Jammu & Kashmir

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has aggressively increased efforts to curb the smuggling of non-duty paid cigarettes to Pakistan especially during the Eid ul-Fitr holidays, sources revealed. According to sources, elements involved in illegal cigarette trade have devised a plan to smuggle nom duty paid cigarettes from Mirpur…

“It is our duty to support the people of Kashmir who are struggling for their right to self-determination. Our objective has to be to draw the attention of the world powers to the situation in Kashmir and to exert pressure on the government of India to resolve dispute over Kashmir…

The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF), a Washington-based advocacy body, displayed razor-sharp messages on mobile billboard trucks in Washington calling on the United Nations to fulfill its pledge towards the people of Jammu & Kashmir – right to self-determination. The electronic screens on the mobile digital trucks carried messages such…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured government’s full cooperation in efforts for the welfare of the Kashmiri people. He was talking to a delegation of PML-N Azad Kashmir led by Shah Ghulam Qadir in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday. The Prime Minister asked the delegation to play an active role in addressing…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan will continue its unwavering moral, diplomatic, and political support for the Kashmiri people until they get their right to self-determination, in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. During a meeting with the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Muzaffarabad today,…

Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today (Wednesday) to express the whole-hearted support of Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the UN resolutions.   It is a public holiday today. In connection with Kashmir Solidarity Day, a rally was taken…

All is set to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day throughout Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), besides rest of the world, where Pakistani and Kashmiri Diaspora communities live, to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 (Wednesday)- to reiterate full solidarity with the people of Jammu & Kashmir state coupled with…

Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq says India is perpetrating war crimes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He was addressing a rally organized by All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Kashmir Chapter in Islamabad on Sunday. Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq said Kashmiris are observing India’s Republic Day as…

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing India’s Republic Day, as Black Day today to protest persistent denial of their democratic right to self-determination by India.    Call for the protest has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and other pro-freedom…

Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi inaugurated the Regional Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib in Muzaffarabad today (Wednesday). Speaking on the occasion, he asked the heads of federal agencies in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to ensure speedy resolution of public complaints. He said the office of the Wafaqi Mohtasib is continuously reaching…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today laid the foundation stone of Daanish School in Bhimber area of Azad Kashmir to impart quality and free education to the underprivileged children. Addressing the ground breaking ceremony of the first Daanish School Science and Technology Center of Excellence in Bhimber on Wednesday, he expressed  commitment…

“Kashmir Bane Ga Pakistan Convention” was held at the historic Kohala Bridge, connecting Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. The Convention was organized by All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, which is the mover of the historic resolution of Accession to Pakistan Resolution. A large number of people including youth and women…

Kashmiris on both sides of Line of Control and the world over will observe Right to Self-Determination Day tomorrow with the pledge to continue their struggle till achievement of their internationally-acknowledged inalienable right. Call for observance of the day has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.   It was…

Mushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of an unlawfully incarcerated senior Hurriyat Leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, stated that the supremacist Indian occupation authorities had been committing war crimes and violating international human rights with impunity in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since October 27, 1947 to perpetuate its illegitimate occupation…

At the United Nations, Pakistan has rejected India’s false narrative aimed at diverting attention from its own internal challenges and violations of international law. In response to remarks made by the Indian delegation during the UN Security Council Open debate on “Peace for Leadership, counselor at the Permanent Mission of…

Senior Kashmiri leader and wife of Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik, Mushaal Hussein Mullick  called the impending elections in the region, a “drama” and a “Shame.” In an interview with PTV News, she stated that these elections represent a facade of normalcy that is both misleading and…

The third martyrdom anniversary of veteran Hurriyat leader and the icon of Kashmir resistance movement Syed Ali Gilani is being observed today. Syed Ali Gilani passed away on September 1, 2021, while under house arrest at his Hyderpora residence. The APHC has appealed to the Kashmiri Diaspora to hold peaceful…

Twenty-three people were killed while several others injured when a coaster coming from Hawaili Kahuta to Rawalpindi fell into a ditch near Azad Pattan in district Plandri today. President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the Azad Pattan bus accident near…

In Azad Kashmir, preparations and events in connection with the 78th Independence Day celebrations are continuing like other parts of country. The stalls selling the badges, national flags and other products related to the Independence have been set up across the Azad Kashmir. Streets, roads and houses are being decorated…

In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiris also observed Youm-e-Istehsal as Black Day. Authorities had intensified restrictions across occupied Jammu and Kashmir to prevent protests and rallies against India’s illegal actions of the revocation of Article 370, with increased military presence and checkpoints in the territory. The authorities put…

Youm-e-Istehsal was observed in country today to register protest against Indian government’s illegal action of August 5, 2019. The Hindutva-influenced BJP-led Indian regime had illegally and unilaterally abrogated Article 370 and 35-A of the Indian constitution, revoking the Special Status of Kashmir, five years ago. One-minute silence was observed at…