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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1 week ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD:Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the fiscal year 2025-26 with an outlay of Rs49 billion, including a Rs 1 billion foreign component, allocates 52 per cent to infrastructure development-related sectors, 34pc to social sectors, and 14pc to productive sectors.
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1 week ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
The coalition government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday unveiled a Rs310.2 billion deficit-free budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, which was approved by the Legislative Assembly amid a boycott by the opposition.
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2 weeks ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD: Justice Sardar Liaqat Hussain of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court was sworn in as the permanent Chief Justice on Friday, following the issuance of a formal notification to this effect by the AJK Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Department a day earlier. The oath was administered by AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood at a ceremony held at Kashmir House, which was also attended by Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq.
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3 weeks ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD: Justice Sardar Liaqat Hussain, the senior puisne judge of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court, has been appointed as the next chief justice, following the advice of the prime minister of Pakistan to the AJK president. Justice Hussain is scheduled to take the oath of office at Kashmir House in Islamabad at 5pm on Monday, a day after the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice Sadaqat Hussain Raja.
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3 weeks ago |
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government is considering relocating the occupants of a heritage site near the Line of Control (LoC) under a donor-funded programme to ensure both their safety and the restoration of the historic structure for tourism purposes. This was disclosed by Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain, Divisional Commissioner of Mirpur, following his visit to Sarai Saadabad located just five kilometres short of the heavily militarised LoC in Samahni valley of Bhimber district.
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