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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026
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Tariq Naqash

Articles by Tariq Naqash

AJK PM grants land ownership to 1,000 families displaced by LoC shelling

News May 4, 2026

• Beneficiaries settled on government land near Mirpur in 2006 after fleeing 1998 cross-border shelling • Rathore links the move to 2026 elections, vowing to ‘seek vote’ next time; asserts pol...

Funeral across Line of Control lays bare pain of divided families

News April 27, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: The death of a member of a divided Kashmiri family in Indian-held Kashmir and the agonising scenes of his relatives in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) watching his funeral from across the L...

AJK laws tweaked to facilitate refugee voting

News April 27, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has promulgated the AJK Elections (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, introducing changes to the electoral law aimed at facilitating refugee voters a...

Tragedy averted as 125 ferried to safety from Mangla Dam

News April 18, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: As many as 125 people, including women and children, were safely rescued from Mangla Dam on Thursday night after a sudden thunderstorm disrupted their return journey from Ramkot Fort, an...

AJK hails Pakistan’s continued backing of Kashmiris

News February 6, 2026

(LEFT) PM Shehbaz Sharif and AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar stand in reverence during the national anthem at the outset of the assembly session in Muzaffarabad; w...

Ex-AJK premier questions govt mandate, warns of legal action

News February 5, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister and PML-N parliamentary leader Raja Farooq Haider on Wednesday accused the PPP government of overstepping its mandate, saying it was me...

AJK president laid to rest with state honours

News February 2, 2026

MIRPUR: Thousands of people converged on a playground in this lakeside city on Sunday to pay their last respects to President Barrister Sultan Mahmood, as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) bade farewell to...

Only registered parties to contest AJK polls, EC tells political groups

News February 1, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jam­mu and Kashmir Election Commission (AJK-EC) has reiterated that only political parties duly registered under the Elections Act, 2020, will be eligible to contest the forthc...

Activists slam Indian ‘reign of terror’ in held Kashmir

News January 26, 2026

MUZAFFARABAD: Kashmiri activists staged a symbolic sit-in to condemn the unrelenting reign of terror in India-held Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a day ahead of India’s so-called Republic Day. The de...

Shehbaz urged to intervene over AJK ‘accord violations’

Health January 18, 2026

• JAAC accuses govt of repeatedly violating agreement signed after deadly protests• Compensation promised to families of protest victims remains incomplete; FIRs against activists, civilians ‘no...