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Terror threat to Chinese engineers, protest against wheat and electricity
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Thousands of people and leaders and activists belonging to Awami Action Committee, Anjuman-e-Tajiran, transporters associations, Gilgit-Pakhtun Welfare Organisation, Karakoram National Movement, Balawaristan National Front, Hotel Association, Shopping Malls Association and various political
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Acute wheat flour and electricity crisis grips Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan, which has been the victim of exploitation of its legitimate rights, natural resources, and land by successive Pakistani governments over the last decades, is virtually starving and shivering with unbearable cold because of acute shortage of wheat flou
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Shopkeepers down shutters in Gilgit Baltistan to protest Pakistan's new ta
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], October 12 (ANI): Shopkeepers across the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan, who are already struggling with prolonged electricity shortage in the region, observed a shutter-down strike against the imposition of unjust taxes on them by the Pakistani gove
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Public outrage in Gilgit-Baltistan over Pakistan's new tax law
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK] October 9 (ANI): Public anger has risen in various parts of Gilgit-Baltistan against a new taxation law passed by the legislative assembly that will affect the common people already struggling with prolonged electricity shortage in the region.
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PoK: Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project put to halt after cracks in tailrace
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 7 (ANI): Amid the continuous shortage of fuel and electricity in Pakistan, the country received yet another shock after its mega 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has been shut down due to major cracks in the tailrace tunnel.
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Pakistan: 400 textile mills remain non-functional amid shortage of gas sup
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): Amid the shortage of gas and electricity supply in Pakistan, around 400 textile mills in Punjab province are facing closure and are unable to fulfil their export orders.
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Power crisis in Pakistan deepens as LNG becomes too expensive
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing a power crisis after it failed to agree on a deal for natural gas supply next month, according to media reports.
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Pakistan: Punjab to implement energy-saving plans
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Amid the power crisis in Pakistan, the provincial government of Punjab on Saturday decided to enforce energy-conservation plans to tackle the chronic situation, local media reported.
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Pak govt imposes ban on wedding ceremonies after 10pm in Islamabad
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing electricity shortage and worsening power cuts, the Pakistan government has imposed a ban on wedding functions after 10 pm, to be effective from Wednesday.
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Protests in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan due to frequent power cuts
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan) [PoK], May 26 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan staged a protest in Skardu city against the administration over electricity shortage and power outages in the region.
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Sri Lankans look towards India amid unprecedented economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to face a dearth of fuel across the country, the island nation is looking toward India for assistance in the face of the unprecedented economic crisis.
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Pakistan: Farmers decry urea crisis after gas supply to fertilizer units w
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Farmers of Pakistan fear that the urea crisis would be severe this year because of the reduction in the gas supply that has been diverted to help overcome the electricity shortage in the country.
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