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Gilgit-Baltistan confirms first polio case of 2025 as national tally hits
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan has confirmed its first polio case of 2025 in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district, raising the national tally to 11. Health officials urge parents to ensure children receive all polio vaccine doses, stressing continued vigilance as the virus remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanista
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Gilgit-Baltistan turmoil deepens amid Land Law backlash
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan faces a worsening political and human rights crisis, with activists accusing Pakistan of oppression and land seizures. Crackdowns on leaders and protests, especially led by women, have intensified. Locals fear the government will use force to suppress growing resistance agai
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Vacant judge posts stall justice in PoGB's top court, Bar Association Pres
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Vacant judge positions at Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Supreme Appellate Court remain unfilled for eight years, causing case backlogs and delaying justice for two million people. Despite Supreme Court orders, vacancies persist, worsening the situation, says Muhammad Iqbal, newly e
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PoGB Govt school teachers continue protest for 6th day, demand long-pendin
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Government school teachers in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have been protesting for six days, demanding overdue promotions. Despite a court order to grant pay raises, the government has delayed action. Teachers continue their sit-in, rejecting a verification exercise they see as a tact
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PoGB: GB protesters block Karakoram Highway amid Khunjerab trade halt
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The protest, Dawn reported, was organised by the Pak-China Traders Action Committee -- a coalition that includes the Gilgit-Baltistan Importers and Exporters Association, the Nagar Chamber of Commerce, and several local trade bodies.
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Amjad Ayub Mirza slams Pakistan's crackdown in PoGB, calls land reform bil
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Renowned human rights activist and political analyst Amjad Ayub Mirza has expressed a strong denunciation of the recent actions involving arrests and violence aimed at senior members of the Awami Action Committee in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB).
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PoGB: Traders protest halted Pakistan-China trade via Khunjerab pass, dema
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Leaders of the Pakistan-China Traders Action Committee expressed that transporters, hoteliers, labourers, and shopkeepers have been left jobless.
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Gilgit-Baltistan faces environmental and political crisis, says Dr Amjad M
Updated : 10 months ago IST
He also criticised the recently passed Land Reforms Bill 2025 in Gilgit-Baltistan, which, he said, further strengthens bureaucratic control while undermining the rights of local people.
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Human Rights Activist Baba Jan criticises illegal land reforms, torture of
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Baba Jan stated, "First of all, the incidents that have occurred here are deeply concerning. People who were advocating for civic rights, human rights, access to water and electricity, and better education have been arrested and subjected to torture."
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Jamil Ahmed calls out Hafiz-ur-Rahman for failing to secure land rights fo
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Jamil Ahmed of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has criticised Hafiz-ur-Rahman for failing to secure land rights for Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan during his tenure. Ahmed praised PPPP's role in passing historic legislation granting land ownership to the people of PoGB
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50 per cent of mosques in Pakistan serve as terror fronts: PoJK activist S
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Professor Sajjad Raja, Chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP JKGBL), revealed the harsh realities of life in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and highlighted Pakistan's ongoing support for terrorism.
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PoJK activist Jamil Maqsood calls India's Operation Sindoor a 'Bold Messag
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Maqsood, who has long campaigned for the rights of people in PoJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, while talking to ANI said that the operation sent a clear message, not only to terrorist groups, but to the military establishment in Pakistan that has, in his words, "spent decades feeding the fire of ex
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