Jammu & Kashmir

The AJK Cabinet has decided to abolish the Friday public holiday in view of budget preparations. The cabinet meeting, presided over by Faisal Mumtaz Rathore in Muzaffarabad, decided that the Saturday holiday in educational institutions will continue. The cabinet, in its meeting, also approved key administrative and legislative decisions.

When the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) opened its thirtieth session in Geneva on March 9, 2026 (will continue until March 19, 2026), it did so under a powerful and urgent slogan: “Victims First. Immediate Action.” The theme could not have been more timely. Across many regions of the world,…

When the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on February 23, 2026, the tone set by global leaders was unusually stark. Their warnings were not rhetorical flourishes. They were an alarm about a world in which the very foundations of human rights—carefully constructed after the devastation…

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission has approved the schedule for by-elections on thirteen vacant local body seats. The Approval was granted by Chief Election Commissioner Azad Jammu and Kashmir retired Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal at a meeting in Muzaffarabad today. The Chief Election Commissioner issued instructions to send…

Every year, February 9 and February 11 are observed in Kashmir and across the Kashmiri diaspora as days of mourning. They mark the executions of two men whose lives and deaths have come to symbolize a much larger tragedy—Muhammad Afzal Guru, hanged on February 9, 2013, and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat,…

Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today to express support for people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in their just struggle for right to self-determination. The day draws attention of the international community to the Indian atrocities in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.      To mark the Day,…

Crimes against humanity represent one of the most serious affronts to human dignity and collective conscience. They embody patterns of widespread or systematic violence directed against civilian populations — including murder, enforced disappearances, torture, persecution, sexual violence, deportation, and other inhumane acts that shock the moral order of humanity. The…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing India’s Republic Day as Black Day today. According to Kashmir Media Service, anti-India protest demonstrations and rallies have been organized in capitals around the world, besides Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. The day will convey that Kashmiris…

The Pakistan Army, in a rescue and relief operation, has successfully evacuated a female patient from Leepa Valley in Azad Kashmir to the Military Hospital in Rawalpindi. The operation was carried out via helicopter after heavy snowfall completely cut off ground communication in the valley. The mission demonstrated a high…

“You cannot overcome the religious extremism if you keep supplying them proof that, for redressing injustice, peaceful secular processes are but a pretense or a trap. What principles and instruments do Kashmiris invoke for the redress of the wrongs inflicted on them? Not any conceived and inspired solely by their…

Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan and SAFRON, Engr Amir Muqam on Wednesday said that the 6th November marks one of the darkest and most tragic chapter in the history of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In his message on the occasion of Jammu Martyrs’ Day (6th…

As Kashmiris around the world will observe Jammu Martyrs’ Day on November 6 (tomorrow), the region will honor those who sacrificed their lives for justice with protests, tributes and calls for accountability underscoring the ongoing struggle for peace and political resolution.       According to Kashmir Media Service, November 6 marks…

An impressive and well-attended seminar entitled, “The tragedy of October 27 when Kashmir was occupied” was organized by ‘World Kashmir Awareness Forum’ in Springfield, Virginia to highlight the Kashmir issue, commemorating October 27 — the day in 1947 when Indian troops entered the region. Speakers from various backgrounds, including academics,…

A walk was taken out from the foreign office in Islamabad today in connection with Black Day to express solidarity with the oppressed people of Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. People belonging to different walks of life including officers of various ministries including Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the…

Chairman Kashmir Committee Rana Qasim Noon has urged human rights organizations to take notice of the Indian atrocities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a seminar in Islamabad today, he said there are similarities between Kashmir and Gaza issues. He said India, likewise Israel, wants to turn Muslim…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing Black Day today to draw the world attention to the impending catastrophe caused by India’s continued illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. It was on October 27, 1947, when Indian troops invaded Jammu and Kashmir and…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe Black Day on Monday to draw the world’s attention to the impending catastrophe caused by India’s continued illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. To mark the day as Black Day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has…

The 78th Founding Day of the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be celebrated on Friday. It will be a public holiday throughout the state. The day will dawn with 21 gun salutes at the state capital Muzaffarabad. The Founding Day is celebrated in commemoration of freedom from the…

All Parties Hurriyat Conference has paid glowing tributes to Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz on his 17th martyrdom anniversary on Monday.  APHC Vice Chairman Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar, in a statement, described him as an icon and great hero of the Kashmiri people who laid down his life for the sacred…

In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian government has banned twenty-five books branding them a threat to “India’s integrity. According to Kashmir Media Service, the banned titles include works by prominent Kashmiri, Indian, and international authors. The books document lived experiences, resistance movements, and the political aspirations of the…

Youm-e-Istehsaal will be observed tomorrow to express support for the Kashmiri people’s right to freedom and protest India’s illegal and unilateral action of August 5, 2019. It was on this day in 2019 that India unilaterally and illegally stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status, the action which has…