The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Friday formally banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), declaring it a proscribed organisation under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The AJK government’s Home Department also issued a notification and put JAAC in the First Schedule. “Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK-JAAC), also known by names […]
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AJK assembly special session expresses solidarity with Kashmiris
A special session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly (LA) was held here on Thursday on the eve of Kashmir Solidarity Day, presided over by Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar. Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif delivered a special address to the assembly, while Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]
AJK President Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry passes away at 71
Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has died aged 71, according to the PPP’s media office. The statement said that he passed away in Islamabad after a prolonged illness. It said that the funeral prayers would be offered today in his native village of Chichiyan, Mirpur at 3 pm. The statement said […]
PM relaunches health insurance scheme in Islamabad, AJK and GB
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday revived and extended the Prime Minister’s Health Card programme to Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan reaffirming the federal government’s commitment to provide quality healthcare as a fundamental right to every citizen, regardless of social or economic status. Addressing the launch ceremony, attended by […]
Reforms in Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan
The political process of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has nothing to do with institutionally democratic evolution but with managed democracy. The fate of these territories remains constitutionally unsettled because of the Kashmir dispute. Political interference has further marginalised local legitimacy rather than strengthening regional cohesion. Since 1990, many governments in Islamabad […]
Rallies across AJK mark Right to Self-Determination Day, call for UN action
Rallies, marches, and seminars were held across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday to mark Right to Self-Determination Day, with participants urging the United Nations to implement its January 5 resolutions on Kashmir as a prerequisite for lasting peace in South Asia. Read More: Kashmiris ‘Right to Self–Determination Day‘ tomorrow In Muzaffarabad, the Pasban-i-Hurriyat […]
Historic Ain Fort stabilised after decades of neglect
ISLAMABAD: Restoration work has begun on the more than 550-year-old Ain Fort in Rawalakot district, bringing renewed attention to a historic site that had long remained hidden under dense forest and decades of neglect. Read More: How Akbar came to love books despite never learning to read For the first time since the creation of […]
Quaid-e-Azam changed ideology into political reality: AJK PM
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has said that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a great leader who changed not only the history but also the geography of the subcontinent. “Quaid-e-Azam not only defended the identity of Muslims as a separate nation but also translated this ideology into a political reality”, […]
Nawaz urges NFC allocations for AJK, GB
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Friday asked his brother, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, to give funds to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in accordance with the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. Nawaz’s suggestion on including AJK and GB’s share in the NFC is significant, as smaller provinces have previously rejected this federal […]
Newly formed AJK cabinet assigned portfolios
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore on Friday allocated portfolios to his 18 ministers and two advisers, two days after the formation of his cabinet. According to an official notification, the senior-most minister, Mian Abdul Waheed, retained the department of law, justice, parliamentary affairs and human rights, which he had […]