Muzaffarabad (PID) According to the press release issued by the spokesperson of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission, a total of 13637 nomination papers had been submitted by the local councils participating in the municipal elections 2022 to the returning officers till 24 October 2022 at 4 pm in 10 districts. . Out of which the nomination papers of 428 were rejected and 1604 aspirants withdrew from the election process and 23 aspirants retired after which the final number of aspirants is 11582. The number of candidates in Bhambar district is 1347, the number of rejected papers is 52, the number of successful candidates is 101, the number of final hopefuls is 1194, the number of candidates is 735, the number of rejected papers is 07, the number of successful candidates is 164, the number of successful candidates is 564, the number of candidates is 1387 in Mirpur district, the number of successful candidates is 1194. 43, the number of successful candidates 81, the number of final candidates 1263, the number of candidates in Jhelum Valley district 699, the number of papers rejected 11, the number of successful candidates 119, the number of final candidates 569, the number of candidates in Kotli district 2570, the number of papers rejected 104, the number of successful candidates 299 Number of Final Candidates 2167, Number of Candidates 991 in Sidhanoti District, Number of Papers Rejected 11, Number of Withdrawn Candidates 77, Number of Final Candidates 903, Number of Candidates 1506 in District Bagh, Number of Papers Rejected 39, Number of Accepted Candidates 185, Number of Final Candidates 1282, District Haveli Kahota Number of candidates 460, number of papers rejected 15, number of successful candidates 84, number of final candidates 361, number of candidates in Poonch district 1800, number of papers rejected 81, number of successful candidates 170, etc. The number of final candidates is 1549, the number of candidates in Muzaffarabad district is 2142, the number of rejected papers is 65, the number of accepted candidates is 324, the number of final candidates is 1753.

