LAHORE/MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has intensified consultations over the formation of the next government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), with senior leaders Shah Ghulam Qadir and Tariq Farooq emerging as leading contenders for the prime minister’s position. A meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif reviewed the political situation in AJK, possible…
Political tensions between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have intensified as the second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) General Elections 2026 gets underway. Despite multiple rounds of negotiations, the two coalition partners have failed to resolve their differences over the first phase of polling. The second…
The first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections has officially begun across the Mirpur Division under strict security arrangements. Polling is taking place in the districts of Mirpur, Bhimber, and Kotli, where election authorities have completed all necessary preparations to ensure a peaceful, transparent, and fair voting process. According to…
AJK Police Chief Urges Overseas Kashmiris to Trust Official Sources Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Capt (R) Liaqat Ali Malik has urged overseas Pakistanis, especially members of the Kashmiri diaspora living in the United Kingdom and Europe, to rely only on official government sources for information amid growing concerns over…
Pakistan’s Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has lodged a strong official protest against a foreign media organization over what it described as a false and misleading report concerning Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In an official statement issued from Islamabad, the ministry said the report was based on unverified and unsubstantiated allegations that failed…
