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Substandard wheat supply to Azad Kashmir spark health crisis

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir government is facing criticism for allegedly supplying substandard 6-year-old wheat, imported from Ukraine, to flour mills across the region. This has led to widespread health issues, including stomach diseases, among the local population due to the consumption of substandard flour. Due to the incompetent AJK government, the supply of […]

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AJK govt declares Div. HQ Hospital Mirpur as Center of Excellence

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In acknowledgement of the outstanding performance and quality Medicare to both indoor and outdoor patients, top health services authorities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have declared Mirpur Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital as a center of excellence. The facility is being headed by Medical Superintendent Dr. Sardar Amir Aziz Khan. The officials

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Pak Army organizes free medical and dental camp at Samahni, AJK

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  SAMAHNI (Kashmir English): A free medical and dental camp was organized at Government High School Abdullahpur, Samahni under the auspices of 3-Mountain Medical Battalion and 96 IMDU, in collaboration with 65 FF Regiment. At the camp, 317 patients received free examination and treatment. Medical facilities were provided to men, women, and children by specialist

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An act of compassion: Saudi woman donates 80% of her liver to co-wife

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  TAIF, Saudi Arabia (Kashmir English): A Saudi woman donated 80% of her liver to her husband’s second wife in a remarkable act of compassion, also ending the latter’s long struggle with kidney failure. Saudi Gazette reported that Noura Salem Al-Shammari, the first wife of Majed Baldah Al-Roqi, decided to help her co-wife, Taghreed Awadh

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Muzaffarabad Food Authority launches cracks down on unhygienic fast food outlets

Muzaffarabad Food Authority launches cracks down on unhygienic fast food outlets

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the Muzaffarabad Food Authority has launched a crackdown against fast food restaurants in Azad Kashmir’s capital. As per reports, the Food Authority team received a complaint through the helpline 1280, after which the team took swift action and started checking fast food restaurants in Muzaffarabad. During this operation, the

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AJK to organize free family planning camp

Population Welfare Department to organize free family planning camp

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NEELUM VALLEY (Kashmir English): On the instructions of the Chief Secretary of Azad Kashmir, the Population Welfare Department is set to organize a free family planning camp in Sharda in the third decade of August. Director General Population Welfare, Dr. Sardar Aftab, will inaugurate the Implanon NXT camp. Free contraceptives and other reproductive health-related advice

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Drug Controller raids illegal medical distribution store in AJK’s Pallandri

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  PALLANDRI, AJK (Kashmir English): In a welcome move against the drug mafia endangering public health, Chief Drug Quality Controller Azad Kashmir, Ms. Fauzia Ashraf, led a major raid on an illegally operating medical distribution store in the heart of Pallandri city. The raid took place at Chinar Medical Distribution Store, located on Baitran Road

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Pakistan confirms 19th polio case of 2025 in Lakki Marwat

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  PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): Another case of wild poliovirus has been confirmed in Pakistan, this time affecting a five-month-old child from Union Council Sulemankhel in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. With this, the total number of polio cases in the country in 2025 has risen to 19. NIH confirms new polio case National Institute

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Islamabad Food Authority seizes 160kg of unfit meat

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Islamabad Food Authority has intensified its crackdown on unsafe food supplies, seizing 160 kilograms of unhygienic and unfit meat during an inspection here on the Golra Road. According to officials, the meat was being transported without proper documentation or safety measures. “The seized meat carried no slaughterhouse stamps and emitted

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World Breastfeeding Week continues in AJK amid awareness campaign

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Like rest of the entire world, the World Breastfeeding Week Nutrition Program continues in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) including lake district of Mirpur. The program started on August 1st and will continue up to 7th of August, 2025, under the auspices of the AJK Health Services Department in collaboration with

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