In a major setback for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court on Tuesday disqualified Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas for contempt of court, according to news. The high court decision comes after Ilyas was summoned to AJK’s supreme and high courts for using a “threatening tone” in one of his speeches. Earlier, PM Ilyas appeared in front of the Supreme Court, where he was greeted by PTI...

ISLAMABAD: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party President Shabir Ahmed Shah said on Monday that India’s bid to host the G-20 summit in Srinagar was an attempt to divert international attention away from the genuine issue of Kashmir. In a letter to the UN and OIC Secretaries General, Shah stated that the Modi government’s proposal to conduct the summit in the disputed region was part of a disinformation operation aimed at concealing ground realities in...

All arrangements finalized to commemorate 33rd death anniversary of the illustrious leader of the Kashmir freedom movement and ex-President of AJK Ghazi-e-Millat Syed Ali Ahmed Shah across AJK on Tuesday – March 21. Special ceremonies will be held in capital city of Muzaffarabad besides in his ancestral Mirpur city and other places to pay rich tributes to the departed kashmiri leader for his lifetime services to the Kashmir cause. Former Chief Justice of the Supreme...

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) held the lead by securing 229 local council seats, followed by independent candidates securing 199 seats in the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) held on Saturday. In the Poonch division of AJK, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) received 104 seats, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) managed to secure third place with 129 seats, according to official results released by the AJK Election Commission on Sunday...