POK – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
The corridors of Islamabad’s Institute of Home Economics echoed with impassioned voices on Tuesday as students from across the capital gathered to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day, transforming academic fervor into political activism, according to APP. More than ten colleges participated in the “Muqadama-e-Kashmir” theatrical competition, organized by the Kashmir Youth Forum in collaboration with the […]
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MUZAFFARABAD- In the quiet shadows of the Himalayan valleys, where the spirit of Kashmir’s resilience echoes through the ages, a profound sorrow has descended upon Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, the beloved President of AJK, has left this world at the age of 71, after a courageous fight against a prolonged illness, […]
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Northern Areas of Kashmir in Crisis: Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance Without Citizenship Gilgit-Baltistan, part of the historic Northern Areas of Kashmir, stands today at the centre of a deep constitutional and political crisis. This mountainous region, long tied to the unresolved Kashmir dispute at the United Nations, is being governed through administrative orders rather than constitutional law, […]
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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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