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Pakistan: 8 killed in fresh spell of heavy rains in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): At least eight people, including a child, were killed in a fresh spell of heavy rain that lashed parts of Balochistan, local media reported.
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Rising cases of violence lead to tightened security in Gilgit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], August 5 (ANI): Amid rising violence in the city, police officials tightened security arrangements in Gilgit on Thursday after the tensions claimed two lives and left 22 people injured last week.
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Taliban captures strategic Wakhan Corridor from Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): Wakhan Corridor, a narrow strip in the strategic region of Afghanistan's north extending to China and separating Badakhshan and Chuparson valley (Gilgit-Baltistan) has been captured by the Taliban.
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Protests held in PoK against biased policies in Chinese funded dam project
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], August 1 (ANI): A protest was organized against the biased policies of the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan government as locals were being ignored for jobs related to Diamer-Bhasha dam construction projects, media reports said.
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UK: Conclave on Kashmir condemns Pakistan for violating human rights in Po
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], July 31 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party organised the 'International Kashmir Conference' in UK's Leeds against the human rights violation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and condemned the land grabbing in the area and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) by th
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PoK: Candidates protests over "mismanagement" in health department test in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of candidates have protested against the health department over the "mismanagement" in a test for 32 posts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as per local media.
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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mansehra [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Landowners who have been denied compensation for the land acquired for Diamer-Basha hydropower project staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway post which commuters remained stranded for long hours, media reports said.
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Third-party involvement in "so-called CPEC" projects to be treated accordi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that the government has seen reports about third countries participating in projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Projects, and any such activity by any party directly infringed on I
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China using CPEC to gain control of Gwadar, Gilgit-Baltistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 25 (ANI): Beijing has been using the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to gain control of the Gwadar port and the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said.
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Pak PM Advisor Kaira demands SC to hear political crisis in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): The Advisor to Pakistan's Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday demanded a full Supreme Court bench to hear the current political and constitutional crisis in Punjab.
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Protest planned against Pak Army during Baba Ghundi festival over forceful
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The locals in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are planning to hold a protest against the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and Pak Army on the occasion of the Baba Ghundi festival, for forceful land grabbing near the Chiporsun valley.
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PoK residents express outrage over harsh polices of Pakistani administrati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 18 (ANI): Dozens of angry residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are blocking the region over Islamabad's harsh policies that are reportedly hurting the economic interest of locals.
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