Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi, October 15: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated five major development initiatives worth around Rs 33.5 billion in Ladakh, focusing on air travel, strategic road connectivity, electricity, water conservation and the protection of ancient heritage. Ladakh, like Gilgit-Baltistan, formed part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir before […]
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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution calling for the “immediate and urgent” restoration of the region’s full statehood, after opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members protested and walked out of the House. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah moved the resolution last Friday, but the vote was delayed after several lawmakers sought to […]
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Kashmir Protests: AJK Police Cases Raise Fresh Rights Concerns MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have arrested 122 people and registered 69 police cases over violence linked to protests led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee, or JKAAC. Inspector General of Police Liaquat Ali Malik said on Monday that those arrested were […]
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One Year On, Ladakh Renews Its Autonomy Demand Leh fell unusually quiet on Thursday as shops closed and streets emptied across Ladakh to mark one year since four people were killed during protests demanding greater regional autonomy. The shutdown followed a call from the Ladakh Buddhist Association, which said the day was meant to honour […]
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Gilgit-Baltistan’s Future Linked to Final Kashmir Settlement ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar has said that the future constitutional and administrative arrangement of Gilgit-Baltistan will be discussed through broad based consultations involving all relevant stakeholders. Chairing a meeting of the Gilgit-Baltistan Issues Working Group at the Ministry of Law […]
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Kashmiri Activists Raise Concerns Over Demographic Change The Tehreek Shabab-ul-Muslimeen Jammu and Kashmir has called for stronger protection of Kashmiris’ land, identity, culture and political rights, saying these issues are central to the future of the region. In a press release issued in Islamabad on Monday, the group urged the international community to take steps […]
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Gilgit’s Fragile Lifelines Wash Away in Flash Floods The mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, long celebrated for their majesty, are increasingly becoming a landscape of vulnerability. Last Saturday, violent cloudbursts sent flash floods tearing through Ghizer and Hunza, blocking the Karakoram Highway, smashing homes, and drowning orchards that families had tended for generations. In Naubahar village, the […]
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s newly formed government has distributed ministerial portfolios among its eight-member cabinet, marking a shift from political formation to day‑to‑day governance. The move comes after the ministers took their oaths on Friday under the Pakistan Muslim League‑Nawaz (PML‑N) administration led by Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani, according to The Express Tribune. According to […]
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Historic Low Turnout, Seven Seats Vacant: AJK’s New Cabinet Takes Oath Muzaffarabad: An eight-member cabinet of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s new government was sworn in on Friday, completing the first phase of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) administration in the region. AJK Acting President Chaudhry Tariq Farooq administered the oath at a ceremony in Muzaffarabad, […]
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MUZAFFARABAD: Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani was sworn in as the new prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday, but his victory was overshadowed by an unusual and serious revolt within his own Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The strongest sign of disagreement came from PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir, one of […]
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