried out in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which Pakistan-backed terrorists brutally massacred 26 innocent people. The Resistance Front — an offshoo…

Quetta, April 23 (IANS) Routine police patrolling has been disrupted due to growing shortage of fuel for police patrol vehicles in Pakistan’s Quetta, sparking concern among people over a potential increase in crime and delay in emergency response, local media reported on Friday. Patrol vehicles assigned to several police stations in Balochistan’s Quetta have remained largely inactive due to inadequate petrol and diesel supplies, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reported. These vehicl…

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have been actively drumming up anti-India sentiments to provoke the people. While on one hand, Pakistan provided security cover for Jaish-e-Mohammad rallies in the country, on the other hand, the army chief and prime minister have been involved in provoking the people in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The army and government sanctioned rallies by the Jaish-e-Mohammad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sw…

Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The threat of Hamas gaining an ideological and logistical foothold in Pakistan, particularly in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is genuine and credible. While the global community focuses on demilitarising Hamas in Gaza, it must recognise that Pakistan is becoming the next fertile ground for Hamas to reorganise, posing a risk to the West and its interests in the region, a report said on Thursday. “On January 15, 2026, the US-led intergovernmental organisation Board o…

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Panic has struck Pakistan as rapidly evolving developments in Iran unfold. While the protests in Iran do not seem to end, the threat of regime change made by US President Donald Trump has left the entire administration in Pakistan in a state of panic.Several emergency meetings are being conducted that involved army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, the ISI chief, and National Security Adviser General Asim Malik, Southern Commander Lt General Rahat Naseem, among others. A p…

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The fall of the deadly Indian Mujahideen, an outfit backed by Pakistan comprising only Indian operatives, marked the end of homegrown terror in India. The idea was to show the world that terrorism in India is an internal issue and not a Pakistan-created and sponsored one. Since the fall of the Indian Mujahideen in 2014, terror incidents have largely been reported from Jammu and Kashmir alone, with Pakistani actors participating in most of them.Over the last couple of yea…