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PML-N AJK to approach EC against ‘pre-election rigging’ through educational package

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Former Prime Minister Azad Kashmir and PML-N leader Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said that no package or development project can be given 120 days before the elections. He was referring to the Rathore-led PPP government’s educational reforms in the state. “We will approach the Election Commission against the educational package,

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UK Parliament event raises alarm over HR situation in occupied Kashmir

  LONDON (Kashmir English): Speakers at a conference in the British Parliament expressed serious concern over the human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). They also condemned the victimization of incarcerated Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik and other Kashmiri political leaders by Indian authorities. According to

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One killed, 6 injured as tourist vehicle falls into river in Neelum Valley

NEELUM (Kashmir English): A woman died while six other injured when a tourist vehicle fell into the banks of the Neelum River in Neelum Valley on Friday. According to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Neelum, a tourist vehicle was coming from Taubat to Kel when it met with an accident near Karimabad village. As

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AJK High Court Circuit Mirpur delivers verdict in record 600 cases on Thursday

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In a landmark achievement, AJK High Court Circuit Mirpur Judge Justice Sardar Muhammad Ijaz Khan delivered verdicts in about 600 cases today after three weeks of continuous hearings. Similarly, the High Court of AJK, in one of its decisions, canceled 400 conciliation and settlement decrees issued by the Civil Courts of Mirpur District

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AJK education package 2026

AJK cabinet approves education package 2026 worth Rs3.2 billion

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet has approved the Education Package 2026, which includes a budget allocation of Rs 2.45 billion for schools and Rs 766.5 million for higher education. Addressing the press conference along with ministers Dewan Ali Khan Chughtai and Malik Zafar, Most Senior Minister Mian Abdul Waheed Advocate appreciated

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Local holiday announced on August 29

Azad Kashmir govt abolishes weekly Friday holiday

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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Big blow to AJK govt as all district zakat committee chairmen decide to resign

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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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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