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Posts published in “Day: August 8, 2012

Four under-trial prisoners escape from Astore Jail: By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, August 8

GILGIT: Four under-trial prisoners escaped from a jail in Astore district late Monday night. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Ali Sher told The Express Tribune the four inmates fled through a hole they made in the roof of their cell. The prisoners also wounded a jail official by hitting him in the head with his pistol that they snatched from him during escape, said the official. Sher said that an extensive search operation has…

AJK SC summons former premier; By Tariq Naqash in Dawn, Aug 8

MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir here on Tuesday ordered former prime minister and People’s Party leader Barrister Sultan Mahmood to file his comments within 10 days and personally appear before the court on August 27 to clarify his statement in a section of press casting aspersions on the dignity of judiciary. The order was passed by the full bench of court headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Azam Khan, and…

AJK’s interim constitution a ‘symbol of slavery’, says Raja Farooq

By A H Nizami in The Express Tribune, August 8 MIRPUR: The leader of the opposition in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly and former prime minister, Raja Farooq Haider, on Tuesday declared the existing interim constitution of AJK, Act 1974, as an icon of slavery for the people of AJK, emphasising the need for introducing amendments immediately. Haider made the call “to ensure the emergence of a fully empowered government” in Azad…