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People in Gilgit Baltistan demand sealing border with China amid coronavir
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Feb 4 (ANI): The growing epidemic of Coronavirus has rung alarm bells across the world, including Gilgit Baltistan, a region under Pakistani occupation.
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Climate change due to deforestation worries people in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 21(ANI): The exploitation of natural resources by China and Pakistan that has affected the ecology and demography in Gilgit Baltistan remains a major concern for the local residents of the region.
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Students' protest against fee hike enter third month in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 11 (ANI): Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan boycotted classes and blocked a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route on the Karakorum Highway as protests against the government's decision to hike tuition fee entered its t
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5.3 magnitude quake hits PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan area
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit (PoK) Dec 31(ANI) : An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale struck near Gilgit-Baltistan area in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 5:19 pm (UTC) on Monday.
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Students of Karakoram University protest against fee hike
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Dec 23 (ANI): Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit-Baltistan are out on the streets demanding the roll-back of government's decision to hike fees.
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Pak govt trying to 'illegally merge' PoK with Punjab province, says activi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], Dec 17 (ANI): An activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) hit out at Pakistan for its aim to alter the status of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government has been trying to "illegally merge" the region with the Punjab province. Read More
Protests demanding release of Baba Jan resurface in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 10 (ANI): Students from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) joined a students' protest in Lahore to demand the immediate release of political activists, including Baba Jan and his accomplices, who have been imprisoned for the past nine years.
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University students in Gilgit intensify protests against fee hike
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Dec 5 (ANI): In a recent turn of events, students of the Karakoram International University in Gilgit-Baltistan are protesting due to the sudden hike in fees.
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Activists urge Pakistan to stop extremism, violence and intolerance in PoK
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad, Pakistan Nov 29 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have urged Islamabad to stop promoting extremism, violence and intolerance in the occupied region.
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Pakistanis protest against Islamabad's involvement in Mumbai terror attack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 26 (ANI): Pakistan's minority groups including Balochs, Sindhis, Mohajirs, Pashtuns and people from Pok's Gilgit Baltistan protested in various parts of the world including Tokyo, Geneva, and Paris against Islamabad's involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack
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Pakistan aims to spread unrest through Kartarpur Corridor, says PoK activi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], Nov 23 (ANI): PoK activist Amjad Mirza, who lives in exile in Glasgow, has said that Pakistan has a devious agenda behind the opening of Kartarpur corridor.
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Awami Action Committee in PoK highlights Pakistan's misrule in Gilgit-Balt
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Nov 21 (ANI): Leaders of a Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) based party have challenged the Pakistani establishment to form a joint team and access the ground situation in Gilgit-Baltistan where the people for long have been facing the question of their survival for different
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