HATTIAN BALA (Kashmir English): The residents of Azad Jammu and Kashmir have been facing extreme difficulties while commuting daily due to bad weather, landslides that have blocked several roads. The main road connecting Bani Langrial to Hattian Bala was hit by a landslide on August 14, caused by heavy rain and cloudburst, which has not been
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Analysts and political observers have said that the Modi-led Indian regime has, since August 5, 2019, pursued a systematic agenda of political, constitutional, cultural, and economic disempowerment of the Kashmiri Muslims in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to Kashmir Media Service, they maintained that the illegal and unilateral
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RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): The stormy rain in Rawalakot and its surroundings created catastrophic scenes with several settlements inundated and structure damaged. Poonch Division also bore the brunt of the heavy rains and several areas were severely affected by the sudden surge in seasonal streams. In the affected areas, the foundations of dozens of houses
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): There are widespread reports of Indian mines (small bombs) appearing in streams in various areas of Azad Kashmir due to rains and subsequent flooding in rivers. “Please do not touch any such object. Those living near the LOC should especially keep their children away from any suspicious object,” read an alert
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Supreme Court Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has accepted for regular hearing six different appeals filed by the Education Department against the High Court’s decision regarding the dismissal of 496 Quran teachers. A two-member Supreme Court bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Naseem and Justice Raza Ali Khan accepted for
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SUDHANOTI (Kashmir English): Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, on Monday, inaugurated the solar street lights installed in Mang Bazaar in Sudhanoti district. The Local Government Department has installed 45 street lights in Mang at a cost of Rs 6 million, the press release issued by the government’s PID said. On the occasion,
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (UAJK) Muzaffarabad, and the University of Poonch Rawalakot on Monday announced several holidays amid the prevailing harsh weather conditions. According to the notification issued by UAJK, the university will be closed for five days, from August 19 to August 23, 2025. “All academic and administrative activities
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PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced week-long school holidays in all government and private educational institutions in the winter zone (mountainous) districts of the province. The KP Elementary and Secondary Education Department has issued a notification in this regard. The notification stated that, given the “impending threats of cloudbursts, flash flooding, landslides
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RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): The devastation from monsoon rains triggered flash floods continues across Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, as a female university lecturer was swept away by drain water in Rawalakot on Monday. According to the police, the University of Poonch lecturer, Dr Lala, was swept away in a flash flood while driving through a drain near
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Kashmir has adjourned the hearing on a plea for an urgent hearing of the constitutional writ petition against the election of Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq. The petition filed by former Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan alleges that Anwarul Haq’s election as Prime Minister is contrary to
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