Topic: Muzaffarabad

Senior Pakistani judge shot and wounded: police

The top judge in Pakistani-administered Kashmir was rushed to hospital with a gunshot injury after being shot Tuesday while walking in the autonomous region's capital of Muzaffarabad, police said.Ghulam Mustafa Mughal was taking an evening walk at a university recreation ...

Pakistan school bus crash kills 18 children

A school bus carrying up to 35 children plunged into a river in Pakistani Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 18, officials said, fearing for the survival of the missing pupils."Eighteen bodies of the children have been recovered," an administration official ...

Failed suicide attack kills bomber in Pakistan's Kashmir

A man blew himself up in a botched suicide bombing Sunday in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region on the the border with India, an official said.The bomber's explosives went off as he was heading to a target in Rawalakot ...

Suicide attack wounds 2 in Pakistan Kashmir: police

A suicide attack wounded two security personnel in Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Saturday, police said.The attacker detonated his explosives near an army vehicle in Dothan, a town 145 kilometres (90 miles) south of Muzaffarabad, the region's capital, police said. "It was ...

16 bodies recovered from Pakistan's 2005 quake

Rescue workers recovered 16 bodies Thursday, more than four years after a devastating earthquake buried them under tons of rubble in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, police said. "We have recovered 16 dead bodies from the rubble. These people were trapped by the earthquake while ...
Millions of Pakistani Shiites commemorated Ashura on Monday, with security forces braced for possible sectarian clashes and militant bombings after a suicide attack killed seven people at a mosque.Pakistan deployed tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces, and put the ...

Bus crash kills 27 in Pakistani Kashmir: officials

At least 27 people were killed and 40 others injured when their bus fell into a ravine in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.The bus was nearing its destination, the mountainous village of Dabban, 10 kilometres (six miles) south of Muzaffarabad ...

Azad Kashmir

Azad ("Free") Kashmir, established in 1947 after the partition of India, is neither a province nor an agency of Pakistan but has a government of its own that is regarded by Pakistan as "independent," even though it is protected by and economically ...
Muzaffarabad Murders: A step towards independence from India! By Sheikh Gulzaar A symbolic march by Kashmirs to march towards north (Muzaffarabad) when they are harmed in the south (Jammu) has caused more lives for Kashmiris. It is indeed a shame for human ...

Pakistan Kashmir suicide attack kills two: officials

A suicide bomber ripped through an army vehicle, killing two soldiers and wounding three others Friday in the first such attack in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, officials said.The blast ripped through an army vehicle in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani part of ...