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Gilgit-Baltistan reports first death from Coronavirus, infection surpasses
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 18 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan on Wednesday recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus, the provincial spokesperson confirmed.
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Activist urges India to acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan, accuses Pak o
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): In a major embarrassment to Pakistan, Senge H Sering a political activist from Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday (local time) urged India to acquire control of the region to save its people from the "brutal colonial reign of Pakistan".
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Worsening human rights in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan raised at UN
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Political activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the worsening human rights situation in the region during the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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Pakistan is illegally ruling Gilgit Baltistan : Activist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 04 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan is an 'occupier', activist Senge Sering has said that Islamabad is ruling in Gilgit Baltistan on an illegal basis and is misusing the resources in the region.
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Kashmiri resistance intensifying against Pakistani oppression
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarabad, [PoK] Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistan has used almost every international platform to peddle lies about Kashmir. It has also been making tall claims of being the defender of Kashmiri Human rights.
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People in Gilgit Baltistan demand sealing border with China amid coronavir
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Feb 4 (ANI): The growing epidemic of Coronavirus has rung alarm bells across the world, including Gilgit Baltistan, a region under Pakistani occupation.
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Climate change due to deforestation worries people in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 21(ANI): The exploitation of natural resources by China and Pakistan that has affected the ecology and demography in Gilgit Baltistan remains a major concern for the local residents of the region.
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Students' protest against fee hike enter third month in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 11 (ANI): Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan boycotted classes and blocked a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route on the Karakorum Highway as protests against the government's decision to hike tuition fee entered its t
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5.3 magnitude quake hits PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan area
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit (PoK) Dec 31(ANI) : An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale struck near Gilgit-Baltistan area in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 5:19 pm (UTC) on Monday.
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Students of Karakoram University protest against fee hike
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Dec 23 (ANI): Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit-Baltistan are out on the streets demanding the roll-back of government's decision to hike fees.
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Pak govt trying to 'illegally merge' PoK with Punjab province, says activi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], Dec 17 (ANI): An activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) hit out at Pakistan for its aim to alter the status of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government has been trying to "illegally merge" the region with the Punjab province. Read More
Protests demanding release of Baba Jan resurface in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 10 (ANI): Students from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) joined a students' protest in Lahore to demand the immediate release of political activists, including Baba Jan and his accomplices, who have been imprisoned for the past nine years.
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