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Gilgit-Baltistan: Protests held in Skardu over hike in prices of wheat
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
All the political, religious, social and nationalist parties and traders' organisations gathered at Yadgar Chowk and protested against the government's decision to increase the price of wheat and end the subsidy.
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Gilgit-Baltistan residents hold protest, demand proper share in taxes
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ever since the illegal occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan, the people of the region have been facing difficulties. The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have never been granted the rights they deserve, as successive governments in Islamabad have continued to treat them unfairly.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Students of Karakoram University protest against unprece
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The poor students of Gilgit Baltistan are unable to pay the excessive increase in the semester fees. The unreasonable raise in the university fees has disgruntled the students and their parents as administration has allegedly increased the fees by 25 percent two times in a semester.
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Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan worsens after protests against scholar’s der
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sheikh Baqir Al-Hussaini, a prominent Islamic expert living in Skardu, is reported to have sparked protests with his sacrilegious comments. He has been charged with making disparaging statements about religious and historical figures, as reported by Pamir Times.
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Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For weeks, public protests have reverberated across Gilgit city over 22-hour power shortages. A new wave of protests is likely to hit the region from March 10.
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Earthquake, flood victims stage protests in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Protests by flood-affected people in Gilgit-Baltistan continue to escalate as they blamed the authorities for not paying heed to disaster-hit families in the region, according to the vernacular media reports.
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Load shedding amid scorching heat spurs protests in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], July 1 (ANI): People in Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to the streets against the prolonged load shedding and water scarcity amid scorching heat for the past four days, local media reported.
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Natives of Baltistan protests against Pakistan administration over forcefu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan) [PoK], April 6 (ANI): Demanding their rightful property back, the Baltistan natives staged a protest in Skardu against the Pakistan administration for illegal and forceful land acquisition by government institutions.
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Locals set fire to electricity transmission tower to protest no power supp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], December 23 (ANI): A transmission tower was recently set on fire by locals in Gilgit Baltistan citing it was of no use as the region was not getting any power.
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Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan's Danyor as Pak govt illegally demolishes sho
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], December 16 (ANI): Protests broke out in the Danyor district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region -- which was illegally occupied by Pakistan -- as the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government demolished several houses and properties in the region.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Protests against tax-hike turn massive
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit, PoK Nov 15 (ANI): Weeks-long protests against the taxation laws are gaining momentum and reaching wide across Gilgit Baltistan.
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Pak security forces accused of illegal encroachment
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kotli [PoK], June 5 (ANI): Residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Kotli district have accused security forces of illegal encroachment.
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