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...
JKJAAC Issues Emergency Declaration Ahead of September 29 Shutdown
Rawalakot: The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) held an emergency core committee meeting at an undisclosed location on Saturday, issuing a strongly...
Over a Month On, 32 Pilgrims Still Missing After Kishtwar Cloudburst
More than a month after a devastating cloudburst struck the remote village of Chasoti in Kishtwar district, 32 pilgrims remain missing, leaving families in...
Senior Advocate Withdraws From MLA Mehraj Malik’s PSA Case Amid Controversy
Senior Advocate Nirmal K. Kotwal has officially withdrawn from representing Doda MLA Mehraj Malik in the ongoing Public Safety Act (PSA) case, after videos...
New Road Connecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir Nears Completion
A new 14-kilometer road linking Qamri Top in Gilgit-Baltistan to Taobat in Azad Kashmir (Pakistan administered Kashmir) is rapidly taking shape, with over half...
Picture Story: Kashmiri Lawyers Back JKJAAC’s September 29 Indefinite Lockdown Call
Prominent Kashmiri lawyers gathered in Rawalpindi to host an Awami Huqooq (People’s Rights) Conference, highlighting growing concerns over Kashmir’s political and economic future. Speakers at...
Azad jammu Kashmir Police Procure Riot Gear as September 29 Shutdown Looms
MUZAFFARABAD – Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have approved the purchase of anti-riot equipment worth more than PKR 500 million for the...
Sost Sit-in: Gilgit-Baltistan Traders Reject Pakistani Media’s “Propaganda Campaign”
MUZAFFARABAD / SOST – For more than two months, traders in Sust, the gateway to the China border in Gilgit-Baltistan, have remained on the...
JKJAAC Leader Rejects Alleged Indian Cipher Leak as ‘Scripted Drama’ Ahead of September 29 Shutdown
MUZAFFARABAD (PaK): A day after an alleged “Indian cipher” surfaced in Islamabad and stirred political debate in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Jammu Kashmir...
Doda Under Restrictions for Fifth Day as PSA Detention of MLA Mehraj Malik Sparks Unrest
Doda (Indian Administered Kashmir) – For the fifth consecutive day, restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS) remained in force across...
One-Way Traffic Continues on Srinagar–Jammu National Highway
Srinagar (The Azadi Times) – The 270-kilometer-long Srinagar–Jammu National Highway, the only all-weather road connecting the Kashmir Valley with the Jammu region of Jammuand...
Kashmir Fruit Markets Shut Down as Growers Protest Highway Blockades
Srinagar (The Azadi Times) – Fruit growers across the Kashmir Valley shut down all major fruit markets on Monday, accusing authorities of failing to...
Islamabad Approves Deployment of 2,000 Police Officers to Kashmir Amid Strike and Protest Threats
MUZAFFARABAD — Pakistan-administered Kashmir: The Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has requested urgent security support from Islamabad as the territory braces for...
“We Are Not Pakistani Citizens”: Former AJK Chief Justice Exposes Kashmir’s Political Paradox
MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Jammu and Kashmir – In a revealing interview, Syed Manzoor Hussain Gilani, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Azad Jammu...
Kashmir Tensions Rise: Father of Jailed AAP MLA Mehraj Malik Hospitalized in Jammu as Protests Intensify
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s lone Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator, Mehraj Malik, has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), sparking days of...