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VoK demands Parliament for 'Greater Karachi'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 13 (ANI): US-based advocacy group Voice of Karachi (VoK) released the main features of the proposed constitution for 'Greater Karachi', demanding the formation of a Parliament for the region, amongst other things.
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People in Gilgit stage protest, demand compensation from Pak govt for acqu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], Aug 8 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan held protests to demand compensation for their lands which were acquired by the Pakistani government, in the name of development, decades ago.
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Pak has no moral ground to plead Kashmir's case if it is depriving own cit
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (ANI): A US-based group representing expatriate Mohajirs on Monday called for the creation of an autonomous "Greater Karachi" within Pakistan.
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CPEC project for Pakistan's elites, lacks local leadership, says researche
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 5 (ANI): The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a project of, by, and for Pakistan's elites which completely lacks local ownership, says a researcher based in Brussels.
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CPEC will leave thousands jobless in Gilgit Baltistan: Analyst
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] Aug 3 (ANI): The much-publicised China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will not only put Pakistan in China's colossal debt-trap, but it will also render more than 10,000 people of Gilgit Baltistan jobless due to the massive influx of Chinese working hand, said Yoan
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Pakistan has been changing demography of PoK, Gilgit Baltistan, say activi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA]/Brussels [Belgium], Aug 1 (ANI): Political activists have accused Pakistan of changing the demography of Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in disregard to its own commitments.
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20 years on, Pak yet to rehabilitate locals displaced due to Kargil
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): Even after 20 years, thousands of civilians, displaced due to the Kargil War, are still languishing in refugee slums while waiting for the Pakistani authorities to rehabilitate them.
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Teachers in Gilgit-Baltistan protest to demand regularisation of jobs
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK] July 24 (ANI): Teachers in Gilgit Baltistan are angry as the promises of regularisation of their posts have not been fulfilled.
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CPEC stands on shaky legal ground: European researcher
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 18 (ANI): European researcher and political scientist Siegfried O Wolf has said that the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stands on an extraordinary shaky legal ground.
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Public anger mounts as floods hit Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], July 17 (ANI): Residents of Gilgit-Baltistan have shown anger towards local administration and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) over the lack of arrangement for the people affected by severe floods in the region.
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Gilgit-Baltistan in open letter says Pakistan only an 'assumed supervisor'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan, July 15 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan in an open letter has stressed that the territory, which has been administered by Pakistan, is a "compelling part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir" and Pakistan's status is only that of an "assumed supervisor" that has no right to change its
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Parents irked as NAB occupies Special Education Centre in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], July 7 (ANI): Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has occupied half of the premises of the Special Education Centre here, sparking anger among local residents and parents of the children with disabilities lodged in its hostel.
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