MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday set a hearing for 19 consolidated appeals challenging the High Court’s decision to abolish the quota system in government jobs and colleges. A full court bench headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram will hear all appeals together
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BAGH (Kashmir English): Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have rejected social media claims describing a deadly gas cylinder explosion in Pandi, Bagh district, as a grenade attack by police, maintaining that preliminary evidence points to a domestic accident. The incident occurred at a residential house while food was being prepared, resulting in injuries and casualties among
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): State terrorism and human rights violations by Indian forces have increased significantly in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir since the BJP-led Indian government revoked Articles 370 and 35A in August 2019. More than 1,074 Kashmiris, including young men and women, have been martyred, over 2,708 injured and more than 37,817 arrested
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, has ruled out the reversal of any article of the Azad Kashmir constitution. In an interview to a private TV channel, Rana Sanaullah said that bitterness often arises over some issue in politics. “Even during the Azad Kashmir elections, we have had
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BAGH (Kashmir English): Four people, including two women and two children, died in an explosion at a house in Pandi village in Dhirkot, Bagh district, on Thursday evening, according to district police. In a statement, a Bagh police spokesperson said that the explosion was reported at around 7 pm on October 29 at the house of Shakdar. The
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The alleged irregularities worth billions of rupees in hydropower projects during the tenure of former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister Raja Farooq Haider have come to light. As per the report, the tax concessions to hydropower projects during Farooq Haider’s government have caused a loss of Rs4 billion to the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Iftikhar Gillani on Thursday directed that steps be taken to provide government services online through the ‘AJK One’ portal, enabling citizens to access information and services through a single digital platform. He was speaking at a high-level meeting to review progress on the proposed portal, where
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Earthquake tremors were felt in Muzaffarabad, Neelum district, and various other parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan late Thursday afternoon. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) National Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC), the earthquake struck at 5:02 pm (PST), with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale and
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WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): Muslims accounted for nearly 93% of identifiable victims injured in hundreds of police shootings linked to alleged cow smuggling or slaughter in India’s BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh (UP) state since 2020, highlighting a stark religious disparity in the use of police force, according to a joint investigation by the Washington-based Centre for the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Under the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s national program, free hepatitis screening and treatment facilities have also been launched in Azad Kashmir. Under this program, screening, timely diagnosis of the disease, and free treatment including provision of medicines for affected patients are being ensured. Under the program, if the initial test for Hepatitis
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