Jammu & Kashmir

The election for the leader of the house in Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will be held in Muzaffarabad today. The nomination papers can be submitted at the Assembly Secretariat at 9:30 a.m. The final list will be displayed at 1:00 pm. The polling will start at 2:00 p.m.

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world observed India’s Independence Day as a Black Day to protest India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the call to observe Black Day was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. Kashmiris…

Hurriyat parties and leaders have urged the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to observe India’s Independence Day as a Black Day on Saturday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the parties and leaders, in separate statements issued in Srinagar, urged the people of Kashmir to observe India’s Independence…

According to latest Kaspersky survey titled “Cybersecurity in the workplace: Employee knowledge and behavior” which was arranged among employees from the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region including Pakistan18.5% of employees surveyed in the Pakistan confirmed that they made IT-related mistakes due to lack of cybersecurity knowledge – a…

Polling for the third phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections will be held in four constituencies of Bagh and Haveli districts tomorrow [Monday]. According to AJK Chief Election Commissioner, Retired Justice Mustafa Mughal, polling in the remaining seven constituencies has been postponed due to the law and…

Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir is being observed today to express support for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination and to condemn 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…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe Youm-e-Istehsal tomorrow to mark the seventh anniversary of India’s unilateral abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A and reaffirm their demand for the UN-mandated right to self-determination. The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has renewed its call…

Azad Kashmir Government has rejected a recent report published by the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding recent situation in Kashmir as being contrary to the facts. Addressing a news conference today [Monday], Secretary Information Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muhammad Rashid Hanif termed the report angled, biased, and contrary to the facts.…

Counting of votes is underway after completion of the polling process for the second phase of AJK Legislative Assembly elections in Muzaffarabad Division and on refugee seats. According to AJK Election Commission, polling was held peacefully in eight out of all nine electoral constituencies of Muzaffarabad Division, except LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I,…

In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the horrific memories of the 1990 Pattan massacre continue to haunt survivors and the families of victims even after the passage of thirty-six years, while justice remains elusive. According to Kashmir Media Service, at least twelve innocent Kashmiris were martyred and eighty-two others…

Polling for the second phase of AJK Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Muzaffarabad Division tomorrow. Along with the general constituencies of Muzaffarabad Division, polling will also be held for twelve refugee seats. Refugees from Jammu & Kashmir have called for the retention of twelve reserved refugee seats stating…

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has completed all necessary preparations to ensure the free, fair, and transparent conduct of the first phase of elections scheduled across Mirpur Division tomorrow. This was stated by Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir Khushal Khan and Secretary AJK Election Commission Raja Muhammad Shakeel, while addressing…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world observed Accession to Pakistan Day on Sunday, renewing their pledge to continue the struggle for liberation from Indian occupation and for the realization of the July 19, 1947 Resolution on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan. The…

In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, India and its proxy administration continue to use physical, mental, and psychological torture as a tool to sustain New Delhi’s illegal occupation and suppress Kashmiris’ UN-recognized right to self-determination. A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on the International…

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…