POK – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
LONDON — As political unrest continues to grip Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a prominent exile political party is issuing an urgent appeal: keep talking, or risk violence. The United Kashmir People’s National Party, speaking through its central spokesman Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, has thrown its weight behind continued negotiations between local authorities and the Joint […]
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The political battle over the future shape of Jammu and Kashmir has sharpened, with the National Conference (NC) forcefully rejecting any proposal to grant separate statehood to Jammu and renewing its demand that Ladakh be reunified with Jammu and Kashmir. Senior NC leaders, including Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and cabinet minister Javed Rana, warned that […]
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London: The UK government reaffirmed its long-standing policy on Kashmir as an issue for India and Pakistan to resolve based on the wishes of Kashmiris during a Westminster Hall debate in the Houses of Parliament this week. Hamish Falconer, minister in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), presented the official stance during the debate […]
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Islamabad: A delegation of Kashmiri leaders, mostly based in the US, met Federal Minister and Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon, along with Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, Sardar Fateh Ullah Khan, to discuss developments related to the Kashmir dispute.According to the Kashmir Media Service, the delegation included […]
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MIRPUR (AJK) — Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has reaffirmed his government’s determination to deepen collaboration with overseas Kashmiris, calling them an indispensable force in the global advocacy of the Kashmir cause as well as in the region’s development and social welfare efforts, according to APP. Speaking with a delegation of […]
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MUZAFFABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) swore in a 20 member cabinet on Wednesday;18 ministers and two advisers; formalizing an agreement with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) that capped the cabinet’s size and signaled an effort to stabilize governance after months of political turmoil. The move comes as AJK installs its fourth prime minister […]
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The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday unseated Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq through a decisive no-confidence vote and elevated Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominee Faisal Mumtaz Rathore as the region’s new premier, its fourth in as many years, according to “Kashmir Media News”. The dramatic session, chaired by Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar, […]
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MUZAFFARABAD: The political landscape of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has been thrown into fresh turmoil as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) moved a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq, a development that could make him the fourth AJK prime minister to fall in just four years. The motion, backed by signatures […]
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Zardari: Freedom of Northern Areas Highlights Unfinished Struggle in Indian-Held Kashmir GILGIT — President Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday that the freedom and progress enjoyed by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan stand as a reminder of the unfinished struggle of their “brothers and sisters” in Indian-held Kashmir, according to “The Express Tribune”. Addressing the 78th […]
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ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has distanced itself from the opposition alliance’s no-confidence motion against the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister and the subsequent process to elect a new premier, calling the effort a “political game” designed to weaken public representation, according to “The Express Tribune”. At a high-level meeting held at […]
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