JEDDAH (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir visited Saudi Arabia on the special invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and performed Umrah on Thursday. The door of the Kaaba was especially opened for the dignitaries where they offered Nawafil along with their delegation members. […]
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A rift has emerged within the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet over the appointment of Minister for Sports Asim Sharif Butt, who has been declared a non-state subject. According to sources, Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has been trying to protect Butt, a close associate, by presenting a controversial draft to
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of Justice Sardar Liaqat Hussain as the Chief Justice of the Azad Kashmir High Court. Prime Minister, who also serves as chairman of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, named Justice Sardar Liaqat Hussain, Senior Most Judge of Azad Kashmir High Court, as CJ
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ISLAMABAD/ MIRPUR (Kashmir English): President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has approved a 60-day special remission in prisoners sentences ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha. The president granted remission to prisoners languishing in different jails of Azad Kashmir on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, under Article 10 of the interim constitution of AJK,
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MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed his country’s eagerness to strengthen ties with Pakistan within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), particularly in the area of counter-terrorism, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. The Russian top diplomat made these remarks during the meeting with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has reaffirmed that Balochistan is an integral part of Pakistan and that no power can detach it from the country. “Balochistan is part of Pakistan and will always remain so,” Chaudhry declared, adding, “No one can separate it.” He said
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): ‘Operation Blue Star’, the code name of Indian army’s 1984 assault on Golden Temple, the Sikhs’ holiest shrine in Amritsar, was a brazen act of state-sponsored terrorism against the Sikh community. According to a report released by Kashmir Media Service on the anniversary of the tragic incident, India’s assault on the
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SEHNSA (Kashmir English): President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that Pakistan, during the recent standoff, has taught India a lesson that it would never forget. While addressing a public gathering at Sehnsa, the president said that a crushing response delivered by Pakistan army under operation Bunyan um Marsoos
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GUMI (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s top javelin thrower, Arshad Nadeem, has once again claimed a gold medal, this time at the Asian Athletics Championship in Gumi, South Korea, with a massive 86.40m throw. Pakistan’s another athlete, Muhammad Yasir, finished eighth with a 75.39m throw. Sachin Yadav of India secured the silver medal with a best throw
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue, Excise Circle, Muzaffarabad, Tasleem Khan, was suspended over facilitating non-custom paid cigarettes smuggling in Azad Kashmir from Kohala, sources said. Earlier on May 25, Kashmir Digital reported that an Excise and Inland Revenue official released a truck carrying non-custom paid cigarettes worth Rs25 million, stopped at Kohala checkpoint, after
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