By Babar Dogar in The News, Apr 28
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has disclosed that the agreement on Kashmir, worked out through back-channel diplomacy, was an interim one, and was subject to review after 15 years.
Talking to The News here on Tuesday in the backdrop of ‘Aman Ki Asha’ – a joint venture of the Jang Group of Pakistan and The Times of India, Khursheed Kasuri claimed the Pakistani and Indian sides at that time had the realisation that in view of the history of Jammu and Kashmir …

SKARDU, April 25: Lawyers have criticised the government for not giving Baltistan division due representation in judiciary and other departments of Gilgit-Baltistan. They sought share of Baltistan in judiciary and all departments according to its population.
Baltistan chief court bar association president Shaukat Ali advocate, in a statement here, said the people of Baltistan had been totally ignored in filling posts in the Supreme Appellate Court, Chief Court, special judges in banking, customs, anti-terrorism, anti-narcotics, excise and taxation courts; no single position had been allocated to Baltistan for the posts of …

GILGIT, April 24: Six members of the Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet were sworn in on Saturday. Governor Dr Shama Khalid administered the oath to them at a ceremony.
Those who took the oath were Dr Ali Madad Sher, Wazir Shakil, Mohammad Ali Akhtar, Haji Gulbar, Engineer Ismail and Mohammad Jaffar.
Their portfolios would be allotted later on, official sources said. Senior civil and military officials as well as a large number of PPP workers and notables attended the function.http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/six-members-of-gb-cabinet-take-oath-540

By Babar Dogar & Ranjan Roy in The News, Apr 24
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said the solution to the Kashmir dispute is just a signature away once India and Pakistan decide to pull the file from the rack.
While addressing the concluding session of the two-day seminar — held as part of the ongoing Aman ki Asha campaign, launched by the Jang Group and Times of India — and later talking to The News and the Times of India here on Friday, the former foreign minister revealed …

RAWALPINDI, April 17: The Azad Kashmir Supreme Court Bar Association here on Saturday demanded AJK President Raja Zulqarnain to resign, saying lawyers would not support his steps regarding reappointment of removed chief justice of Supreme Court.
In a convention arranged at the District Bar Association, Rawalpindi, the AJK lawyers’ representatives passed a unanimous resolution asking the president to resign and sought action against Justice Reaz Ahmed Chaudhry in accordance with the recommendations of Supreme Judicial Council of AJK.
In the resolution, the lawyers urged Prime Minster Yousaf Raza Gilani to take action …

By Usman Manzoor in The News, Apr 16
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has unanimously recommended removal of deposed chief justice of AJK Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry on the charge of blasphemy, transgression of powers and subversion of the constitution.
The 86-page recommendations of the AJK SJC, a copy of which is available with The News, clearly state that the deposed CJ violated the constitution, committed blasphemy and was found guilty of gross misconduct.
These recommendations have been sent to the AJK Council chairman who happens to be …

By Zeeshan Javaid in the Daily Times, April 7
ISLAMABAD: A 12.08-kilometre lake formed by a massive landslide in Hunza valley is threatening to sweep through the area, wipe out villages and endanger 45,000 people who live downstream, but there is no chance of bursting of the lake, Daily Times learnt on Tuesday.
Sources told Daily Times that the lake’s depth has reached 251.25 feet, while average water level in the water mass rises 1.4 feet near the lake barrier on a daily basis.
According to sources, …

The Daily Times, Mar 19
ATTABAD: The water is rising day by day in this remote part of northern Pakistan, and with it, so is the fear among thousands who stand to lose their crops, their homes and maybe
even their lives.
A massive landslide early this year formed a natural dam in the Hunza River, creating a lake that is consuming upstream villages, as it expands. If the dam breaks, a flash flood could threaten downstream villages too. The landslide also has blocked the Karakoram Highway, a vital trade link to China, …

By Nasir Iqbal in the dawn, Mar 16
ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Supreme Court asked Attorney General Anwar Mansoor on Monday to request Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who is also Chairman of the AJK Council, to settle at the earliest a pending representation of Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani regarding his appointment as AJK chief justice.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday is hearing identical petitions also moved by Justice Manzoor Gillani, a judge of the AJK Supreme Court, …

By Ahmad Hassan in the dawn, Mar 16
ISLAMABAD, March 15: Dr Shamma Khalid is likely to be named the first governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.
According to officials, a notification about her appointment is likely to be issued in a couple of days.
Dr Shamma belongs to Astor and is settled in Lahore. She is a medical graduate and a social worker and has worked for the ministry of population welfare for 20 years.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sent the names of Dr Shamma and Dr Shahzadi to the president on Sunday for selection …