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PoK: Neglected Gilgit Baltistan villages remain underdeveloped due to admi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In the remote Gilgit Baltistan region, the village of Hamirsal, nestled near the Shigar area, epitomises the struggle of several communities deprived of essential infrastructure and governmental support.
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Gilgit Baltistan: University students protest against unprecedented fee hi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The students of Karakoram International University in the Gilgit-Baltistan region are staging a protest against fee hikes and administrative mismanagement. Students can be seen chanting slogans in support of their demands while boycotting classes.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders raise concerns over child marriage
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Civil society representatives including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) expressed concerns over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region, especially underage marriage.
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PoK: Unrest continues in Gilgit-Baltistan over clerics' derogatory remarks
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been dealing with a tense situation for the past week now over clerics court controversy, reported Dawn.
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PoK: Heavy rains wreak havoc in Gilgit-Baltistan, residents struggle amid
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Heavy rains and lightning have inflicted massive damages to crops and properties Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), leaving the poor residents without any aid from the government.
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Army, CPEC activities damage ecology of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The CPEC passes through the Khunjerb Pass in the Gilgit Baltistan region where activity has increased as the Chinese seek more and safer access across the unstable region where their employees and enterprises have been assaulted by terrorists.
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PoK's residents' cries are unheard beyond Gilgit-Baltistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan region are now asserting themselves against the hegemony of Pakistan with mass protests against electricity shortages, reduction in the wheat quota, taxation, and land grabbing, however, their cries are unheard beyond the moun
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UKPNP observes International Human Rights Day
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The spokesperson of UNKNP, Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, said the people of the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan region were being denied their basic human rights.
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Pak Minister Baig's abduction reflects growing resurgence of Taliban in Gi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], October 8 (ANI): Incidents of the growing influence of the Taliban in the occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region are increasing on daily basis with the law enforcement failing to control the law and order situation while Taliban continues to enjoy a stronghold in the region
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Militants release Pak Minister after brief kidnapping, gives 10-day deadli
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], October 8 (ANI): A Pakistan Minister from the occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region, Abaid Ullah Baig, who was kidnapped on Friday by militants was released after negotiations, media reports said.
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Suicide cases in Gilgit-Baltistan rise at alarming rate due to mental diso
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 24 (ANI): The statistics of the rising cases of suicide among the youth in Gilgit Baltistan paint a grim picture of the police and concerned authorities across the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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5 tourists killed, 10 injured in bus accident in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], June 22 (ANI): At least five tourists were killed and 10 others were injured on Wednesday after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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