Overcrowded prisons in Kashmir turn into COVID-19 epicentres: 35 fresh cases reported in Srinagar jail on August 11, 2020The overcrowded prisons in Kashmir are turning out to be COVID epicentres with 35 fresh cases reported at the Srinagar Central jail. Last year in August, when the Central government revoked the semi autonomous status of Kashmir after abrogating the Article 370, the number of inmates in the prison witnessed a sudden increase. The authorities […]
International Webinar was held to highlight Kashmir issue worldwide on August 6, 2020Institute of Multi Track Dialogue, Development and Diplomatic Studies (IDDDs) in collabration with Riphah Institute of Public Policy Studies orgnized a round table/ Webinar on the occasion of 5th August (Kashmir Black day) here on Wednesday. Participants in the webinar stated that Kashmir issue has become the flash point after the abrogation of article 370 […]
Kashmiri leaders announces to observe Referendum week amid 1 year of JK forcible revocation on July 26, 2020Muzaffarabad: Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir and International Forum for Justice and Human Rights (IFJHR) announced to conduct protest procession in front of UN mission office against India’s forcible revocation of Jammu and Kashmir special status on 5th August 2019. While addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, Vice Chairman IFJHR […]
Kashmiris observe Accession to Pakistan Day on July 19, 2020Muzaffarabad: “Pakistan Accession day” was commemorated on both sides of Line of Control here on Sunday. Large number of People including youth and elders gathered at Bank road Muzaffarabad and signed the national flags with their blood and staged a rally. Enthusiastic slogans against India and in favor of the independence of Kashmir were voiced […]
SC AJK declares appointment of 5 High Court judges void ab initio on July 17, 2020Muzaffarabad: Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) declared the appointment of 5 High Court Judges as “void ab initio” hence of no legal effect here on Friday. According to details, the judgement by the Supreme Court was announced following appeals filed by the Appellants/who were Petitioners in the High Court against the decision […]
Rally in AJK on killing of youth in IOK on June 23, 2020MUZAFFARABAD: A rally was staged here on Monday under the aegis of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir and International Forum for Justice and Human Rights against the killings of Kashmiri youth in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). People were holding banners and placards stated Anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. They were observed chanting slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
PM AJK pays tribute to Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari on his second death anniversary on June 15, 2020MUZAFFARABAD: The Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Monday paid rich tributes to veteran legendary senior Kashmiri journalist Syed Shujaat Bukhari Shaheed on his second death anniversary. In a statement issued here, he said Dr. Bukhari was a strong voice of Kashmiris. Indian forces through his assassination deprived the […]
Pakistan Peoples Party AJK demands to shift lapse budget for Corona relief activities on June 14, 2020MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Azad Jammu and Kashmir (PPP AJK) has said that government should shift the lapsed budget for corona relief activities. PPP AJK President Chaudhary Latif Akbar urged the incumbent government of AJK to improve the performance of Kashmir Liberation Cell. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that the first […]
Tourism in AJK suffers due to Covid pandemic on June 14, 2020MUZAFFARABAD: Tourism in Azad Jammu and Kashmir suffered immense loss amid COVID-19 this summer. Many tourists operators besides public transport companies are unable to fulfil their expenses. One of the tourists operator MD Mughal said, “As being resident of Neelum Valley, we wait for summers every year and these are few months of our earning […]
Atrocities in IOK are blemishes on Indian democracy: Pasban-e-Hurriyat on June 14, 2020Muzaffarabad: Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Uzair Ahmed Ghazali has said that the role of base camp government including religious and other political parties is inevitable for Kashmir freedom of movement. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said people in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) are suffering forced lockdown for the last 314 days […]