Category: Jammu & Kashmir

Tension is rising across Azad Jammu and Kashmir as authorities move hard against the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKAAC) ahead of its planned shutter-down and wheel-jam strike on June 9. In the latest developments, one JKAAC member was killed, while police and security agencies detained dozens of people, including senior and second-tier leaders […]

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is witnessing growing political tension as authorities strengthen security measures ahead of upcoming legislative elections and a major protest planned by the Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee (JKAAC). More than 1,500 Islamabad police personnel have already been deployed across the region. Equipped with anti-riot gear and supported by counter-terrorism […]

There are places that stop you cold. Gilgit-Baltistan is one of them. Tucked beyond the contested valleys of Kashmir, this mountainous territory in Pakistan’s far north reads like a poet’s dream mirror still lakes, desert dunes pressed against snow-capped peaks, ancient Buddhist rock carvings, and waterfalls that thunder through gorges untouched by time, according to […]

AJK Goes to Polls on July 27 as JAAC Protests Cast a Shadow Azad Jammu and Kashmir will head to the ballot box on July 27, the region’s Election Commission announced Friday, a landmark date that arrives against a backdrop of street protests and political tension that could yet complicate the democratic process. Chief Election […]

As election campaigns intensify across Gilgit-Baltistan ahead of the June 7 polls, Pakistan’s major political parties have once again descended upon the mountainous region with promises of development, prosperity, and political empowerment. Yet for many residents, the campaign speeches sound strikingly familiar. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari […]

Deadlock Persists Between Awami Action Committee and Government; June 9 Strike and Long March Call Remains in Place Muzaffarabad, AJK: Negotiations between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the government’s High-Power Committee continued late into the night but ended without a breakthrough, deepening the political deadlock in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AJK). Following the inconclusive talks, […]

Refugees Without Representation – The Political Crisis Haunting Azad Kashmir By Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri A fresh and contentious debate has erupted inside the legislative assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir over a question that sounds, on the surface, like a simple matter of electoral procedure, reserved seats and political representation for Jammu and Kashmir’s […]

Muzaffarabad, AJK – In a quiet corner of Muzaffarabad, the echoes of Kashmir’s long and painful conflict grew louder once again. Hamza Burhan, a commander of the Al-Badr group and a figure long accused of orchestrating the 2019 Pulwama attack, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday, according to Greater Kashmir News. According to […]