ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central leader and National Assembly member Faryal Talpur has said that PPP will form a government in Azad Jammu Kashmir with a historic victory. To achieve the victory, it is necessary that the activists of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto start the election campaign with enthusiasm, she said, adding that PPP Chairman […]
Azad Kashmir
Schedule of 11th general elections of Azad Kashmir released
The Chief Election Commissioner released the schedule for the 11th general elections of Azad Kashmir. A press conference was held with the chief election commissioner and members of the election commission present. Addressing the press conference, the chief election commissioner said that elections for 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir and 12 seats for refugees would […]
ECP finalizes voter list of Azad Kashmir
The Election Commission has finalized the voter lists of 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir. According to the Election Commission, the total number of voters in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir is 28. There are 2,817,090 voters in total. 1,297,743 female voters while 1,590,347 male voters are registered, the number of voters in four seats of […]
PPP finalises 31 candidates for upcoming AJK elections
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hosted a virtual meeting of the party’s parliamentary board for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general elections. He initially interviewed 45 candidates and approved 31 of them as candidates for the upcoming elections. Up to 14 more candidates are to be finalized. Almost 196 workers […]
‘PMLN changes laws to rig AJK polls, to sabotage process’
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur briefed the core committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf about amendments in the relevant laws, as the ruling party discussed the forthcoming general elections of Azad Jammu Kashmir. The committee, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan, was informed that the Pakistan Muslim League-N government had […]
Tackling child abuse
A report by the NGO Sahil has revealed that reported cases of child sexual abuse rose by 11 percent in 2018. Over ten cases of abuse were reported every day last year, with a total of 3,832 child abuse cases being reported across the country from all four provinces as well as Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad […]
Teenager murdered after gang rape in Azad Kashmir
MUZZAFARABAD: The body of a 16-year old girl, who disappeared three weeks ago, was recovered from a stormwater drain early on Saturday in district Poonch of Azad Kashmir. According to the initial postmortem report, the 16-year-old was gang raped before being murdered. Upon receiving the body of the girl, family members of the victim staged a […]
Azad Kashmir, Pakistan’s treasure chest of rubies
The people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are sitting on a treasure chest: millions of rubies, estimated to be worth up to half a billion dollars, are lying beneath them. But archaic tools and a lack of investment in infrastructure and techniques are hampering efforts to transform the area into a significant player in […]