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After months of protests and a crackdown, Pakistan-administered Kashmir heads into elections clouded by uncertainty.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: Maryam Nawaz hits out at PPP as PML-N launches AJK election campaign
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday launched its election campaign for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) polls, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz aiming at the Pakistan Peoples ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: Is Pakistan turning its side of Kashmir into another Balochistan?
Pakistan-administered Kashmir was never really free, and Islamabad's actions have proven it. In early June, Pakistan banned what is likely the largest civic movement in the region as as a terrorist ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: Will ask PM to make me AJK premier: Nawaz
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday pledged to revive development projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), saying that if his party won ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: Deadly protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir: What’s going on?
At least 11 people were killed on Sunday during clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s Rawalakot city, capital of Poonch district, before a major demonstration ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: AJK warns of social media campaign against state institutions
He said the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) was attempting to affect affairs in AJK and had made it a regular practice to promote a narrative against state institutions.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: AJK observes Accession to Pakistan Day
PHJK organises ceremony in Muzaffarabad • AJK PM’s spokesman says Kashmiris would choose Pakistan if given the opportunity . MUZAFFARABAD: Accession to Pakistan Resolution ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: POK protest leader calls region occupied, rejects Pak's 'Azad Kashmir' narrative
The protests, now in their second month, have expanded beyond shortages of food and medicines to broader demands on governance, inflation and political rights. Protest leaders have accused Pakistan of ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: 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 » Social: Protest in Pakistan’s Kashmir stalls after nine killed in clashes
At least 28 people have been killed since protests began in June, as the region braces for a major protest march.
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: AJK govt vows to uphold law, restore normalcy
This was stated by AJK Special Secretary Home Chaudhry Guftar Hussain while addressing a joint news conference with AJK Police Spokesperson Irfan Masood Kashfi in Muzaffarabad today. The Home ...
News Pakistan » Azad Kashmir » Social: State institutions have evidence of Indian funding behind JAAC’s agenda in AJK: official
The JAAC was never registered in the region. Now it is encouraging civil disobedience and inciting people to revolt,” the AJK information department secretary said.