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AJK High Court rejects petition against EC member Nazir-ul-Hassan’s appointment

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed against the appointment of a member of the AJK Election Commission, Syed Nazir-ul-Hassan Gilani. A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice of the High Court Justice Sardar Liaquat Hussain and Justice Chaudhry Khalid Rasheed heard the case. The […]

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AJK CEC ‘rejects’ rumours of election postponement, announces expected polling date

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Chief Election Commissioner Azad Kashmir Justice (retd) Ghulam Mustafa Mughal has dismissed the rumors circulating about the postponement of the general election 2026 in AJK, saying that polls are expected in the first or second week of July. He made these remarks during the conversation with a delegation of the TV Journalists

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PTI’s lawmaker Maqbool Gujjar reinstated as AJK MLA

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday reinstated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Chaudhry Maqbool Gujjar as a member of the AJK Legislative Assembly, more than two years after he was de-seated. In October 2023, an election tribunal in AJK declared the 2021 general elections in Maqbool Gujjar’s constituency

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Man critically injured in black bear attack in AJK’s Chinari

CHINARI (Kashmir English): A man sustained injuries after being attacked by an Asiatic black bear in Union Council Pahal in Azad Kashmir’s Jhelum Valley district on Tuesdaym, local authorities said. According to the details, a man named Syed Mushtaq Shah, a resident of Bala Setho in Chinari Tehsil, was cutting wood in the forest when

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Process to provide interest-free loan to AJK applicants gains pace

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has completed the scrutiny of 34,000 applications to provide loans to the public at their doorsteps under the interest-free loan scheme of the Azad Kashmir government. These application forms/files have been provided to 92 branches of the Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir across

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Joint Awami Action Committee leaders join Muslim Conference

RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): President of the Muslim Conference and former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, has succeeded in persuading some important Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) leaders to join the Muslim Conference. He held an important meeting with JAAC leaders Raja Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Sardar Khurshid Abbasi, Sardar Maqsood Abbasi, and

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Civil society rejects India’s “normalcy” claims in occupied Kashmir

  SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Srinagar-based civil society members have rejected the Indian government’s claims of “normalcy” in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the ground situation remains grim and far from stable. According to Kashmir Media Service, the civil society representatives, in a joint statement, said that the narrative being promoted by the

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PML-N leadership meets to finalise GB election tickets

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) met at the Punjab House in Islamabad on Monday to finalise party tickets for the upcoming Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) elections. According to party sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and party leader Nawaz Sharif were among the party leadership present on the occasion. Nawaz

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Udhampur: 21 dead, over 60 injured as passenger bus plunges into deep gorge

  UDHAMPUR, Occupied Kashmir (Kashmir English): At least 21 people were killed when a heavy passenger bus skidded off a rocky slope and plunged into a gorge in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir News Service, an official reported that the accident occurred near Kunote village in Udhampur district. Udhampur administration Civil Administrator Prem

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Large-scale reshuffle in Azad Kashmir Police

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A large-scale reshuffle of senior officers has been seen in Azad Kashmir Police. The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir approved the appointments and transfers of senior officers in the administrative interest. According to details, Raja Akmal Khan, Senior Superintendent of Police, District Bhimber, was transferred and appointed as AIGP Legal,

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