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Markets across AJK abuzz with shoppers as Eid approaching fast

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): As the countdown to Eid ul Fitr has begun, markets across Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including the thickly-populated Mirpur district, wore a festive look with people coming out in large number for Eid shopping. Residents thronged the markets in major cities including the State’s metropolis Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli, Bhimbher, Rawalakot, Palandri,

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JKLF remembers Jalil Andrabi on his 29th martyrdom anniversary

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leaders remembered Advocate Jalil Ahmed Andrabi Shaheed on his 29th martyrdom anniversary on Thursday while paying him rich tributes over the sacrifices he rendered for the freedom movement. In a statement issued from JKLF central information office, the party’s chief spokesman Muhammad Rafiq Dar informed

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Eid holidays of public servants of essential services cancelled in AJK

Kashmir, Must Read / Tahir Chaudhary

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In view of the current law and order situation in the country, Eid holidays of the officers/staff of the departments of essential services have been canceled, it was officially announced. Revenue, Police, Health, Municipality, Electricity, Public Health, Civil Defence and Rescue 1122 provide emergency services in Azad Jammu and Kashmir state.

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Pakistan Peoples’ Party Azad Kashmir organizes iftar dinner in Rawalakot

Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

RAWALAKOT (Kashmier English): Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) organized a large Iftar dinner in Rawalkot. Former President Azad Kashmir Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan, former Information Minister Sardar Abid Hussain Abid and Tehsil President Bilal Shakeel besides Tehsil General Secretary Sardar Asif Azam, former candidate Sardar Tahir Akram, Councilor Sardar Amir

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Maintaining law and order, safety of citizens govt’s top priority: PM AJK

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Prime Minister (PM) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that maintaining law and order and protection of lives and properties of citizens in the Azad state were his government’s top priorities. He was speaking at a special ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in the state

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Security beefed up outside Prime Minister Secretariat Azad Kashmir

Kashmir, Trending In Kashmir / Kashif

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir Digital): The local authorities have beefed up security at the Prime Minister Secretariat Azad Kashmir in Muzaffarabad amid a security threat. According to sources, FC personnel have been deployed along with the police for the security of a highly sensitive area, which houses several government buildings, including the AJK Legislative Assembly and the

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Heavy rainfall system to enter Pakistan: PMD

Muzaffarabad weather: Rain expected on Friday morning

Muzaffarabad, Weather / Areeba

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The residents of Muzaffarabad experienced partly cloudy weather on Thursday, whereas light to moderate rain is expected to lash the city tonight and on Friday morning. According to the Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD), rain along with thunderstorms is likely at isolated places in Kashmir along with upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and

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Jhelum Valley student Zeb Rashid receives Rs1 Lakh cash prize for securing top position

Education, Kashmir / Kashif

HATTIAN BALA (Kashmir English): A heartwarming ceremony was held to award a cash prize of one lakh rupees to Zeb Rashid, a brilliant student from Elementary Board Jhelum Valley, for securing the top position in his class VIII annual examinations. As per details, the prize money was presented by President Jammu and Kashmir Union of Journalists

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British-Kashmiri MPs write to PM Shehbaz demanding international airport in Mirpur

Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif

LONDON (Kashmir English): The British Members of Parliament have demanded an international airport in Mirpur, a long-standing demand of the people of the Azad Kashmir’s second-largest city. In a letter written to Prime Minister Shehbaz, led by Kashmiri-origin British MP Muhammad Yasin, MPs said that Mirpur’s international airport will open new doors of development and progress

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