Rawalpindi (Dharti News) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Commission and the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies of Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad organized a special seminar titled “Indian Aggression on Occupied Kashmir since October 27, 1947 and the Struggle of the Kashmiri People”, which Secretary Kashmir Arts and Languages ​​Ijaz Hussain Lone presided over. Former Senior Ambassador Ghalib Iqbal was the chief guest of the seminar, while former Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi and Professor Dr. Shaheen Akhtar discussed the sub-topics of the seminar. The hosting duties were performed by Professor Dr. Salma, Chairperson of Defense and Strategic Studies Department of Quaid-e-Azam University. Director Media Wing Kashmir Liberation Commission Sarwar Hussain Gilgiti, Director National Coordination Wing Raja Khan Afsar Khan, Deputy Director Sardar Sajid Mahmood, Najeeb Al-Ghafoor Khan, Inamul Hasan Kashmiri, Raja Khalid Mahmood Sumit and others were also present on this occasion. A large number of students and teachers of the university also participated in the seminar. Addressing the seminar as a special guest, former Ambassador Ghalib Iqbal said that a strong narrative should be adopted to resolve the Kashmir issue. The youth should highlight the Kashmir issue on social media and other platforms. The Muslim population in Indian occupied Kashmir. He has issued 4 million fake state subjects in Occupied Kashmir so far. Kashmir-based delegations should be sent to the outside world who are fully aware of the historical facts of the Kashmir issue and the current situation of the Kashmir Freedom Movement so that they can present the Kashmir issue to the international community in an accurate and comprehensive manner. Only by presenting a firm stand can the world know Pakistan’s narrative on Kashmir. He further said that we have to be single-minded for the solution of the Kashmir issue beyond political affiliations. Keeping aside the political differences and group and tribal interests, we have to raise our voice in a strong and concrete way for the aorta of Pakistan. He said that we should learn from history and see when and on the basis of which reasons we failed and how this failure can be rectified now. He said that India is a big economic power due to which it is succeeding in attracting the world and getting their sympathy. Secretary Kashmir Affairs Arts and Languages ​​Ijaz Hussain Lone, while presenting the introductory remarks, said that India illegally occupied Kashmir on October 27. Kashmiris have been struggling for freedom from Indian rule for 75 years. They have been making sacrifices for three generations. They are coming. On August 5, 2019, India ended the special status of Kashmir and imposed a lockdown in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, but despite these restrictions, the struggle of the Kashmiri people did not decrease. He further said that the purpose of organizing seminars in universities and other institutions is to make students aware of the historical facts and current conditions of the Kashmir issue. It is very important to make the young generation aware of the Kashmir issue. These young people are very active on social media. They can use social media to inform the whole world about the Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and human rights violations in occupied Kashmir. Former ambassador Naghmana Hashmi said that one Indian soldier is deployed for every five citizens in Occupied Kashmir. India is committing war crimes and targeting children and youth with pellet guns, which is the worst violation of human rights. The silence of the international community on these crimes is very sad. He said that India had taken the Kashmir issue to the United Nations itself and had promised to give the right of self-determination to the Kashmiri people, but it not only always broke the promise but also International laws have also been violated. The Kashmiri people have been making sacrifices for the right to self-determination for 75 years, but the political leadership must come on the same page. The solution to the Kashmir problem is necessary for long-lasting peace in the region. India needs to solve the Kashmir problem. It will be necessary to come to the negotiation table. Professor Dr. Shaheen Akhtar said that the situation in Occupied Kashmir is getting worse and worse. Politics, culture and economy have been badly affected in Occupied Kashmir. India occupied Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of Maharaja’s fake accession. India changed the special status of Occupied Kashmir by abolishing Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution. It changed the proportion of Muslim population by issuing state subjects to Indian citizens. It is going on. Kashmiri youth are being subjected to target killing. Print and electronic media and social media are completely blacked out to hide Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir. At the end of the seminar, a question and answer session was also held. At the end of the seminar shields were presented to the distinguished guests by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Commission.
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New York, New Jersey (Dharti News) President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that the Kashmiri immigrants living in the United States should play their role in highlighting the Kashmir issue at international forums because the Kashmir issue is an important and critical issue. A turning point has been entered, so now Kashmiris themselves should step forward to raise the issue of Kashmir. In this regard, during my visit to the United States, I myself have tried to gather the Kashmiris living here in different states of the United States. On October 27, I gathered Kashmiris in a big demonstration in Washington, the capital of America. I will still appeal to the Kashmiris living here to rise above their political and social affiliations and unite and agree on the issue of Kashmir at the international level. He expressed these views while addressing the receptions given in his honor at the residences of Chaudhry Rashid Masood of Bhalot in New Jersey and Haji Nazir Chawla of Chachoi in New York today. On this occasion, the reception given by Chaudhry Rashid Masood of Bhalot at his residence was attended by former member Kashmir Council Sardar Sawar Khan, Chaudhry Muhammad Ishaq, Chaudhry Muhammad Shabbir, Chaudhry Tariq, Chaudhry Sajid, Qazi Mushtaq Ali Raja Mazhar and others. While later in New York, the reception given by Haji Nazir Chawla at his residence was attended by Saghir Nazir, Nadeem Nazir, Syed Aftab Shah, Malik Imtiaz, Sardar Imtiaz, Mushtaq Khan, Asif Jahangir, Raja Mukhtar and others. . On this occasion, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry added in his address that I am related to the families of both Rashid Masood and Haji Nazir Chawla since 1984 and when I came to America for the first time in 1984 for protests, they supported my protests. helped for Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said that now my visit to America is coming to an end and I am preparing to return home. Get ready because I have many responsibilities as the President of Azad Kashmir and I am needed there, due to which I have to give time to perform government duties there as well. I would like to ask the Kashmiris living in the US to succeed in the mid-term elections for governors and mayors in the US on November 8 by voting for candidates who support the stability of Pakistan and our position on the Kashmir issue. I am going back home for two days and I expect the expatriates here to contribute to American politics and participate in the elections here to make it easier for us to gain support on the Kashmir issue.

Islamabad: The Bureau of Statistics has released monthly inflation data in the country.

According to the report of the Institute of Statistics, inflation increased in the month of October and the inflation rate was recorded at 26.6% on a monthly basis.

According to the Bureau of Statistics, the inflation rate was recorded at 9.2 percent in October last year.

In October 2022, rural inflation was recorded at 27.85 percent, while urban inflation was 23.90 percent.

Statistics agency says that onions, tomatoes, fruits, vegetables, tea, flour, rice, dal mung and other items are among the items that become expensive in October.

Lahore: Senior General Manager of Sui Northern Gas Company Syed Jawad Naseem says that in winter, domestic consumers will get gas in only three hours to cook food.

Jawad Naseem in a conversation with traders in Lahore Chamber said that at present the gas in the system has reduced and is dependent on imported RLNG which is very expensive.

He said that a new contract has been made mandatory for commercial customers, businessmen have to support us in difficult situations, we will ensure gas supply to industry and commercial customers.

Jawad Naseem said that the three months of winter will be difficult, gas pressure may be low in some places that are on the tail.

Rawalpindi (Dharti News) Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has canceled the basic membership of Zahoor Ahmad Butt, brother of party founder Maqbool Butt Shaheed. Last day, the party’s Central Information Office was held under the chairmanship of Acting Chairman Raja Haq Nawaz Khan. It was decided to cancel the primary membership of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front of Zahoor Ahmed Butt. According to the spokesperson, Acting Chairman Raja Haq Nawaz Khan, while giving details to the participants, clarified that according to the constitutional procedure, Zahoor Ahmad Butt was given full and excessive opportunity to come clean on the appeal of his senior colleagues. In which he failed. It should be remembered that Mohammad Yasin Butt from Srinagar had already left the Liberation Front and joined another organization, so both of them have no connection with the Liberation Front.

