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Awami Action Committee stages protest against challenges faced by PoGB res
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The protest, attended by a large number of local residents, focused on pressing issues including soaring electricity bills and persistent power outages, which continue to create significant hardships for the community.
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PoGB: Unidentified assailants torch homes in Diamer Valley, targeting scho
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Unidentified individuals set fire to more than a dozen houses, including the residence of a prominent religious scholar, in the Diamer Valley of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit - Balistian (PoGB)
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Pakistan: Kohistan residents block Diamer-Bhasha Dam Karakoram Highway
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Protesters have been raising their demands for fair compensation for lands affected by the project, as well as employment opportunities for locals with WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) and the Chinese companies working on the dam.
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Pak: Diamer-Bhasha Dam costs soar to 300 per cent amid financial struggles
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Iqbal also pointed out that the financing plan for this crucial project constructed on the Indus River and located on the border between the Kohistan district, remains incomplete
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Pak: Protesters block Karakoram Highway, demanding compensation for Diamer
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The people affected by the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam's construction.
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Pakistan: Rainwater goes waste as govt fails to create storage facilities
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Various governments have attempted to implement plans for large storage dams, but political interference has continuously impeded these crucial projects.
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PoK: Pakistan only made cosmetic reforms in name of political empowerment
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the name of political empowerment, successive Pakistani governments have only given cosmetic reforms to the region. It is the Prime Minister-led Gilgit Baltistan council and not the GB Legislative Assembly that exercises de facto control over the region.
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PoK: 4 homes destroyed, 40 partially damaged in lake outburst in Daimer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Two lake outbursts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Diamer's Tangir Valley have resulted in the complete destruction of four homes and around 40 homes partially damaged.
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Construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam alarms residents of Gilgit-Baltistan: Re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The report says that Pakistan's big dam model has come under the scanner in view of the recent floods in the country.
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Catastrophic floods in Pakistan prompt rethinking on construction of Diame
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The big dam model of Pakistan has come up for re-thinking in view of the immense loss caused by the recent catastrophic floods, reported International Forum for Right and Security.
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Pakistan: Controversy, scandal surrounds Diamer-Bhasha Dam on Indus
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Pakistan which is witnessing one of the worst floods in its history is caught in a storm of controversies and scandal surrounding the Diamer-Bhasha Dam on the Indus river.
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Protests held in PoK against biased policies in Chinese funded dam project
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], August 1 (ANI): A protest was organized against the biased policies of the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan government as locals were being ignored for jobs related to Diamer-Bhasha dam construction projects, media reports said.
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