Tag: AJK
Man shot dead in AJK as Indian ceasefire violations continue
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops committed yet another ceasefire violation on Tuesday by shooting dead a person in a border village of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK),...
AJK president condemns Qaiser Butt’s ‘murder’ by Indian troops in IHK
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has strongly condemned the killing of Qaiser Butt, who was deliberately run over and...
Eight die, seven injured in AJK road accident
MUZAFFARABAD: Eight people were killed and seven others injured on Sunday when a speedy passenger wagon skidded off the road and fell into a deep...
IHC reserves judgment in Kashmir Council case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment in a case regarding the abolishment of Kashmir Council and amendments in AJK Interim Act 1974.
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Natives, opposition leaders rile up against Gilgit-Baltistan Order, 2018
Order aims to turn office of Pakistani PM ‘supra-constitutional’ for the region
ISLAMABAD: While the country prepares for the next elections, the constitutional happenings...
AJK has gotten desired financial autonomy: Farooq Haider
MIRPUR: AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan Monday said the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) had got desired financial autonomy as the federal...
NSC meeting backs FATA reforms, autonomy for AJK and GB
--NSC meet backs structural reforms, devolution of power for the three federating units
--Concerned ministries directed to work out constitutional, legal and administrative modalities for the...
PN establishes first recruitment centre in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD: The inauguration ceremony of the establishment of Pakistan Navy (PN) Recruitment and Selection Centre at Muzaffarabad, AJK was held on Monday with Chief...
AJK president calls upon US to play role for resolution of...
MIRPUR, AJK: AJK President Sardar Masood Khan Thursday called upon the United States of America to immediately move for getting the much-delayed global Kashmir issue...
AJK PM accuses India of using chemical weapons against Kashmiris
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Wednesday accused the Indian forces in the occupied valley of...
AJK focusing on all-inclusive development, says Masood
ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu Kashmir President Masood Khan has said that the government will focus on development projects throughout the state with a holistic approach towards...
AJK PM to lead anti-India rally in London
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider reached London on Sunday evening to lead the scheduled April 18 mass anti-India protest...
AJK to open 3-day summer tourism festival on 27th
MIRPUR: Preparations are afoot for the three-day Summer Tourism Festival, which will be inaugurated by Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on...
CPEC to be extended to Afghanistan: report
BEIJING: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship project of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), would be extended to Afghanistan, Hindustan Times reported...
99,312 trucks crossed LoC in last nine years
ISLAMABAD: A total of 99,312 trucks, carrying goods worth Rs 28.860 billion crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on both sides of Kashmir in...
3445 child abuse cases reported in 2017
ISLAMABAD: The findings of “Cruel Numbers 2017” shows that in the year 2017, a total 3445 child abuse cases were reported in newspapers from all...
Woman set alight for chopping wood from tree dies in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD: A woman who was set on fire for chopping wood from trees on March 18 succumbed to her wounds on Tuesday in Azad...