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Bari La peak

In a first, team of all-women Pakistani climbers summit GB’s Bari La peak

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): In a historic feat, a team of Pakistani women climbers has become the country’s first all-women expedition to summit the 5,400-meter Bari La peak in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to the Alpine Club of Pakistan, the expedition included women from all four provinces as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, and Islamabad. The group reached

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Qasim Majeed

AJK PM approves addition to minister Qasim Majeed’s official name

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Anwarul Haq, has approved the addition to the official name of Minister Qasim Majeed. As per the AJK cabinet division notification, the Minister of Mangla Dam Affairs, Qasim Majeed, is to be written and addressed as “Chaudhry Qasim Majeed” in official communications. “The Azad Jammu and Kashmir

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Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir: 5,300 government vehicles in use, but poverty and unemployment reign

By: Zulfiqar Ali (Kashmir Investigation Team) MUZAFFARABAD: The Finance Department of Azad Kashmir has imposed a ban on the purchase of new vehicles in the financial year 2025-2026. This ban has been imposed after the public criticised the indiscriminate use of luxury government vehicles by the political and administrative elite. According to official data, there

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corporal punishment

School headmistress suspended over corporal punishment in Muzaffarabad

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir Education Department said that the headmistress of Government Girls High School Thotha Muzaffarabad has been suspended for corporal punishment of a student. The AJK education minister took strict action against the headmistress, Naila Mughal, for torturing a fifth-grade student, Laraib Rifaq. The headmistress has been suspended with immediate effect,

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Jalalpur Pirwala

Rescue boat carrying 19 flood affectees capsizes in Jalalpur Pirwala

JALALPUR PIRWALA (Kashmir English): A rescue boat carrying flood-affected citizens capsized in Jalalpur Pirwala during a flood evacuation, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, 19 people were on board when the boat overturned. Multan City Police Officer Sadiq Ali Dogar said that a child was killed, while eighteen passengers were rescued. Earlier, on

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Mirpur board

AJK Mirpur board 9th class result 2025 announced, Check online

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (AJK BISE) Mirpur has announced the results of the SSC Part-I (Class 9) first annual examination 2025 today. The AJK Mirpur board, in its statement issued on Facebook, said that the results will be published on September 10, 2025, at 8:30 PM on

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