Tariq Naqash
Senior Correspondent at Dawn
DAWN's Sr Staff Correspondent. ICFJ Fellow 2011, Chevening SouthAsia Media Fellow 2013; calls a spade a spade without fear or favour. Tweets are personal view.
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4 days ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 11, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x EDUCATION authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will meet on Sunday to decide on the reopening of schools and colleges, amid signs of de-escalation in tensions with India.
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4 days ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
A state disaster management authority official shows area-wise losses on a map amid India’s missile attacks in AJK.—Photo by the writer MUZAFFARABAD: In yet another night of devastation along the Line of Control (LoC), Indian troops resorted to intense artillery shelling past midnight on Saturday and continued firing in intervals until noon, leaving 13 more civilians martyred— including a three-year-old girl — and over 55 others wounded across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
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5 days ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
• Six lives lost in AJK, including 40-day-old infant; many homes, hospitals and schools damaged by Indian fire • Worried residents of India-held Kashmir flee Uri; Omar Abdullah reports hearing heavy artillery fire in occupied Jammu MUZAFFARABAD: Amid rising tensions between the two nuclear armed neighbours, intense exchanges continued along the Line of Control on Thursday night and into Friday, with the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) PM describing the Indian bombardment as “some of the heaviest...
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6 days ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 09, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications MUZAFFARABAD: At least two women were killed and a teenage boy was injured in heavy and indiscriminate shelling by Indian troops across the Line of Control (LoC) in different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Friday at midnight.
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6 days ago |
dawn.com | Saleem Shahid |Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD/QUETTA: The assemblies in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Balochistan on Thursday unanimously passed strongly worded resolutions condemning India for alleged cowardly and unprovoked attacks on unarmed civilians, sacred religious sites including mosques, and violations of international law.
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Two women have lost their lives in fierce #artillery #shelling by #Indian troops in #Tetrinote area of #Poonch district about an hour ago, according to AC #Hajira Waleed Anwar. A teenaged boy sustained injuries in Kel, #NeelumValley, in cross #LoC shelling around same time.
ستم تو یہ ہے کہ عہدِ ستم کے جاتے ہی تمام خلق مری ہم نوا نکلتی ہے
AJK PM launches work on stalled #Rathoa_Haryam bridge project in #Mirpur https://t.co/kmZ8jF4VzN