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To contact us, Usman*, a resident of Rawalakot, a city in the Pakistan-administered part of the disputed Kashmir region, has to climb into the nearby mountains, where he can pick up a few bars of ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: Pakistan-administered Kashmir elections and protests – all you need to know
Protests over refugee seats turn deadly, forcing staggered elections under internet blackout and calls for a boycott.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: Protesters tell of violent crackdown inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir
After months of an internet and mobile blackout in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, people on the ground describe scenes of excessive, deadly force by government forces.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: PoK's 'Azadi' protests turn Pakistan's Kashmir narrative on its head
The duplicity of the Pakistani establishment's Kashmir policy of treating both sides of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir with different yardsticks has been badly exposed, both domestically and ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: Pakistan administered Kashmir faces internet shutdown amidst protests
From May 8–14, 2024, Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir witnessed significant unrest, with daily life profoundly impacted by the violent suppression of protests by Pakistani security forces. On May 12 ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: 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 » Events: Pakistan’s Kashmir Crackdown
A “sham” election sparked popular outrage in nominally autonomous Pakistan-administered Kashmir – and a corresponding security crackdown.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: 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 » Events: Rising Voices of Dissent in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
Amid daunting economic struggles and escalating tensions in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the streets of Muzaffarabad, the regional capital, have become the epicenter of unrest. Led by the Jammu ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Events: 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 » Events: Pakistan bans Al Jazeera over PoK reporting, accuses it of 'yellow journalism'
New Delhi: Pakistan blocked access to Al Jazeera Monday a day after the Qatari news media released a series of reports on anti-government protests and election-related unrest in Pakistan-occupied ...