J&K Govt Notifies Homestay Policy 2026 to Boost Rural Tourism and Local Livelihoods
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah terms the new policy a major step toward sustainable tourism, offering financial incentives, simplified registration, and employment opportunities across rural and border areas.
SRINAGAR — Chief...
Azad Kashmir Announces Smart Lockdown: Businesses Allowed 3 Days a Week Under Joint Awami Action Committee Decision
The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee has revised the complete shutdown into a...
A Sister’s Open Letter After Rawalakot Killing Shines Light on Civilian Cost of Unrest
Seventeen years after her brother’s childhood note, a grieving sister in Rawalakot shares an...
HRCP Fact-Finding Mission Visits Gilgit Press Club to Review Press Freedom and Digital Rights
A six-member Human Rights Commission of Pakistan delegation met with local journalists in Gilgit...
Journalist Azra Alam’s Family Detained After Police Raid Home in Attock Release
Following journalist Azra Alam's release after 40 days in Attock Jail, police reportedly raided...
Pakistan’s Sana Mir Faces Backlash Over ‘Azad Kashmir’ Comment During Cricket Broadcast
Muzaffarabad, October 7, 2025 — What began as a routine cricket commentary has unexpectedly stirred political controversy across South Asia. Pakistan’s former women’s cricket...
Ten Killed, Hundreds Injured as Unrest Deepens Across Pakistan-administered Kashmir
By The Azadi Times | Muzaffarabad | October 5, 2025 At least ten people, including seven civilians and three police personnel, were killed and...
Two Agreements Reached, Strike Ends, and Three Days of Mourning Announced — Internet Blackout Lifted in Pakistani-Administered Kashmir
Muzaffarabad (The Azadi Times Report) — After several tense days of protests, lockdown, and uncertainty, two major agreements have been reached between the Jammu...
Sonam Wangchuk Arrested After Ladakh Protests: Kashmir’s Struggle for Rights Intensifies
Leh, Ladakh — Jammu & Kashmir: Authorities in Ladakh have arrested renowned environmentalist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk, two days after violent protests demanding...
Talks Fail After 13-14 Hours Session — JKJAAC Maintains September 29 Lockdown Call
Thirteen hours of negotiations between the Jammu & Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) and officials sent from Islamabad ended without agreement late Thursday...
Rajouri and Nowshera Celebrate Maharaja Hari Singh’s 130th Birth Anniversary with Enthusiasm
Rajouri/Nowshera, Jammu & Kashmir: The 130th birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh was celebrated with great fervor across Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday. Local communities,...
Leh Protests Escalate Over Statehood and Sixth Schedule Demands | Ladakh Autonomy Movement 2025
Leh, Ladakh (IaJK): Months of public protests demanding statehood for Ladakh and constitutional safeguards under the Sixth Schedule escalated into violence on Wednesday. In Leh...
Parallel Chains: How Schedule IV and PSA Tighten the Grip on Kashmir
On opposite sides of the Line of Control, Kashmiris live under the shadow of two strikingly similar laws that shape their daily existence. In...
Investigative Operations Launched Across Kashmir Over Alleged Online Armed Group Support
Srinagar, September 21 – A local investigative agency in Kashmir has conducted searches at multiple locations across the region in connection with a case...
Lignite Mining Set to Resume After 35 Years in Nichama Rajwar, Kupwara
Kupwara (IaJK) – In a significant development for Jammu and Kashmir’s mineral sector, lignite exploration has resumed in Nichama Rajwar, Handwara, after a gap...
Rocket Shell Remnants Found in Dal Lake; Armed Clash Erupts in Kishtwar
Srinagar, September 21 – Months after mysterious explosions shook Srinagar in May, remnants of a rocket shell have resurfaced in Dal Lake. During a...
Clashes Erupt Between Indian Forces and Armed Fighters in Kishtwar’s Kashun Area
Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir (Web Desk): Intense clashes broke out on Sunday in the Kashun area of Kishtwar district after Indian forces launched a...
Azad Kashmir PM Announces $3.6 Million Development Package for Poonch District
Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (The Azadi Times) – The Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq, has announced a...
Minister’s Convoy Clashes with Locals in Rawalakot; Young Man Injured
Rawalakot, (PaJK) – A confrontation involving the convoy of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Minister for Tourism and Archaeology, Sardar Faheem Rabbani, in Banjosa Bazaar on...