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Pakistan spends a lot of effort condemning India’s governance in Kashmir. Few are interested in addressing the plight of the Kashmiris under Pakistan’s control. A Pakistani Kashmiri addresses a rally ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Mass protests roil Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir and the Islamabad-based political and military establishment
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)—the Pakistan-held portion of disputed Kashmir—has been convulsed by mass protests since early June, including sit-ins, demonstrations, and “wheel-jam” and “shutter-down” ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: What's driving the rising unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir?
For decades, global attention on Kashmir has focused overwhelmingly on the Indian-administered side of the Line of Control (LoC), the heavily militarised de facto border that divides the disputed ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Azad? Only in Name: The Harsh Reality of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
When it comes to the map of Jammu and Kashmir, a vital truth often gets blurred under diplomatic caution and international distractions: Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are not independent lands, ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Pakistan’s Kashmir Crackdown
The Madina Market of Muzaffarabad, a major regional commercial hub, has finally reopened to economic activity following weeks of turmoil. Muzaffarabad – the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Unrest erupts in Azad Kashmir amid protests, legal battles, and demands for reform
The politically volatile region of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) has once again plunged into a crisis of civil unrest. In late September, a local protest over government plans to drop ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: India’s Growing Threats To Azad Kashmir And GB: Implications For Pakistan – OpEd
Under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India has adopted an increasingly aggressive and assertive stance on the Kashmir issue, extending its ambitions to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) as ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Pakistan’s Kashmir votes: Why the election hinges on 12 disputed seats
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan-administered Kashmir, formally known as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), has spent the summer under an unofficial state of emergency. Since early June, nearly 40 people ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Pakistan dispatch: deadly clashes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir escalate political crisis
Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are witnessing one of their most serious episodes of political unrest in recent years, as protests led by Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Pakistan: Protests continue in Azad Kashmir despite repression and internet blackout
Harshly repressed protests that have shaken Pakistan-administered Kashmir since early June have continued through local legislative elections held in July and August. With internet access cut off and ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Commerce: Pakistan-administered Kashmir elections and protests – all you need to know
Pakistan-administered Kashmir is facing its worst political crisis in years after weeks of protests demanding electoral reforms turned deadly. The protests forced staggered regional elections, with ...