LAHORE (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced an 18-member squad to represent the country in the U-18 Asia Cup being held in Dazhou, China from July 3 to 13. Other than Pakistan, teams from Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Japan, China, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Kazakhstan will feature in […]
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CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Popular Meta-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, is rolling out a feature that allows users to scan documents with the camera directly from the app eliminating the need for any third-party scanning tools. The feature introduces two distinct capture methods for users to choose from and is currently available to some beta
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has ruled that employees holding MS degrees are eligible for MPhil allowance. The court’s verdict came in response to an appeal filed against a High Court judgment dated March 5, 2024. Accepting the petition, the Supreme Court ruled that MS
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DADYAL (Kashmir English): In a significant operation, the Dadyal police have arrested five drug dealers and recovered 52 bottles of liquor in various actions taken over the past week. The crackdown was carried out under the instructions of SSP Mirpur Khawar Ali Shaukat and DSP Syed Ishtiaq Gilani, with SHO Dadial Rashid Habib overseeing the
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HATTIAN BALA (Kashmir English): The Hattian Bala grid station has been completely shut down for three days to facilitate the installation of a new 20-26 MW heavy power transformer worth over Rs300 million. The shutdown, which began at 7 am on Saturday (today), will affect multiple areas in the Jhelum Valley district, including Hattian Bala, Langla,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Farooq Haider, has warned that the continued practice of hiring people based on recommendations instead of merit could destroy the region’s system. He said that if the social structure collapses, the political system will not survive either. Speaking at a gathering in Jammu & Kashmir House
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has officially withdrawn its strike call in the Muzaffarabad Division after successful negotiations with the local administration. The decision came late Friday night following detailed talks between the committee and government officials. Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a member of JAAC from Muzaffarabad Division, shared a video statement late
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistani passport has made its way into the top 100 rankings in the latest Henley Passport Index, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 32 countries around the world. While the overall ranking remains on the lower side, this update brings a slight improvement in global mobility for Pakistani citizens. According to
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): A poliovirus case has been confirmed in Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, marking the seventh from the province this year and bringing the total countrywide tally of 2025 to 13, according to the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the
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JHELUM (Kashif Zia): Meet Lord Miles, a British national and YouTuber, who refused to let his prized AirPods slip away, traveled miles, proving allegiance to his surname, to recover his stolen AirPods from Jhelum, a city in Punjab, Pakistan, with the help of the local police. Taking on social media site X, Miles announced, “I
