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Pashtuns hold protest at UNHRC against Pakistan army for abducting and kil
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe organised a protest in front of UNHRC headquarters in Geneva to condemn gross human rights violations in Pakistan.
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Pakistan wants to make Gilgit Baltistan its province to save CPEC project,
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): A political activist from Gilgit Baltistan has said that Pakistan is forced to make occupied Gilgit Baltistan as its fifth province as the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project passing through the region is in the doldr
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Wake-up call for Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Glasglow [UK], September 19 (ANI): Recently Pakistan's opposition parties thwarted an attempt by Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan government to hold a consultative meeting to discuss a constitutional package for Gilgit Baltistan (GB) by boycotting the session called by the Parliamentary
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People in PoK desperate for freedom from Pakistan govt: Activist
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 18 (ANI): Highlighting the atrocities comitted by Pakistan in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from PoK, told the United Nations that people in the region are "desperate" for freedom from Pakistan government and want to join the u
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Pakistan says Gilgit-Baltistan to be elevated to full fledged province
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Weeks after releasing a political map that laid untenable claims to Indian territories, Pakistan has decided to elevate Gilgit-Baltistan to the status of a full-fledged province, according to a Pakistani minister quoted in a media report.
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Specially-abled people in Gilgit Baltistan suffer due to bureaucratic diso
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Aug 29 (ANI): The specially-abled persons in Gilgit Baltistan are suffering due to bureaucratic hurdles in getting education and job quota.
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73 years have gone but Pakistan still struggling for independence: Pak jou
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 15 (ANI): Pakistan is still struggling for independence even after 73 years as people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and other regions are yet to attain freedom, said journalist Marvi Sirmed.
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What made 'Pakistan's Independence Day' the most controversial day for its
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], August 13 (ANI): Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun and certain nationalist groups in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have announced that they will not celebrate the 73rd Pakistan Independence Day on August 14. Instead, they will be observing a Black Day.
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Gilgit-Baltistan will grow if it physically integrates with Ladakh, says S
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 08 (ANI): According to a political activist from Gilgit Baltistan, Senge H. Sering, if the region under Pakistani occupation gets integrated with Union Territory of Ladakh, it will grow significantly.
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Article 370 abrogation is brightest light of hope for PoK, Gilgit Baltista
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], Aug 5 (ANI): A political activist hailing from Mirpur in Pakistan occupied Kashmir has said that the abrogation of Article 370 offered the brightest light of hope for people in PoK and Gilgit Baltistan ever since the occupation of their land by the Pakistani military in 1
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5 Pakistan policemen killed in midnight raid in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], July 28 (ANI): Five Pakistan policemen were killed in an exchange of fire during a midnight raid in Diamar's Chilas district in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan area on Tuesday.
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People in Kashmir more optimistic about future than those in PoK, says stu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): A joint study conducted by Professor Dheeraj Sharma, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak and Professor Farah Arif of the Lahore University of Management Sciences has highlighted a contrasting picture of lifestyle in Kashmir and Pakistan occupi
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