MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) High Court here on Wednesday admitted for regular hearing a writ petition seeking annulment of the transfer of AJK’s former Accountant General (AG) Tahir Mahmud as well as probe into the alleged financial corruption in the AJK Council. The petition was filed in the second week of July by Raja Akhtar Hussain and Raja Mumtaz Khan, president and secretary general, respectively, of the AJK Pensioners Association under section…
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GILGIT, Aug 15: The newly-appointed Inspector General of Police Usman Zakaria who landed here to assume charge of his office faced a major embarrassment when the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan issued directives that “joining of new police chief shall not be entertained” and the region’s Chief Court endorsed the status quo. Acting IG Wazir Muhammad Ali, a BS-20 officer, had filed a plea with the Chief Court complaining that his right was being infringed by…
GILGIT: Four religious parties in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) have joined hands to promote sectarian harmony in the region. They expressed the concern that G-B had become the centre of foreign powers’ attention over the years owing to its geographic location. The decision was taken by the leadership of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), Jamat Islami (JI) and Shia Ulema Council (SUC) during an Iftar dinner held here recently. “Since the political government has failed…