MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has announced candidates for 24 constituencies for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections. According to a list of the candidates, PTI AJK President Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has been awarded ticket from an Abbaspur constituency. Full list of PTI candidates Abbaspur — Sardar Abdul […]
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Under Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, India’s Muslim community, comprising nearly 200 million people (about 14.2 percent of the population), faces institutional pressures that erodes long-standing educational structures. According to Kashmir Media Service, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that the state’s Madrasa Board will be abolished. “From
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MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Representatives of the business community in Mirpur have announced their dissociation from the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) during a press conference held at the Kashmir Press Club. Addressing the media, traders’ representatives, including Azmat Khan, said they represent the business community and support peace, stability and public welfare in the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Commission has rejected a total of 41 nomination papers across all constituencies of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held on July 27. According to the election commission spokesperson, a total of 1,265 candidates have filed nomination papers from all
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Senior leader Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Rana Sanaullah, has said that the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) wants to postpone elections in Kashmir. He said after Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq’s government in Azad Kashmir, PML-N wanted elections. However, he added, PPP preferred to continue with the government. “If elections were held timely in Azad
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, civil society activists said that India continues to use torture as a systematic tool of repression in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), urging the international community to hold New Delhi accountable for alleged human rights violations. According to Kashmir
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RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has officially announced new public transport fares from Rawalpindi to various destinations across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The revised transport fares for key destinations are as follows: Public transport fares for Neelum Valley, Upper Regions Leepa: Rs. 1,900 Neelum Valley: Rs. 1,750 Athmuqam: Rs. 1,500
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RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): Mirpur Police have arrested several people alleged to be part of a funding network associated with the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) during the Rawalakot sit-in. Addressing the media today, SSP Mirpur Khurram Iqal said that investigators identified an individual, named Hamza, who was present at the sit-in, allegedly coordinated the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police sources have alleged that the leadership of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) bears responsibility for the chain of events that led to violence in Rawalakot and the death of Usman Sabir. According to police sources, the Action Committee miscreants attacked security personnel, kidnapped law enforcement officials,
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Despite disruptions in freight transport caused by road closures, there is currently no shortage of food items in Azad Kashmir, according to local sources. Sources say that while some transporters have temporarily stopped sending freight vehicles to Azad Kashmir due to the security situation and road blockades, markets in Muzaffarabad remain largely open
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