Tag: Azad Kashmir
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Mother of murdered Italian teenager arrested in Pakistan
After dodging arrest for three years, the mother of Saman Abbas has been taken into custody in Azad Kashmir, Italian news agency Ansa has said. The 18-year-old was an Italian-Pakistani teenager who went missing in the Reggio Emilia on April 30, 2021, and her body was found in November 2022. Her mother, Nazia Shaheen, left Italy after the…
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Hamad Azhar, Mian Aslam to lead PTI in Punjab: Omar Ayub
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub said on Thursday that PTI founding chairman Imran Khan has given responsibility to PTI leaders, including Hamad Azhar and Mian Aslam, to lead the party in Punjab. While talking to journalists on Thursday outside Adiala jail, Omar Ayub revealed that Hamad Azhar and Mian Aslam met the founder PTI…
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AJK protests come to end after demands met by government
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Joint Action Committee has announced the end of protests according to a notification circulating on social media. In its statement, the joint action committee has called on the government to form a judicial commission to investigate the fatalities that took place during the protests. On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved…
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AJK protests continue as PM Shehbaz approves Rs23 billion grant for Azad Kashmir
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday approved an urgent grant of Rs 23 Billion to resolve the issues of people in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK). The development came after violent protests erupted in the AJK on the Awami Action Committee’s (AAC) call against high electricity bills and taxes. PM Shehbaz presided over a meeting…
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AJK protests enter fourth day as deadlock between government and protestors continues
The Awami Action Committee (AAC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have staged massive protests and sit-ins against high electricity bills and taxation for the fourth day now. Protestors plan to reach the capital Muzaffarabad, after violent clashes took place between the AJK police and the protestors. The government of AJK called in Rangers and…
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10 dead as bus plummets into ditch in Azad Jammu And Kashmir
10 people have died and 13 were critically injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday, Express News has reported. The 35 passengers in the bus were going to Gujranwala from Nairiyan, a small village in the Sudhnoti district near Kotli, for urs…
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PTI govt in Azad Kashmir gone, as region gets PDM-backed PM
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-backed Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has been elected unopposed as the 15th Prime Minister (PM) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Haq won with a comfortable majority of 31 votes in the 52-strong Legislative Assembly in the wee hours of Thursday. Initially, the session was convened at 2pm on Wednesday, however, it got…
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When are assemblies going to dissolve? PTI to decide today
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has announced that the former ruling party will decide on the matter of dissolution of the assemblies today in the presence of senior leadership. Chaudhry explained in a tweet, stating that the party’s senior leadership will be meeting on Monday. “In this meeting, the…
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‘First trip to Azad Jammu and Kashmir’, US ambassador under fire by Indians for tweet
United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome, on his visit to Quaid-e-Azam Memorial Dak Bungalow, tweeted on Sunday, “The Bungalow symbolises the cultural and historical richness of Pakistan and was famously visited by Jinnah in 1944. I’m honoured to visit during my first trip to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).” Blome—who is currently in…
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Alert issued after Lahore and Islamabad terror attacks
The Interior Ministry of Pakistan has issued a notification on Saturday in which it directed the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to exercise “extreme vigilance”. The notification alert has asked LEAs of all provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to tighten security measures to prevent any unforeseen terror attacks. “… In view of recent terrorist attack in…