Islamabad—President of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Party Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan has said that time has come for the United States to push her role for a peaceful Kashmir solution during second terms of President Barack Obama.

Srinagar—In occupied Kashmir, terming their visit to Azad Kashmir a historic and emotional moment, the 10-member delegation of women activists from occupied Kashmir returned from Muzaffarabad after attending a 3-day cross-LoC conference from November 5 to 7.

MUZAFFARABAD Nov 6: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Tuesday invited senior Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to visit AJK and assured him that AJK government and people would never disappoint their struggling brethren in Indian-held Kashmir.

Islamabad: The peace process between India and Pakistan has taken a forward stride, as both governments have accorded approval to Azad Jammu & Kashmir Women for Peace Organisation (AJKWPO) in organising a three-day ‘Intra-Kashmir, Cross-LoC Women Dialogue’ at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir is scheduled to be held from November 5 to 7, says a press release.

MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30 (INP): Indian troops fired heavy weapons into Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday forcing the Pakistani army to respond.

According to local sources, Indian troops resorted to unprovoked and heavy shelling at Battal Sector in Poonch District of Azad Kashmir.

Srinagar: A woman in Pakistani-administered Kashmir has accused Pakistani intelligence services of kidnapping her husband.
Shahnaz Akhtar told the BBC that her husband Qazi Khushal, also a Kashmiri, was arrested near an army post two weeks ago.

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RAWALPINDI - The 80th anniversary of the founding of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference was celebrated here Wednesday with cutting of a large square-shaped cream-laid cake jointly at Mujahid Manzil, the residence of veteran Kashmiri leader/party Supreme Head Mujahid-e-Awwal Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan,

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Muzaffarabad, Oct 11: A Kashmiri migrant woman on Thursday urged President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief Justice of Pakistan and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence agency of Pakistan to ensure

POONCH, Sep 24: State government today suspended 40 business firms from conducting cross-LoC trade after they failed to do any business for more than past six months via Poonch in the Jammu region.

New Delhi: Indian Defence Ministry Monday cleared a proposal worth Rs 60 crore to procure two full-body truck scanners for the Military Intelligence, which is expected to deploy the equipment to scan cargo coming from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

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ISLAMABAD - Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, a central leader of Pakistan chapter of All Parties Hurriyet Conference while addressing an event on the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Session in Geneva Saturday reminded the world that the Jammu and Kashmir was an international issue of highest sensitive nature, says an email to Kashmir Watch here.

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ISLAMABAD - On the invitation of the president of the Muslim Conference, ex-premier Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, the next 2-day Defence of Pakistan Council’s (DPC) meetings will be held in Muzaffarabad on October 13 and 14 to considering the evolving Kashmir situation in the region besides deliberations on other items on their regular agenda.

KARACHI: Protests against the anti-Islam film continued across Pakistan on Sunday. Protests were held in Kohat, Quetta, Karachi, Lahore and Azad Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD: Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, former Premier and President of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference has urged upon President Barack Obama and other presidential contender Mitt Romney to include the resolution of the world's oldest dispute over Jammu and Kashmir as their international moral, political and diplomatic liability.

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ISLAMABAD: Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, ex-Premier and President of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference has urged upon President Barack Obama and other presidential contender Mitt Romney to include the resolution of the world’s oldest dispute over Jammu and Kashmir as their international moral, political and diplomatic liability.

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazalur- Rehman on Friday convened a meeting on September 11 to discuss the problems being confronted by the refugees of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK).

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP): President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan and Prime Minister Ch. Abdul Majeed called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf here at the PM House on Friday and discussed with him the current political situation in Azad Kashmir.

PESHAWAR, Aug 15: All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference on Wednesday opposed the grant of the most favoured nation status to India, saying it will be detrimental to the Kashmir cause.

AJKMC, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president and former AJK government adviser Ahsan Khan told reporters at Peshawar Press Club that a strong Pakistan was necessary for solution to the longstanding Kashmir

Islamabad—Engineer Water Kit project Agha Waqar has said that they have prepared water kit that can be used in any vehicle such as Tractor, motorcycle etc. and it will help alleviate poverty in the country.

Talking to a private news channel, he said any kind of vehicle can be run through this kit. It took us three years to complete the kit and they have

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MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 1: As the People’s Party has just completed one year of its rule in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, schism within its ranks has become an open secret with former prime minister Barrister Sultan Mahmood mounting his onslaught against the government amid allegations of corruption.

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, requested PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to announce a Rs20 billion bailout package for AJK to complete various development projects there.

The request was extended during a meeting with Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf at the PM House on Thursday.

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MIRPUR (AJK) - Former prime minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir and prominent leader of Pakistan People’s Party Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry lashed out at AJK government over corruption in various government departments.

Islamabad – The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Ch. Abdul Majeed has appealed the international community to prevent India from committing the worst human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir and put pressure over it to grant the Kashmiri people internationally recognized right to self-determination.

KOTLI, AJK (SANA): Norwegian Ambassador in Pakistan, Ms. Cecilie Landsverk has stressed upon Pakistan and India to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogues, adding that the Norwegian government will play its due role in prosperity and development of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

MUZFFARABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on July 19 while Pakistan People Party (PPP) AJK chapter has reviewed all the arrangements pertaining to the PM first visit to the AJK.