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PTI-backed candidates in Gilgit-Baltistan allotted different election symbols

Business, Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan / Tahir Chaudhary

GILGIT (Kashmir English): The Election Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan has allotted different election symbols to the PTI-backed candidates as it treated them as independents. The Gilgit-Baltistan Democratic Party was not allowed to contest the elections. According to sources, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Gilgit-Baltistan has announced its candidates for the Assembly Elections 2026, and under an electoral understanding, […]

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Renowned AJK educationist, Mohtarma Hameeda Mir passes away

Education, Kashmir / Tahir Chaudhary

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Renowned educationist of Azad Kashmir, and the first woman in the state to attain a graduate degree, Mohtarma Hameeda Mir passed away in Mirpur at the age of 90. She served with distinction as the Principal of Government Girls High School Kalyal for 10 years and also led several other schools

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Muzaffarabad admin launches crackdown against illegal construction

Business, Must Read, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Muzaffarabad district administration has launched a major crackdown against illegal and unplanned construction, imposing Section 144 across the district. The District Magistrate Munir Ahmed Qureshi has imposed a ban on all types of construction without obtaining official approval and No Objection Certificates (NOCs). According to the notification, all residential and commercial

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Mysterious GPS-tagged eagle captured from Pir Chinasi, Muzaffarabad

Business, Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Authorities have captured a mysterious eagle with a solar-powered GPS-like tracking device from the Pir Chinasi tourist area near Muzaffarabad on Tuesday. The official said that a yellow wing tag number “F49” was also found attached to the eagle. The unusual bird has sparked significant public attention and speculation on social media. Wildlife

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PML-N AJK dismisses circulating claims about candidates’ tickets

Kashmir / Irfan

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Muslim League (N) Azad Jammu and Kashmir has rejected the circulating news about party tickets for the general elections and clarified that no party ticket has been issued to any candidate yet. A statement issued by the party’s Secretary General, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, said that news of the finalization of candidates

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Justice Shahid Bahar takes oath as acting Chief Justice of AJK High Court

Business, Kashmir, Pakistan / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Senior Puisne Judge, Justice Shahid Bahar, took oath as the acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday during an oath-taking ceremony held at the President’s House, Muzaffarabad. Acting President Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath to him. The ceremony began with the

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Newly installed clock in Mirpur loses hands mysteriously

Business, Kashmir, Mirpur, Pakistan / Irfan

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): A strange incident has been reported from Mirpur, where the hands of a newly installed decorative clock mysteriously disappeared just a day after its installation. According to reports, unidentified individuals removed the hands from a clock model placed at Quaid-e-Azam Chowk, located in front of the Mirpur Cricket Stadium. The incident has

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Anti-drug drive in IIOJK slammed as tool of collective punishment for Kashmiris

Business, Kashmir, Pakistan / Tahir Chaudhary

SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Political leaders and activists from across the aisle have said that the Modi-led Indian regime’s so-called anti-drug campaign in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is increasingly being used to defame Kashmiris’ legitimate freedom struggle and impose collective punishment. According to Kashmir Media Service, they said that under the guise of anti-narcotics operations,

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Madrassa sealed in India’s Uttar Pradesh for installing Pakistan-made fan

Kashmir, Must Read / Tahir Chaudhary

LUCKNOW (Kashmir Digital): Indian police in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, sealed a madrassa for installing a Pakistan-made fan. According to Kashmir Media Service, a young man from Kushinagar works in Dubai. He bought a Pakistan-made fan and sent it to his home in Uttar Pradesh. Instead of installing the Pakistan-made fan that arrived from Dubai

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SDMA shares damage report after flash flood hits villages in Muzaffarabad

Business, Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A dozen houses were partially affected after heavy rains triggered a flash flood in areas of Patikka Tehsil in Muzaffarabad last night, State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) AJK said. The disaster authority said that a local drain overflowed in Samoth Pala village, Union Council Sarli Sacha, resulting in flash flooding that entered

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