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OCTOBER 24 holds a distinguished place in the history of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It commemorates the establishment of the Azad Government of the ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: Youm-e-Tasees of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
OCTOBER 24, 1947, holds a special place in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day, the people of the region established the Azad Jammu and ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: 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 » 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: 21 Years on, Kashmir Earthquake that killed nearly 90,000 still Haunts Pakistanis
MUZAFFARABAD — 21 years have passed, but October 8, 2005, remains a day Pakistan has not forgotten. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake tore through Kashmir and ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » History: Pakistan’s Not-So-Azad Kashmir
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 » History: Farooq Abdullah stirs row with ‘Pakistan keeping Kashmir issue alive’ remark
Speaking at party convention in Baramulla, National Conference president questioned New Delhi’s intentions; BJP has sought police action against him ...
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 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: On guard along Kashmir cease-fire line
War is only a trigger’s squeeze away along the seldom-remembered cease-fire line that divides the former Princely State of Kashmir. For nearly 10 years, two powerful armies — the most powerful in the ...