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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/jks-panchayati-institutions-need-an-ecological-mandate</loc>
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<image:caption>Rescue workers from Army, NDRF and SDRF looking for survivors after cloudburst at village Chashoti of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, 2025.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T12:55:50.649Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>J&amp;K’s Panchayati Institutions Need an Ecological Mandate</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/the-day-pakistan-lost-kashmir</loc>
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<image:caption>Kashmir has stood as subcontinent's most damning moral indictment for more than 70 years. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-28T10:23:14.400Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The Day Pakistan Lost Kashmir</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/21-reported-killed-in-pajk-as-protesters-clash-in-rawalakot</loc>
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<image:caption>Heart wrenching scenes at Hajra Hospital in Rawalakot where women reached to donate blood to save those injured in the police firing in Rawalakot on Monday, 27 July 2026, evening.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Photos of some of those, who were reported to have been killed in a police firing at Rawalakot and adjoing areas on Monday, 27 July 2026, evening clashes.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-28T07:11:42.131Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>21 reported killed in PaJK as protesters clash in Rawalakot</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/security-forces-crackdown-in-pajk-as-jaac-long-march-resumes-on-election-day-3-dead-scores-injured</loc>
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<image:caption>Large crowds have gathered at Rawalakot, Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday, 27 July 2026 before the police firing incident took place at Dera Rawalakot in the evening.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-27T17:43:51.792Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Security Forces Crackdown in PaJK as JAAC Long March Resumes on Election Day, ‘3 Dead’, Scores Injured</news:title>
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