The dynamics of AJK’s upcoming assembly elections

Used intelligently, it can be an opportunity to make Confidence Building Measures

ACROSS THE LINE By Ershad Mahmud

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is all set for elections on the June 26th of this month when around three million voters would be expected to vote 41 lawmakers into the assembly. The house has five reserved seats for women, plus one each for religious scholar, professional commonly known as technocrat More
Understanding Islamic Banking and Finance

ACADEMICS

A Crucial Supplement to the Conventional Banking and Financial Mechanism,writes Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar and Dr. Farooq A Shah

The current global economic recession that triggered in 2007-08 has yet again proved the failure of the prevailing financial architecture that is founded on the interest based conventional banking system. Prior to the present economic crisis, there have been numerous breakdown instances of the so More
Don’t Forget Environment

CONCERN

Government deserves kudos for resolving the latest row over Amarnath yatra. It should now work for conduct of the pilgrimage in a way that safeguards the fragile ecology of the area, writes Syed Tahir Muzter

Kashmir   suffered  terribly in 2008    when  row over Amarnath land transfer broke out. And this year also, another cycle of unrest looked imminent with some Hindu groups planning to commence the yatra  before the revised schedule for the pilgrimage announced More
  • Kashmir

GEELANI GOES ONLINE

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 19: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has entered cyberspace by launching the website of his party Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH). The website, which can be accessed More


  • Srinagar City

Sajid’s Long Drive to Freedom released

‘At young age, he worked for empowerment of Kashmiris’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, June 19: “As I write this, five more civilians have been murdered by the armed forces. The curfew has kept me indoors for over seventy two hours. Somebody, anybody...please make the violence More



  • Jammu

Pak violated ceasefire: Army

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, June 19: Army on Sunday said that Pakistan soldiers violated ceasefire in Poonch district.   "Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire. They fired RPGs and opened MMG and small arms firing More


  • Briefs

Meet on social reforms held

Srinagar, June 19: A One-day conference on social Reforms (Islahi Mashra) under the aegis of Karwan-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir was organized at Boys Higher Secondary School Kangan in district Ganderbal More


  • Business

Valley hosts first ever conference on labour welfare

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 19:  A conference, first of its kind in the Valley, on Labour Welfare was held here on Saturday.  The conference which was organized by BOCWWB impressed that around one lakh workers More


  • News

US HOLDING PRELIMINARY TALKS WITH TALIBAN: GATES

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, June 19: A day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai's assertion, the US today acknowledged that it is engaged in preliminary "outreach" talks with the Taliban along with some other countries More


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