This endangers legitimate owners and inhabitants, subjecting them to eviction and property loss. A recent protest outside the Gilgit Press Club shed light on encroachments on grazing lands in the upper Astore area.
Protest demonstrations took place in Hunza and Islamabad on Sunday in response to the alleged abduction and forced marriage of an underage girl from Gilgit Baltistan, Dawn reported.
People in Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing the issue of severe load-shedding for a long time. The agitation of the people recently turned into a massive protest, resulting in scores of women and children organising a rally to express their anger.
The Gilgit-Baltistan authority in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was compelled to suspend tax collection after heavy protests, Pakistan-based vernacular media reported.
Undeterred by the harsh weather conditions, protesters are taking to the streets, intensifying pressure on the administration. The protests also include demands for basic rights, such as employment, electricity, education, and a life above destitution.
Amid several protests over grievances of the people of Gilgit Baltistan (GB), the negotiations between the public delegation of GB and the provincial ministers were not completed because several ministers belonging to the administration were absent, reported Pakistan vernacular media, the Da
For several months now, the people of GB have been protesting against the local and central regime, holding them responsible for grievances like massive price hikes of wheat, the Finance Act 2022 and the illegal occupation of land in Gilgit Baltistan.
In the wake of ongoing agitation against the hike in the prices of wheat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Provincial President of Majlis Wahdat al-Muslimeen Syed Ali Rizvi and All party Alliance leader Ghulam Hussain Athar issued an ultimatum for the government to resolve the issue of price
Tehreek-e-Islami Gilgit-Baltistan announced the beginning of protest demonstrations in January in response to rising wheat prices as well as other regional problems.