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A Pakistani Kashmiri addresses a rally near the Parliament House to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sept. 5, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/B.K. Bangash U.K. High Commissioner ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: Kashmir needs justice, not the rhetoric of division
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Kashmiri activist Hassan Saleemi argues that legitimate grievances in Azad Kashmir must be addressed, but warns that breaking away from Pakistan would further divide ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: 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 » History: Pakistan-Kashmir bond rooted in shared history, culture: AJK president
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar on Friday highlighted the “centuries-old” bonds between Kashmir and Pakistan, saying the relationship was rooted in shared ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: Islamabad’s Mahmoud Abbas: Pakistan’s Politics of Pacification in West Kashmir
The article examines Pakistan’s handling of unrest in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, arguing that Islamabad is repressing a deep political crisis while presenting it as governance. Through ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: APHC urges world to exert pressure on India for settlement of Kashmir dispute
All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter has paid glowing tribute to the martyrs of September 1965, describing Pakistan Defence Day as a glorious chapter in the nation's ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: Opinion | What the Rawalakot bloodshed says about Pakistan and its 'Azad Kashmir' narrative
"India mein kaha jaata hai, 'Dar ke aage jeet hai'. Pakistan mein shayad kahani kuch aur hai: 'Ghar ke aage jeep hai'." (In India, it's said, 'There's victory beyond fear'. Pakistan's story is ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: Ruling PML-N poised to win Azad Kashmir polls amid clashes— analysts
PPP has so far secured 12 seats, for which it has accused PML-N of vote rigging LAHORE: Pakistan’s ruling party appeared poised to win a majority in Azad Kashmir’s local assembly, even as some of the ...