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Azad Kashmir Accountability Court sentences Public Works cashier Tariq Pervez to 14 years of jail with heavy fine

PWD Azad Kashmir employee sentenced for 14 years in corruption case

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir Accountability Court has sentenced Tariq Pervez, a cashier of the Public Works Department (PWD) Maintenance Division, to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment and a heavy fine after being found guilty. The Accountability Court of Azad Kashmir had received a reference against the accused Tariq Pervez, on which an investigation […]

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Public services hit as 91 IIOJK govt websites remain down since May

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), 91 official websites remain non-functional, disrupting public access to vital services across the territory. These websites have been inaccessible since the first week of May. According to Kashmir Media Service, the IIOJK e-Governance Agency, in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application

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APHC expresses concern over plight of Kashmiri political prisoners

Kashmir, World / Tahir Chaudhary

SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed serious concern over the continued illegal detention of Kashmiri political prisoners, including Hurriyat leadership, in jails of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and India. According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement issued in Srinagar said

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

Health, Kashmir, Mirpur / Tahir Chaudhary

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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AJK Elementary & Secondary Education Department moves against errant private schools

AJK education department halts salaries of newly appointed Quran teachers

Kashmir, Must Read / Irfan

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Education Department has suspended the release of salaries to the newly appointed Quran teachers until the Supreme Court of AJK delivers its final verdict. According to an official letter to all district education officers, the department directed that no payment be made to the newly appointed

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Death toll in Muzaffarabad climbs to 13, confirms SDMA

Kashmir, Muzaffarabad / Irfan

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The death toll has risen from eleven to thirteen in Azad Kashmir as two more people died in a landslide in Khursheedabad Tehsil of Haveli District, according State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). The SDMA has released new details of the damage during the recent monsoon spell. The deceased include four women, four

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CJ AJK Raja Saeed Akram urges immediate international action on Kashmir dispute

Kashmir / Irfan

LONDON (Kashmir English): Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Raja Saeed Akram, has called for immediate international action on the Kashmir issue. The Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram attended a prestigious luncheon hosted by Dr. Barrister Tariq Mahmood during his important visit to London. During his visit, he also visited Lincoln’s Inn, the Law

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PTI AJK President Qayyum Niazi granted bail in Nov 26 protest case

Kashmir / Kashif Zia

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad on Saturday granted bail to former Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi till September 18 in a case related to the November 26 protest at D Chowk in Islamabad. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader appeared before the court in the case registered at G-9 Police Station. Duty

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Heavy rains destroy houses, road links in Haveli’s Degwar Area

IIOJK: Kishtwar cloudburst death toll rises to 65, over 100 still missing

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

JAMMU (Kashmir English): The death toll from the massive cloudburst that devastated a remote mountain village in Kishtwar district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), has risen to 65, including two Indian Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel. According to Kashmir Media Service, on Thursday, the disaster struck Chositi, the last motorable

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PMD warns of more rains in upper KP, GB, Pothohar region, Kashmir

Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan / Tahir Chaudhary

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast partly cloudy weather accompanied by rain, wind, and thundershowers across various parts of the country on Saturday (today), with isolated heavy falls expected in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Pothohar region, and Kashmir. Rain-wind/thundershower is likely in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Islamabad, the Pothohar region, northeast Punjab, and

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