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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Muzaffarabad administration has imposed Section 144 across the district for the next fifteen days amid the rising tensions between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government. According to the details, during section 144, there will ban on the gathering of five or more people at one […]

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while issuing its most important and sensitive legal opinion on the Presidential Reference, has declared the government’s position on the issue of refugee seats absolutely correct and has completely rejected the politics of pressure. The Supreme Court has clarified in its decision that the 12

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Kashmir has formulated its opinion on the presidential reference filed under Section 46-A of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government Act, 1974 and sent it to the President of Azad Kashmir in a sealed envelope. The reference, which was heard under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Raja

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The government sources has denied several claims that are circulating regarding the arrival of a government delegation in Muzaffarabad and the demands allegedly put forward by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). According to the unverified and baseless claims a government negotiation delegation led by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Faisal Rathore has said that the government does not want chaos in the state. He added that if the situation worsens, an emergency may be declared. While talking to journalists, he said that in the current situation, Azad Kashmir cannot afford any chaos The PM AJK noted

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Normal life and business activities continued uninterrupted across several cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) despite a protest call issued by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) for June 9. According to reports from Mirpur, Dadial, Kotli, Rawalakot and Leepa Valley, all major markets, commercial centres and business establishments remained open,

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has completed the hearing of the Presidential Reference filed by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government regarding the constitutional and legal future of 12 seats reserved for refugees of Jammu and Kashmir in the Legislative Assembly and reserved its decision. A bench comprising Chief

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Azad Kashmir and Leader of the Opposition, Shah Ghulam Qadir, has strongly endorsed the government’s decision to ban the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), stating that the move was necessary to maintain peace and stability in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In a video