In light of the judgment, two posts of judges in AJK High Court stand vacant and are to be filled within the stipulated time.

MIRPUR: In a historical judgment on Wednesday, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of two judges appointed by former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf requesting their reinstatement.

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Muzaffarabad, May 13: Young Kashmiri migrants staged a rally here on Sunday to pay tributes to Kashmiri mothers.

Coinciding with the World Mothers’ Day, the rally also drew attention of the United Nations towards its seemingly forgotten responsibilities to resolve the longstanding Kashmir issue and thus bring the sufferings of Kashmiris to an end.

Lahore: Acting Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Yasin has said that 8,000 megawatt electricity will be produced in Azad Kashmir in four years and provide to Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (INP): In pursuance of the recommendations of Bhurban declaration 2012, all the High Courts as well as Supreme Court of AJK have constituted Green Benches to hear the cases pertaining to environmental issues.

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ISLAMABAD – The 1932-established political party, All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, has planned to have its annual convention on May 26, 2012, at Kotli/AJK to inaugurate new party structure with a number of party constitution amendments suiting to the changed times.

LAHORE: ACTING Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Yaseen has said that promoting trade between Pakistan and India will not damage the Kashmir cause and will make some way to resolve Kashmir dispute.

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi, comprising Justice Mr. P. Sathasivam and Justice Mr. J. Chelameswar on April 27, 2012, expressed unhappiness at the delay by the Union of India to file a reply to the petition filed on behalf of four war prisoners from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), believed to be held in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since 1965.

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ISLAMABAD – Ex-President of AJK Major-Gen (Rtd) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan has hailed the Kashmir stance of UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon meaning that the settlement of the Kashmir dispute needs to be effected on the basis of the Kashmiris will.

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ISLAMABAD – Ex-Premier AJK and Muslim Conference chief Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan welcoming the Kashmir remarks in New Delhi by the UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon appealed to him to help resolve oldest dispute over Jammu and Kashmir by using the supreme power of peace.

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Srinagar, April 22: Stirring a major controversy, an exercise book taught in Army schools depicts the map of Jammu and Kashmir exactly the way Pakistan claims it to be, showing Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) as ‘Azad Kashmir’.

ISLAMABAD (INP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the government of Pakistan People Party undertook unprecedented massive development work in Azad Jammu & Kashmir during last four years, which speaks of the democratic government’s commitment to the welfare and development of people.

Rawalpindi, March 09 (PR): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir asked the national leadership for playing proactive and due role to stop sectarian violence in Gilgit Baltastan.

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Indian media personnel will visit AJK, Swat and the country’s tribal areas.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to allow a group of Indian journalists to travel to its part of Kashmir and the tribal areas in a rare development that indicates gradual normalisation of ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

* Environmental experts say heavy military presence speeding up melting of glacier

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India's military standoff in the frozen high mountains of Kashmir is not only costing soldiers' lives, it is also wreaking havoc on the environment, experts say.

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Islamabad—Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, ex-Premier of AJK and President Muslim Conference has declared a 3-day national shock and prayers over the Siachen avalanche disaster, directing his party cadre across AJK/Pakistan cities to flutter half-mast party flags as a token of grief over the loss and sympathy with the families of the victims.

GILGIT, Apr 08 (INP): A total of 120 foreigners, mostly comprising Japanese tourists who were trapped in Gilgit following a wave of sectarian clashes, have been evacuated on Sunday.

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Srinagar, Apr 9: As many as 52 youth from various districts of Jammu and Kashmir, who had crossed the line of control for arms training in early nineties, have returned to their home since the announcement of rehabilitation policy by Omar Abdullah-led coalition government.

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Muzaffarabad, Apr 6: Kashmiri migrants and activists of several religious organisations staged a rally on Friday to condemn the announcement of $10 million bounty by the United States on the head of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

GILGIT, April 4 (Agencies): The authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders to the law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order situation after 17 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in sectarian violence in Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday.

Mirpur: Commenting over the conviction of US-based Kashmiri leader Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai by a US court, former chief justice of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court Justice (retd) Abdul Majeed Malik on Saturday asserted that the sentence was consequent of inherent biases in the implementation of US legal maxims.

Jammu, Mar 27: The government Tuesday disclosed that 1034 applications have been received from Kashmiris in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) for their return under rehabilitation policy.

JEDDAH: Ghulam Nabi Bhatt, a resident of Jeddah for over 30 years, has been appointed as a coordinator for Azad Kashmir.

MUZAFFARABAD (AJK): A court on Tuesday jailed a 42-year-old Muslim man for life for burning a Quran, officials said.

Naseem Ahmed, a father of three, was arrested last June on charges of desecrating the holy Quran in Lasda village in Azad Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (INP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Azad Kashmir General Secretary and ex-Speaker of the Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Shah Ghulam Qadir has said that the incumbent government did immeasurable damage to the Kashmir cause by giving India the title of ‘Most Favoured Nation’ in the region on the pretext of expanding business between the neighbouring countries.

ISLAMABAD - Mr Muhammad Saeed, father of Mr Tariq bin Saeed, Dy Inspector General of Prisons Azad J&K, who had passed away last evening was laid to rest in Lahore on Thursday afternoon (Feb 23, 2012, ).