Muzaffarabad (PID) The independent government of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has not reduced the number of seats reserved for women and youth in local elections, but has amended the law to ensure 12.5% ​​quota for youth and women representation so that all local councils have In this regard, the officials of the Local Government Department have clarified that the representation of youth and women in local elections has not been reduced, but in December 2021, the Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In compliance with the decision given by the redistricting, a legal amendment has been made to ensure representation of women and youth in all local councils and to remove ambiguity, which specifies that in 2021 According to the amendment of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Local Government Act 1990, 12.5% ​​of the total directly elected members in each local council were reserved for women and 12.5% ​​for youth. On the other hand, in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court in December 2021, the upper limit of the total population of the Union Council was reduced from 25000 to 15000. Similarly, the upper limit of the population of the wards was reduced from 3000 to 2000. In the light of the Supreme Court’s guidance, due to changing the population of the Union Council and Wards, the number of Union Councils increased in the revised constituencies, while the Union Councils increased. The number of wards within HA decreased. Currently, out of total 319 local councils, 175 local councils have seven or less directly elected members per local council, while in each local council two representatives of women and youth are elected for the proposer and endorser. Eight directly elected members are required. In such a case, there will be no recommenders and endorsers for women and youth representatives in these local councils and youth and women representatives will not be able to be elected in these 175 local councils. In view of the above situation, the law has been changed to minimum 01 representative instead of minimum 02 representatives to enable indirect election of members to represent women and youth in all local councils. It is important to clarify here that in the local councils in which the number of directly elected candidates will be 12 or more, in these local councils women and youth representatives will be elected at the rate of 12.5%. Thus, no change has been made in the representation of youth and women in local councils (12.5% ​​per category), but legal amendments have been made to ensure the representation of women and youth in all local councils and to facilitate the procedure. .
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Muzaffarabad (Dharti News) The federal government has refused to provide security forces for the local elections to be held in Azad Kashmir on November 27 next month. In the letter written by the Federal Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs, it is clearly written that due to the internal conditions of Pakistan and the long march by a political party, the federal government will provide security for the local elections of Azad Kashmir. It cannot, so the government of Azad Kashmir should conduct the elections on its own by arranging security. It should be noted that the government of Azad Kashmir had asked for 33 thousand security personnel from the federation for these elections. The government of Azad Kashmir has so few personnel of its forces that not even one officer can be posted per polling station.

Muzaffarabad (Dharti News) Director General Prime Minister’s Secretariat former DIG Police Sardar Gulfraz Khan has been withdrawn from his duties, a notification has also been issued in this regard, he was appointed in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat after retirement. And for the past few days there were rumors that he was being made the Chairman Accountability Bureau, on Friday the responsibilities assigned to him by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat were withdrawn, he said while talking to Dharti. That the notification under which I was appointed has been withdrawn which I am happy about.

Muzaffarabad (PID) Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Azad Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said that PTI is trying to transfer power to the grassroots level and the basic problems of the Kashmiri people will be solved in the true sense. Workers are a valuable asset of the party, they should intensify their struggle for the success of the party, the time is near when PTI will achieve a historic victory in the local body elections of Azad Kashmir like the general election. are taking part and the proof of this is the election of councilors unopposed before the elections in the municipal elections. Inshallah, the sun of November 27 will rise with the promise of PTI’s success like the general election. He expressed these views while issuing the first ticket of the local body election held in Azad Kashmir after 31 years to Major Retired Abdul Qayyum Baig from his Constituency East Bagh. Senior Vice President Tehreek-e-Insaf Chaudhry Zafar Anwar, Secretary General Tehreek-e-Insaf and Chairman Implementation Commission Raja Mansoor Khan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Sardar Imtiaz Shaheen, Central Leader of Tehreek-e-Insaf Major Retired Khurram Hameed Khan Rokhri, Vice Chairman Local Government Sardar Iftikhar Rasheed and Asst. Prime Minister Raja Sabeel Riaz was also present. It should be remembered that after the historic victory of the party in the general election, the President Tehreek-e-Insaf Azad Kashmir and Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas are working day and night for the party’s success in local elections. An important meeting was also held. In the meeting, a detailed discussion was also held regarding the upcoming local body elections, party tickets in various divisions and election preparations. All over Kashmir have been elected unopposed and it is expected that more councilors will be elected in the next few days.