MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Thursday abolished the weekly Friday holiday in all governmental departments, effective from tomorrow, April 24, 2026. According to the notification, “the President of AJK has approved that Friday will be a Working Day in all Government Departments of AJ&K with immediate effect.” Earlier last month, […]
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The chairmen of all the district Zakat and Ushr committees of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have unanimously decided to resign in view of the serious situation on Thursday. According to sources, despite repeated assurances by Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the Zakat Department’s problems could not be resolved, and the system has almost
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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