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AJK High Court annuls appointments made during Former CJ’s tenure

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court on Thursday annulled the appointments made in the high court during the tenure of former Chief Justice Sadaqat Hussain Raja. A single-member bench of the AJK High Court heard the petition requesting the court to declare the disputed appointments and promotions null and void. Advocates Muhammad […]

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Petition filed in AJK High Court against appointments during former CJ Sadaqat Raja’s tenure

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A petition has been filed in the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) against the appointments and promotions made in the high court during the tenure of former Chief Justice Sadaqat Hussain Raja. The writ petition, moved by six civil society members, alleged that these appointments and promotions made between

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Post-1989 AJK migrants to challenge HC decision abolishing quota

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The post-1989 migrants from across the Line of Control (LoC) have announced to challenge the AJK High Court decision of abolishing quota system, in the Supreme Court. An emergency meeting of the refugees was held in the capital on Tuesday who announced to challenge the High Court’s decision in the Supreme

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University lecturer swept away as flash floods submerge Rawalakot, other AJK districts

RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): The devastation from monsoon rains triggered flash floods continues across Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, as a female university lecturer was swept away by drain water in Rawalakot on Monday. According to the police, the University of Poonch lecturer, Dr  Lala, was swept away in a flash flood while driving through a drain near

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Monsoon death toll reaches 645 across Pakistan: NDMA

Monsoon death toll reaches 645 across Pakistan: NDMA

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The devastating monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan have claimed the lives of at least 645 people this year, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). More than 150 people have died in the past 24 hours, including 144 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the  NDMA report. The deceased include 124 men,

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Two killed, 20 injured as Karachi-bound Awam Express derails near Lodhran

  LODHRAN, Pakistan (Kashmir English): Two passengers were reportedly killed and 20 others injured when five coaches of Karachi-bound Awam Express derailed near Lodhran Railway Station here on Saturday night. The train was travelling from Peshawar to Karachi that met an accident near Lodhran Railway Station. According to rescue sources, six bogies of the Awam

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PDMA Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa warns of more rains from August 17-19

  PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has warned of more rains from August 17-19 as it issued a high alert on Saturday. PDMA warned of intensified monsoon rains from August 17 to 19 in view of the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s forecast of intensified monsoon activity in various parts of the

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Flash flooding in KP: Death toll reaches 327 with 204 in Buner: PDMA

PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): Flash flooding in Pakistan’s northern areas on Friday left at least 348 people dead and several others injured, with 327 lives lost alone in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to the data shared by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Since late June, monsoon rains have caused havoc across the country, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and

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Rescue helicopter crashed, 180 killed as flash floods wreak havoc across KP

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): At least 180 people have lost their lives in the last 24 hours, and several are missing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a cloud-burst triggered flash floods wreaked havoc across the province. During the rescue operation, a government MI-17 helicopter also crashed in the Changi Banda area in Mohmand district, killing five crew

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