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Careem announces end of ride-hailing service in Pakistan from July 18

Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan / Tahir Chaudhary

KARACHI (Kashmir English): Careem will suspend its ride-hailing service operations in Pakistan from July 18 after nearly a decade in the industry. The announcement came from the company’s CEO on Wednesday. He, however, said that its journey in the country would continue “in a different role”. Careem’s CEO and co-founder, Mudassir Sheikha, shared a […]

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Iran warns users about an “irrelevant” clip after state TV ‘hacked’

Kashmir, Must Read, Pakistan, World / Tahir Chaudhary

TEHRAN (Kashmir English): Iranian state TV has warned users about what it called an “irrelevant” clip inciting the public to “rise up” against the government, after the state TV was hacked. The clip, also featuring a woman’s arm up in the air with smoke coming out of a white car, was reportedly seen by

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AJK govt presents Rs310bn pro-people, development-oriented budget

Business, Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Majid Khan presented the budget for fiscal year 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs 310 billion, a 30% increase from the previous year. In his speech, the Finance Minister said that the government has proposed a development programme of Rs49 billion for the next year, keeping in

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JI Rawalakot ends protest after govt agrees on key healthcare demands

Must Read, Rawalakot / Kashif Zia

RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Rawalakot has ended the protest in front of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalakot following the Azad Kashmir government accepting all demands related to healthcare. A meeting was held between a delegation of JI Rawalakot and the Secretary of Health today to discuss pressing issues related to the CMH Rawalakot and

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Azad Kashmir cabinet approves Rs310b budget 2025-26 in hasty 10-minute meeting

Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif Zia

By: Zulfiqar Ali (Kashmir Investigation Team) MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet approved a budget worth Rs 310 billion for the fiscal year 2025-26 in just ten minutes on Tuesday, while the details of the budget were not presented during the meeting. Sources present in the cabinet meeting told the Kashmir Investigation Team that

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Azad Kashmir govt’s claims of self-sufficiency in development budget exposed as false

Business, Must Read / Kashif Zia

By: Zulfiqar Ali (Kashmir Investigation Team) MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government’s claims of providing Rs 17 billion from its own resources in the development budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 turned out to be false, as not a single rupee was allocated for this purpose from internal sources. A similar claim was

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ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to start from Sep 30 in Bengaluru, India

Must Read, Sports / Tahir Chaudhary

DUBAI (Kashmir English): ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will be held from September 30 to November 2 in Bengaluru, India. This comes after International Cricket Council officially revealed the schedule for the 2025 edition of the tournament. The event, featuring eight teams, will take place across five venues in India and Sri Lanka. In

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‘Big Catch-Up’ vaccination campaign continues across AJK

Health, Mirpur, Must Read / Tahir Chaudhary

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Like rest of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the 13-day Big Catch-up campaign continues in lake district of Mirpur for children under age of 5 years. This campaign has been especially designed for children who were not administered any dose of preventive vaccines for any reason. The drive involves routine immunizations of

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AJK High Court seeks response from lawmakers on petition seeking PM Haq’s nullification

Kashmir, Must Read / Kashif Zia

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir High Court has issued notices to all assembly members who voted for Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq in the petition seeking PM Haq’s nullification. AJK High Court sought the response from 48 Legislative Members within 10 days, making them parties to the case. The petition, filed by Raja Farooq Haider

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Jamaat-e-Islami gives deadline for registration of IT Excellence Center in Rawalakot

Must Read, Rawalakot / Kashif Zia

RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Rawalakot have given a deadline of June 25 for the government to register and make the IT Excellence Center in Rawalakot permanent. Addressing the press conference on Tuesday at Rawalakot Press Club, Ameer JI Rawalakot, Sardar Adnan Razzaq, and other party officials demanded that the center not be

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