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Pakistan allocates Rs164m for 1,600 scholarships to occupied Kashmir students

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has allocated Rs164 million in the 2025-26 budget to ensure 1,600 scholarships for students from occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The initiative was originally launched in May 2019 by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP). A sum of approximately Rs2.05 billion was allocated for the scholarship programme in the 2018-19. According to

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Azad Kashmir to have three Daanish Schools under PSDP 2025-26

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The finance minister on Tuesday told the national assembly that 11 new Daanish schools will be established in the country under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2025-26. He said Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan will get three such schools each, Balochistan will get four and one Daanish School

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President AJK calls for quality education at state-run Poonch University

President AJK calls for quality education at state-run Poonch University

MIRPUR (Kashmir English): President AJK Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has instructed the administration of the Haveli Campus, part of the University of Poonch, to fully focus on raising the standard of education at Jamia Bagh and to ensure proper handling of administrative matters, according to an official statement. The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,

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Khawaja Farooq appointed interim Vice Chancellor Women University Bagh

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has appointed Professor Dr. Khawaja Farooq Ahmed as the interim Vice-Chancellor of Women University Bagh. According to details, Dr. Abdul Hameed, Vice-Chancellor of Women University Bagh, retired on June 2, after which Dr. Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, the founding director of Haveli Campus,

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Azad Kashmir govt announces summer vacations for schools

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir Education Department on Wednesday announced the two-month summer vacations for all government and private schools in the summer districts of the state. According to the notification, the vacations will commence on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, a day after the Eid-ul-Adha holidays end on June 9. The summer holidays will then

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Dr. Rehana Kausar elected as President of University of AJK's Academic Staff Association

Dr. Rehana Kausar elected as President of University of AJK’s Academic Staff Association

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a recent development, Dr. Rehana Kausar has been elected as the  President of the University of  Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Academic Staff Association. The Vice Chancellor of the University of AJK, Prof. Dr. Nadeem Ahmed Bukhari, administered the oath of office to the newly elected office bearers of the University’s

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UAJK student defends PhD thesis in ‘Divine Economics’

MUZAFFARABAD (APP): In a significant academic achievement, Mr. Ali Abidi, a PhD scholar in Economics at the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK), has successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Role of Divine Capital in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.” The research introduces an alternative to conventional economic thought by grounding

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University of Poonch hosts panel discussion on Pakistan's response to Indian aggression

University of Poonch hosts panel discussion on Pakistan’s response to Indian aggression

RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): A high-level panel discussion on “Deterrence and Diplomacy: Responding to Indian Aggression in a Changing South Asia” was held at the University of Poonch Rawalakot. A high-level panel discussion was held today under the chairmanship of Dr. Uzma Munshi from the Department of International Relations, University of Poonch Rawalakot. A large number

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UAJK students record protest against ban on unions by disrupting academic staff elections

  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): An interesting situation developed at the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK), Muzaffarabad when the students took away ballot boxes meant for the academic staff elections, just to record their protest against the ban on student unions in educational institutions. A group of boys stirred concern among the university administration

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