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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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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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Pakistan authorities' negligence leaves locals of Gilgit Baltistan in mise
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Locals of the Hoper nullah area in Nagar district of Gilgit Baltistan have complained that despite the recent unprecedented flooding, not a single official visited the area to ascertain the magnitude of the disaster, leaving the people of the
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Residents in Gilgit Baltistan protest over forced land acquisition by Pak
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], September 21 (ANI): The people of Gilgit Baltistan protested against state-backed exclusion and corruption in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and demanded the civil government resolve their issues.
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China's CPEC exploiting natural resources of Gilgit Baltistan causing envi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], September 20 (ANI): The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship programme of the Belt and Road Initiative, is an economic expansionist programme aimed at conquering a key geographical location lying at the heart of Central Asia, India and China, i.e., Gi
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Political, human right activists call Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a state in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): Amid Islamabad's unsuccessful efforts to constitutionally integrate Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan, human rights activists from the region along with journalists, lawyers and thinkers from Pakistan raised the human rights situat
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Pakistan officials accused of corruption in distribution of relief flood r
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], September 18 (ANI): Pakistan government officials are allegedly involved in corruption in distribution of flood relief materials in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, local media reported.
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Gilgit Baltistan residents protest against state-backed exclusion, corrupt
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], September 14 (ANI): A protest rally was held by residents of Gilgit Baltistan's on Wednesday against state-backed exclusion and corruption in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Second-highest peak K2 turns into garbage mountain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], September 13 (ANI): K2, the second-highest mountain on the planet after Mount Everest, has become a 'garbage mountain' as a mound of trash has piled up, raising environmental concerns.
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Awami Workers Party to hold protest against Pakistan government over const
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], August 26 (ANI): The Awami Workers Party and Awami Workers Party of Gilgit-Baltistan will hold a joint conference in Islamabad on August 27 to register their protest against the Pakistan Government's "conspiracy" of capturing all the resources of Pakistan-occupied Kas
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Protest rally organized against increased prices, reduced subsidy on wheat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], August 26 (ANI): A protest rally was organized against increased prices and reduced subsidy on wheat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK's) Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.
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