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India, Pak should withdraw troops from LoC, says Aziz

India, Pak should withdraw troops from LoC, says Aziz Pakistan has suggested to India that both countries pull back troops from the LoC to demilitarise the region and hand it over to the police and other organisations. These suggestions came from Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during a TV interview on Tuesday. The atmosphere between the two neighbours was improving but progress on disputes resolution was not up to what it should have been. While the opening of five crossing points on the LoC, which was aimed at fostering contacts and interaction among the Kashmiris was a positive development, these were

UK MP urges Pakistan and India to demilitarise LoC

UK MP urges Pakistan and India to demilitarise LoC British parliamentarian and attorney general Dominic Grieve has urged Pakistan and India to pull back troops from across the Line of Control (LoC). A delegation of members of the British House of Commons from the Conservative Party was on a visit to Pakistan. The six-member delegation included Grieve, Paul Goodman and Syeda Warsi. Addressing a press conference with Barrister Sultan Mahmood, the opposition leader in the AJK legislative assembly, the British legislator said, “New Delhi and Islamabad are declared nuclear powers and both states should explore venues to workout negotiated settlement of Kashmir dispute.

Six killed in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day

Six killed in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day Six people, including three suspected Pakistani rebels, were killed in fresh violence in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day later this week, the army and police said Sunday. The three Pakistani militants were killed during a gunbattle that erupted when troops laid a cordon around a village on a tip-off late Saturday, said spokesman Colonel Hemant Joneja. Fighting erupted after Indian troops, backed by counter-insurgency police, raided a hide-out in the village of Ringpait, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. The slain militants are

Staff induction to be outsourced to India

Staff induction to be outsourced to India After software and customer service, induction of employees is the latest to be outsourced to India. With 30-50% savings in costs, MNCs are now sending new employees to India for induction and training and then dispatching them to locations across the world. US-based IT consultancy firm Thoughtworks, for instance, sends all new hires from across the world to Bangalore for induction. We have chosen India as a hub for inducting employees as the country has become core to our delivery services. Also, it moulds employees into a global mindset and trains them to