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Twitter relocates Gilgit-Baltistan users to J-K, shocks Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Twitter reportedly blocked Pakistan's official Twitter account in Gilgit-Baltistan and changed users' locations in Gilgit-Baltistan to Indian Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir.
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Political crisis deepens in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Hundreds of policemen had encircled the assembly building in Gilgit city in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) and cordoned it off.
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Karakoram International University teachers hold strike
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Teachers and other staff members of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan held strike over the non-payment of salaries.
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Pakistan: Passengers left stranded as parts of Karakoram Highway in Khyber
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Shangla's Bisham tehsil and Hazara's Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar districts. The rains caused streams and rivers to overflow, bringing rubble along with them. This led to blockades and road closures, cutting off
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PoK-GB: No respite for people living under the occupation of Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
One after the other Pakistan occupied Kashmir and occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoK-GB) passed their annual fiscal budgets for 2023-24. A glance at both would suffice to prove that for those living under the occupation of Pakistan in PoK-GB, there is no respite while they remain subjugated.
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Pakistan-occupied Kashmir residents seem to have returned to Stone Age: UK
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who are living in the absence of basic facilities like hospital, and road, seems to have returned to the "Stone Age," said human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Shaukat Ali Kashmiri.
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At least 11 killed in lightning strikes in Pakistan's Punjab province
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
At least 11 people have been killed and five were injured as lightning struck in several districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan on Sunday, reported ARY News.
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United Kashmir People's National Party holds demonstrations in Geneva agai
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) held demonstrations in Geneva against land grabbing, harassment of political workers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.
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United Kashmir People's National Party concerned over land grabbing by Pak
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As per recent reports, construction activities in Lesdana in District Bagh, Neelum and Peer Chinasi in Districts Muzaffarabad are encroaching upon these fragile ecosystems, leading to irreversible damage.
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PoK: Traders Association Skardu to support Anjuman Imamia for Shitong Nala
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
People have been raising demands to connect or merge the Shitong Nala with the Sidpara Dam. The movement is led by Allama Syed Baqar Al-Huseini and people are willing to give him full support as life has become impossible for people in Skardu due to no water.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan becomes big market for expired items
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Due to a surge in black-marketing and involvement of mafias, the north-zone areas of Gilgit-Baltistan have become a hub for expired, substandard and injurious items, Pakistan vernacular media reported.
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Gilgit-Baltistan has long history of neglect like other non-Punjabi areas
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The main issue is Gilgit-Baltistan's constitutional status. Each and every Pakistani government has ignored the region, and it was only considered as a buffer zone, strategic location, vote bank for Kashmir's plebiscite, and most significantly as a military barrack (due to security dilemma),
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