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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 smart lockdown, permitting businesses to operate on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami...

One Killed in Shooting Amid Mixed Response to Joint Awami Action Committee Strike in Azad Kashmir

Markets reopened in major cities like Mirpur and Muzaffarabad, while a citizen was shot...

Kashmir Court Seeks Answers on Missing JKJAAC Leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir as Committee Plans ‘Major Announcement’ on October 4

A Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee in Pakistan-administered Kashmir says it will make...

Joint Awami Action Committee Announces Major Call After Oct 4, Urges Residents to Stock Rations

JKJAAC asks traders to keep businesses open until October 3 while advising citizens to...

National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi Criticises Party Over J&K Statehood Resolutions and Public Mandate

Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi accuses his party of undermining the public mandate in...

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 smart lockdown, permitting businesses to operate on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and...

One Killed in Shooting Amid Mixed Response to Joint Awami Action Committee Strike in Azad Kashmir

Markets reopened in major cities like Mirpur and Muzaffarabad, while a citizen was shot dead by unidentified armed individuals in Qallan Bazaar during ongoing...

Kashmir Court Seeks Answers on Missing JKJAAC Leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir as Committee Plans ‘Major Announcement’ on October 4

A Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee in Pakistan-administered Kashmir says it will make a "highly significant announcement" on October 4, extending a protest...

Joint Awami Action Committee Announces Major Call After Oct 4, Urges Residents to Stock Rations

JKJAAC asks traders to keep businesses open until October 3 while advising citizens to prepare for significant future actions as the anniversary of last...

National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi Criticises Party Over J&K Statehood Resolutions and Public Mandate

Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi accuses his party of undermining the public mandate in Jammu and Kashmir, questioning the effectiveness of repeated resolutions on...

Indian-Administered Kashmir Assembly Passes Resolution Calling for Restoration of Statehood

The move comes years after New Delhi stripped the disputed Himalayan region of its special constitutional status in 2019, drawing strong opposition from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. Lawmakers in the Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir have voted to support a resolution calling for the restoration of the territory’s statehood, years after New […]

Dr. Muhammad Najib Naqi Elected as 25th President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir

A PML-N nominee and veteran politician, Dr. Najib Naqi secured 32 votes in the legislative assembly, capping a three-decade political career that began following...

Sajjad Lone Warns J&K Speaker Over Lawmaker Privilege Violations

Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Lone tells the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker that undermining elected representatives and ignoring official correspondence is unacceptable. SRINAGAR — Jammu...

Kashmiri Leader Sardar Aman Demands Reopening of Poonch-Mendhar Trade Route

Rejecting historical subjugation, Kashmiri political figures call for a neighborly agreement with Pakistan and a sit-in at the ceasefire line. Kashmiri political leader Sardar Aman...

Bullet or Ballot? The Deepening Crisis of Political Legitimacy in Azad Kashmir

As Azad Kashmir navigates a disputed electoral arrangement and lingering public distrust, the fundamental question remains whether power truly stems from the ballot or...

Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan Urges Caution on Azad Kashmir Constitutional Status and Policy

Former AJK prime minister stresses the historical significance of the region's political identity, calls for dialogue over force in addressing public grievances, and comments on Pakistan's evolving Kashmir stance. ISLAMABAD — Senior Kashmiri politician and former Azad Kashmir prime minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has underscored the importance of preserving the region's historical political identity, […]

Understanding the Unrest: What Is Happening in Rawalakot Amid Protests and Political Crisis?

A look at the economic grievances, election disputes, and civil mobilisation driving the recent protests and unrest in Rawalakot. Rawalakot has once again emerged as a focal point of political and civic unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, with ongoing protests, shutdown calls, and tensions between demonstrators and authorities drawing renewed attention to the city. […]

Rawalakot: Joint Action Committee Leader Warns Rulers Against Force, Announces Boycott of Facilitators

Sardar Umar Nazir Kashmiri says suppression will only deepen challenges for authorities as public mobilization continues across Azad Kashmir. RAWALAKOT — A senior leader of the Jammu & Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has warned that authorities risk compounding their own difficulties by attempting to suppress public dissent through coercive measures. Addressing a gathering […]

Azad Kashmir Forms New Eight-Member Cabinet in Muzaffarabad

Acting President Chaudhry Tariq Farooq administers the oath to the newly appointed ministers at a ceremony in Muzaffarabad. MUZAFFARABAD — Azad Kashmir has completed a key phase of government formation with the swearing-in of a new eight-member cabinet in Muzaffarabad. The oath-taking ceremony took place at the President House on Friday, September 4, 2026, drawing […]

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