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COVID-19: Traders, businessmen in Gilgit facing problems due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit, [PoK] April 28 (ANI): Small traders and businessmen in Gilgit Baltistan, a region under Pakistani occupation, are facing immense problems due to over a month-long lockdown implemented due to COVID-19 outbreak.
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PoK activist lambasts Pak for resuming dam construction work in Gilgit Bal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 26 (ANI): An activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has lambasted Imran Khan's government for taking advantage of the COVID-19 situation and resuming construction work at the Diamer Bhasa Dam in Gilgit Baltistan.
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Malpractice reported in relief distribution amid COVID-19 outbreak in Gilg
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Astore [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 24 (ANI): Political parties in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are blaming each other for malpractices in the distribution of relief material to the poor and those in quarantine centres amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Civil society in Gilgit-Baltistan demands immediate COVID-19 relief
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], April 20 (ANI): The cooperative society of Gilgit-Baltistan has asked the Pakistan government to sanction Rs 10,000 crore to make up for the economic losses due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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No relief for people in Gilgit-Baltistan during lockdown, alleges Qoumi Al
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan) [PoK], April 18 (ANI): As people in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan are battling COVID-19, nationalist parties have accused the government of not providing relief to people during the lockdown.
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Gilgit-Baltistan struggling to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], April 15 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 outbreak in Gilgit-Baltistan, the government in Pakistan occupied region is struggling to deal with the coronavirus for want of financial support and medical infrastructure.
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Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK turning into epicentre of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington (US), April 12 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) are fast turning into the epicentre of COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan as Islamabad has turned a blind eye to the suffering of the people in these territories.
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Pakistan using COVID-19 quarantine excuse to lock up anti-establishment la
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Astor (Gilgit) [Paskistan], April 12 (ANI): The Pakistan government and its intelligence agency, the Inter-State Intelligence (ISI), are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to lock up anti-establishment lawyers in the region justifying it as "quarantine".
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COVID-19 cases in Gilgit surge as Pak sends Iran-returned pilgrims to the
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 12 (ANI): There is a surge in COVID-19 positive cases in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) as Pakistan has sent Iran returned pilgrims infected with the virus to the area, according to a senior Gilgit activist.
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PoK, Gilgit Baltistan unprepared to handle COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington/London (US/UK), April 11 (ANI): Lack of coronavirus testing laboratories, medical staff, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan are causes of major concern, say political activists even as the pandemic is set to flare u
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Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Pak unleashes new atrocities on people of PoK, Gil
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kotli [PoK], April 10 (ANI): Pakistani agencies have unleashed new atrocities on the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan when the world's attention is on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pakistan govt. discriminating against Gilgit-Baltistan in its fight agains
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit, [PoK] April 7 (ANI): A senior minister in Gilgit Baltistan government has accused Islamabad of not providing monetary aid and the required healthcare equipment to deal with COVID-19 in the occupied region.
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