Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani has stated that promoting investment and fostering industrial development in Azad Kashmir are among the government’s top priorities. Measures will be taken to ensure the protection of investors and the provision of all possible facilities to them. Addressing a meeting of the Department of Industries and

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English):  Khawaja Mehran, an operative of the proscribed Joint Awami  Action Committee (JAAC),  appears to have lost his senses due to the prolonged protests. Amidst this, he has made a bizarre appeal to overseas Kashmiris. A video of a speech by Khawaja Mehran is circulating online, in which he urges overseas Kashmiris, declaring

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A core member of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), Tauseef Jaral, has announced his decision to distance himself from the committee following his release, citing concerns over what he described as a shift in the movement’s current direction. In a statement, Jaral said the Awami Action Committee had originally been

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The State Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (SERRA) said the overall reconstruction programme in AJK’s earthquake-affected districts has an estimated total value of Rs225 billion, of which Rs181 billion has been spent so far. In a statement ahead of the 21st anniversary of the deadliest October 8, 2005 earthquake, SERRA Secretary Rafaqat

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Four newly elected members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Council took the oath of office at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Islamabad on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is chairman of the AJK Council, administered the oath, while other senior officials attended the ceremony. The ceremony was attended