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PoK: 5 killed, 13 injured as tourist bus falls into ravine in Diamer
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At least five persons were killed and 13 others were injured after a bus carrying tourists crashed into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway in the Thalichi area in Gilgit Baltistan's Diamer district on Sunday
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Pakistan: 25 people killed after bus-car collides in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Superintendent of Police (SP) Sher Khan, their team pulled out 25 bodies from the vehicles, while 15 injured have been shifted to a hospital in Chilas. The bus was traveling from Gilgit to Rawalpindi on the Karakoram Highway.
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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 rights group condemns arson attack on a girls' school in Gilgit B
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper, local officials have held "terrorists" responsible for this reprehensible act and have promised to rebuild the school along with providing security to educational institutions.
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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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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mansehra [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Landowners who have been denied compensation for the land acquired for Diamer-Basha hydropower project staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway post which commuters remained stranded for long hours, media reports said.
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PoK residents express outrage over harsh polices of Pakistani administrati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 18 (ANI): Dozens of angry residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are blocking the region over Islamabad's harsh policies that are reportedly hurting the economic interest of locals.
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Pakistan PM orders completion of Diamer Bhasha dam by 2026
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to complete the Diamer Bhasha Dam project by 2026 instead of 2029.
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