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AJK elections: Govt employees must remain neutral, warns DC Kotli

KOTLI (Kashmir English): Deputy Commissioner Kotli Raja Imran Shaheen has asked government employees to remain completely neutral during the elections in Azad Kashmir. He vowed to hold peaceful, transparent, and impartial conduct of the general elections on July 27, 2026 in Mirpur Division. An important meeting of heads of government departments was held under

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AJK High Court halts Bank of AJK president recruitment process

Business, Kashmir / Kashif

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court’s Mirpur Circuit on Wednesday issued a stay order on the ongoing process for the appointment of a new President of the Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (BAJK), declaring the recruitment advertisement and interviews conducted under it null and void. In its interim order,

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PML-N-led Punjab govt sends 15 ‘Clinics on Wheels’ to AJK ahead of 2026 polls

Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif

LAHORE (Kashmir English): The Punjab government on Wednesday dispatched 15 ‘Clinic on Wheels’, mobile medical vehicles, along with medicines, medical equipment, and medical staff for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The development came a day after President PML-N Nawaz Sharif, during a public rally in Muzaffarabad, announced that the Punjab government would send Clinic on

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Suspension of Ad Hoc Act 2026 challenged in AJK Supreme Court

Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A petition has been filed in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court on Wednesday regarding the AJK High Court’s decision to suspend the Ad Hoc Act 2026 aimed at regularising the services of ad hoc, temporary, and contractual employees. Last month, the AJK Legislative Assembly unanimously approved two bills to regularise

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AJK elections: Rafique Nayyar withdraws in favour of Inqalabi

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

KHOIRATTA. AJK (Kashmir English): Efforts by PPP leaders and elders of the Gujjar community succeeded, as former Information Minister Chaudhary Muhammad Rafique Nayyar announced his support for PPP ticket holder Muhammad Waleed Inqalabi, completely changing the political landscape of the constituency. According to details, under the leadership of Sajjada Nashin Dargah Aliya Faizabad Raian

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Occupied Kashmir most heavily militarized zone in world

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has said that Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is the most heavily militarized zone in the world. It said that India has snatched every right, including the right to speech and the right to hold political activities in the territory. According to Kashmir

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Dubai clarifies conditions for a visa-on-arrival service

Kashmir, Pakistan / Tahir Chaudhary

DUBAI (Kashmir English): The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA Dubai) has clarified the conditions for a visa-on-arrival service available to eligible foreign residents living outside their home countries. Under the service, eligible travellers can obtain a visa-on-arrival for either 14 or 60 days, subject to meeting the required conditions.

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PMDC announces alternative MDCAT registration process for AJK candidates

Entertainment, Kashmir / Kashif

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has introduced an alternative for MDCAT 2026 candidates from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) facing problems in online registration due to the ongoing internet service suspension in the region. As per the public notice, any candidate for the MDCAT 2026 having domicile of only AJK, who has been

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