Posts tagged as: Azad Kashmir

Campaign to enroll 500‚000 children in schools begins

A three-day special campaign to enroll five hundred thousand out of school children in schools was launched across Pakistan on Monday, officials said. The federal‚ provincial‚ Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan governments would aggressively participate in the campaign to achieve the target. During the campaign‚ children of school going age would be enrolled with the cooperation […]

India violates LoC ceasefire, fires at Pakistani areas

Indian troops Saturday violated the 2003 ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) and fired at Pakistani areas, official sources and residents said.   They said Indian forces resorted to unprovoked shelling in the Bajwat Sector of Sialkot. Pakistani forces returned fire and silenced Indian guns, official sources said. The sources added that ceasefire violations […]

Indian shelling kills Pakistani woman along LoC

Indian troops have killed a Pakistani woman in a latest incident of shelling along the Line of Control, officials in Azad Kashmir said Sunday.  An Indian mortar landed on a house in Kotli district early Sunday, Assistant Commissioner in the area, Ayub Khan, told the media persons. He said the firing in Nikyal sector also […]

Nawaz Sharif promises substantial decrease in power outages

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday expressed the confidence that there will be substantial decrease in load-shedding in coming months due to short measures initiated by the government.     Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the New Bong Escape Hydropower Project in Mirpur, the Prime Minister said a number of measures have been initiated to […]

New International airport to be constructed at Mirpur

A new International airport will be constructed at Mirpur with the financial assistance of International Investment companies.   A formal agreement was signed between the AJK Government and a group of Consortium of the Investment companies in Islamabad on Saturday.   Earlier addressing briefing on various Hydel power generation and tourism projects ‚ the AJK […]

Guru’s hanging attack on collective conscience of Kashmiris: APHC

The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has strongly condemned the hanging of Muhammad Afzal Guru and described the incident as an attack on the collective conscience of the Kashmiris.   The APHC in a statement issued in Srinagar urged the people of Kashmir to observe four-day mourning and demand for shifting the dead body of […]

Rallies across Pakistan reiterate support to Kashmiris

Rallies were held across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday to show solidarity with the people of Kashmiri fight India rule.   Political and religious parties as well as the government organized demonstrations to reiterate support for the people in the Indian-held Kashmir.   President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in […]

Pakistan, India resume cross-LoC bus, truck service

Pakistan and India Monday resumed cross-border trade and bus service in Kashmir region after nearly two weeks of suspension over exchange of firing, which caused casualties on both sides.   The truck and bus service was suspended earlier this month after both countries accused each other of violation of the 2003 ceasefire along the Line […]

Kashmir talks: Hurriyet leaders to hold talks with Pakistani leaders

  Senior Kashmiri leaders from the Indian-occupied Kashmir will hold talks with Pakistani leaders in the coming days on solution to the long-standing dispute, still in a main hurdle in relationship between Pakistan and India.   A seven-member delegation of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) is scheduled to begin a week-long visit to Pakistan on […]

Pakistan’s federal cabinet approves Counter-Terrorism Authority Bill

Federal cabinet Wednesday approved a draft law to establish a new counter terrorism body aimed at better coordinating efforts to defeat Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked violence.   Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday that the main objective was to defeat terrorism, but he provided no details on exactly how the new organization would help. […]

Flood warning issues for northern parts of country

At long last, the late monsoon season started in the northern parts of the country, killing nine people and injuring another 11 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy rainfall increased water levels in the province, making inundation of number of areas and causing heavy landslides that have stranded a number of people. Apart from northern parts, downpours lashed […]

Top ten tourist places in Pakistan (Part Four)

In the last episode of the four-part series, we will take a look at the beauties of Deoasai Plateau, Hunza and Neelum Valley. Deoasai Plateau (Skardu) After Tibet, it is the second highest plateau in the world and tundra like landscape bursts into life in summers with a large variety of blossoming flowers. It offers […]

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