Category: POK – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

MUZAFFARABAD: The outcome of two closely contested constituencies in Pak-administered Kashmir remained uncertain on Tuesday after the Election Commission ordered re-polling at 23 polling stations in Bagh, adding another twist to an election already overshadowed by a boycott call, political tension and questions over voter participation. Re-polling will take place on August 15 at nine […]

RAWALAKOT, Pakistan-administered Kashmir: In a spare bedroom turned makeshift clinic, a bloodstained sheet tells a quiet, terrible story. Shafqat Hussain lies on a bed beneath a red tarpaulin, shot in the chest during protests that have turned this city into a place of fear, anger, and grief. “We only asked for affordable flour, electricity and […]

Unrest Deepens in Pakistani-Administered Kashmir as Rights Movement Enters Second Month The rights movement in Pakistani-administered Kashmir has entered its second month, with demonstrations continuing despite security crackdowns, communication restrictions and growing political tensions. Protesters remain determined to press for what they describe as fundamental political, economic and civil rights, while authorities say they are […]