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Part of Jammu & Kashmir illegally held by Pakistan since 1947, says UK
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled Chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Saturday (local time) said that Pak occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan were a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir but have been illegally h
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Fresh western disturbance likely to affect western Himalayan region: IMD
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): A fresh western disturbance is very likely to affect the western Himalayan region from the night of March 5 and its adjoining plains of Northwest India from the night of March 6, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.
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Gilgit-Baltistan remains neglected by Imran Khan despite being Gateway to
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 28 (ANI): While Imran Khan looks excited over China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Gilgit-Baltistan, also known as the Gateway to CPEC, continues to remain neglected as the Prime Minister siphoned off allotted cash and projects to other regions.
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Anti-govt protests continue in Gilgit-Baltistan over discrimination in job
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], February 3 (ANI): Anti-government protests in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan continued on Tuesday as hundreds of disgruntled employees and healthcare workers demonstrated against the discrimination in government jobs and unpaid salary hikes.
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Exploitation of Indian natural resources by Pakistan in occupied Kashmir
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], January 30 (ANI): Western territories of Jammu and Kashmir was occupied by Pakistan on October 26, 1947, and the former Gilgit Agency, which used to be a province of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, now known as Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan was also occu
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Pak Opposition leader opposes establishment of national parks in occupied
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], January 29 (ANI): Pakistan's Opposition leader has opposed Prime Minister Imran Khan government's plan to establish two national parks in occupied Gilgit Baltistan, saying locals will lose their livelihood because of these parks as they will not be allowed to eithe
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Activist calls on European leaders to pay attention to Pak army's threat t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 8 (ANI): Days after the mysterious death of activist Karima Baloch, the National Equality Party Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP JKGBL) has called on European leaders to pay immediate attention to the threat faced by Pakistani diaspora residing in the conti
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Protest erupts in Gilgit Baltistan over arson at Karakoram International U
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK] January 6 (ANI): A protest broke out in the Gilgit-Baltistan region -- illegally occupied by Pakistan -- on Wednesday over arson at Karakoram International University.
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4 Pak soldiers killed in helicopter crash in PoK
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], December 27 (ANI): At least 4 Pakistan Army soldiers including two pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in the Minimarg area of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
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Locals set fire to electricity transmission tower to protest no power supp
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], December 23 (ANI): A transmission tower was recently set on fire by locals in Gilgit Baltistan citing it was of no use as the region was not getting any power.
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Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan's Danyor as Pak govt illegally demolishes sho
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], December 16 (ANI): Protests broke out in the Danyor district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region -- which was illegally occupied by Pakistan -- as the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government demolished several houses and properties in the region.
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Pakistan wants to convert Gilgit Baltistan into military cantonment: Right
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan government wants to convert Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan region into a military cantonment, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza said on Saturday, adding that 60 Frontier Corps (FV) soldiers have been sent to the occupied region recentl
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