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Apr252021 by editorNo Comments

Medical Relief International Distributes Food among the Needy in AJK

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Muzaffarabad(PFP News) ( 24 April, 2021) Medical Relief International (MRI)- a UK based humanitarian organisation, has successfully managed to distribute food packages among 425 Vulnerable Families throughout Azad Kashmir. Food Packages were provided to orphans, widows and needy people in various parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (commonly known as AJK). AJK is Medical Relief International's first venture lead by a group of British Kashmiri volunteers Esharat Nasar-Ahmed and Nasar Ahmed together with a team of local volunteers. The Ramadan Food Packages were distributed in AJK including Bhimber, Kotli, Dudyal, Chaksawari, Mirpur, Jatlan, and Islam Ghar.While talking to Media the representatives of Medical Relief AJK told the media that Medical Relief International (MRI) is a UK...

Mar262021 by editorNo Comments

Pak-China cooperation

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KOTLI, AJK The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that completion of energy projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would help overcome the energy crisis on the national level, and at the same time, it would bring a visible change in the socio-economic life of the people of Azad Kashmir.He expressed these views after a briefing given by the chief executive officer of China Three Gorges South Asia Investment (Pvt) limited Yao Feixiong on the hydropower generation project currently under execution at Karot Hollar here under the CPEC initiative.While describing CPEC as an important project for the economic development of Pakistan, the AJK president said that on the one hand, the project would help develop infrastructure in Pakistan and Az...

Mar182021 by editorNo Comments

Young Climbers Pay Tribute to Sadpara

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Muzaffarabad Report: Zubair Uddin Arfi Three young mountaineers from Muzaffarabad while paying tribute to Muhammad Ali Sadpara have successfully climbed the famous "Makra Peak" located in Behri Pattehka District Muzaffarabad. This peak also connects Pakistani controlled Kashmir with Hazara Region of the Himalayas. The Makra Peak is 3,885 metres (12,746 ft) high. Muhammad Ali Sadpara was a Pakistani high altitude mountaineer who together with two other trying to climb K2, the world's second highest peak at 8,611m (28,251 ft) and also reputedly the deadliest. His family and authorities have confirmed their death. Young mountaineers including Wasim Malik, Israr Kazmi and Rana Zeeshan from district Muzaffarabad successfully climb...

Mar92021 by editorNo Comments

مکڑا پہاڑ پرسد پارہ کو خراج تحسین

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ملک وسیم،سید اسرار کاظمی اور را نا ذیشان مظفرآباد ( پی ایف پی نیوز ) مظفرآباد کے نوجوان آزاد کشمیر کی عوام کی جانب سے کوہ پیما محمد علی سدپارہ کو خراج عقیدت پیش کرنے کے لیے مکڑا پہاڑ بھیڑی پہٹکہ پہنچ گے۔ملک وسیم،اسرار کاظمی اور رانا ذیشان نے 12ہزار فٹ بلندی پرواقع مکڑا پہاڑ سر کیا۔مظفرآباد کے نوجوانوں نے مکڑا پہاڑ پر اکسیجن کی کمی کی وجہ سے ایک گھنٹہ گزار کر محمد علی سد پارہ اور ان کے دو ساتھیوں کو منفرد انداز میں خراج عقیدت پیش کیا،مکڑا پہاڑ بھیڑی پہٹکہ میں سرد موسم میں جانے والے پہلے نوجوان ہیں۔ واپسی پر مظفرآباد میں صحافیوں سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے ملک محمد وسیم نے کہا کہ وہاں کہ مقامی لوگ حیران تھے کہ آپ کہاں جا رہیں اور کیسے وہاں پہنچے گے لیکن ہم وہاں پہنچے اور ایک گھنٹہ بھی گزارا۔انہوں نے تفصیلات بتاتے ہوئے مزید کہا کہ بھیڑی تک روڈ جاتی ہے وہاں سے آگے چند گھنٹو ں کا پیدل سفر ...

Mar32021 by editor_1No Comments

British woman builds earthquake destroyed school from her pocket

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By Zubair Ud Din Arfi / Farooq Mughal : Muzaffarabad / / A Pakistan origin British woman set a glorious example by rebuilding an earthquake affected primary school in a far-flung village of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). 28-year-old Shireen Khan met the total expenditure of newly constructed building from her own pocket by spending all her savings that she earned while working for overtime. Shireen Khan who is a nurse by profession, inaugurated the newly built primary school on Monday. She runs a charity known as Carrot Kids. The new building is comprised of three classrooms, one office room and two washrooms along with other facilities constructed at a cost of approximately Rs. 2 million at Cheerban Punjkoot village, some 50 kilometres away from AJK Capital Muzaffarabad...

Jan232021 by editor_1No Comments

Nepalese climbers K-2 winter ascent

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British High Commission celebrates the success of the Nepal climbing team in making the first winter ascent of K2. Islamabad (PR): The British High Commission has held a reception in Islamabad to recognize the incredible achievement of the ten Nepalese climbers who became the first expedition in winter to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second-highest mountain at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet). The achievement comes in a year when the UK is hosting the UN’s climate change conference, COP26, in November 2021, and the reception was told that the UK will be using its presidency to ensure the priorities of the most vulnerable are acted on. The reception included senior representatives from the Government of Pakistan, the Deputy Ambassador of Nepal, the Canadian High Commis...