The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has extended a ban on Pakistan-listed prohibited political parties from participating in its electoral process through a new presidential ordinance. Read More: AJK Elections 2021: List of final candidates issued Issued in Muzaffarabad, the amendment to the election law ensures that any political party banned in Pakistan, along […]
AJK elections
Muslim Conference vows full-scale contest in AJK polls
MUZAFFARABAD: The Muslim Conference (MC), once a dominant political force in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), on Monday announced that it would field candidates in all 45 constituencies in the upcoming general elections. The announcement came during the party’s ‘Kashmir Banega Pakistan’ convention in Muzaffarabad. Read More: Kashmiris to mark accession to Pakistan Day today […]
Khawaja Farooq Ahmed likely to be designated new AJK PM
Former AJK minister and PTI’s central joint secretary, Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, is likely to be appointed as new Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting in Islamabad and discussed matters related to forming government in AJK after PTI grabbed 26 seats in the recently held elections where his name […]
Show-cause notice issued to PM Imran Khan for not holding intra-PTI election
ISLAMABAD: A show-cause notice has been issued to the Prime Minister Imran Khan for not holding an intra-party election in Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) as its chairman by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A 14-day period has been given by the organization to Imran Khan to provide answers as to why there has […]
PM Khan summons top officials to chalk out post AJK election policy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Wednesday called on the top officials and representatives of the government to discuss the policy related to the victory in elections in Azad and Jammu Kashmir. The session is to start at 3 pm today where government response is to be discussed in response to the opposition’s narrative. […]
Bilawal Bhutto and Imran Khan to address rallies in AJK on last day of campaigning
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address public gatherings in the region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to make their last calls to the nation prior to the July 25 polls. PM Imran Khan will address the rallies in Tarar Khal and Kotli during his one-day visit to the […]
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto never compromised on Kashmir despite all odds, says Yousaf Gilani
DHIRKOT: In a public gathering in Dhirkot, Yousaf Raza Gilani addressed the masses and stated that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) never compromised on Kashmir despite all odds. He stated that Indira Gandhi wanted him to sign on dotted lines but he refused. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader was addressing the public on behalf of the […]
Maryam Nawaz pulls impassioned crowd in Kotli
KOTLI: The residents of Kotli welcomed PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz and her delegation on Tuesday with open arms. Maryam Nawaz has been in Azad Kashmir for many days running her party’s campaign for the July 25 elections for the Legislative Assembly. A day earlier, the PML-N leader addressed a huge crowd in the Leepa Valley and was due […]
AJK CEC asks Imran Khan to stop ministers from breaching poll code
In the wake of release of a video of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Ameen Khan Gandapur distributing money among people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir during electioneering, AJK Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Rashid Sulehria has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, asking him to instruct his ministers as well as provincial ministers not to violate the election code […]
AJK polls – some facts
Polls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are supposed to take place on July 25 for the election of new members of the region’s Legislative Assembly. It is to be noted that AJK has its own system that is separate from the government of Pakistan. Like Pakistan, the region has a parliamentary form of government with […]