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People raise concern over promulgation of Gilgit Baltistan Order, 2018
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], May 27 (ANI): Several political leaders and general public in Gilgit-Baltistan have raised concern over the promulgation of Gilgit Baltistan Order, 2018 replacing the Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order of 2009.
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Changing Gilgit-Baltistan status controversial: Expert
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): The Government of Pakistan's reported move to give constitutional status to the region of Gilgit-Baltistan without delcaring it as the country's fifth province, is at best controversial, a well known advocate of peace and human rights has said.
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Gilgit-Baltistan traders protest against Pak WEBOC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Traders in the town of Gilgit in Pakistan organized a 180-kilometer-long car rally recently to protest against the Federal Board of Revenue's newly implemented Web-Based One Custom (WEBOC).
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PoK activists demand abolition of 1949 Karachi Agreement
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) carried out a protest rally in Rawalpindi city against the Karachi Agreement.
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GB govt. refuses parole to jailed leader Baba Jan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 18 (ANI): In yet another human rights violation incident, the Gilgit-Baltistan government has refused parole to Awami Workers Party (AWP) leader and political activist Baba Jan to solemnise his Nikah in Ghizer district in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan
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Traders in Gilgit bear brunt of trade policy with China
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 10 (ANI): The traders in Gilgit-Baltistan are immensely troubled with Chinese policies that debar them from doing business on equal grounds.
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Anger in Gilgit over Chinese arresting Uighur women
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], April 7 (ANI): Anger and distress against Chinese is brewing among families in Gilgit-Baltistan following news being received of Uighur women in Xinjiang province being arrested.
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Gilgit-Baltistan residents threaten to shut border with China
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 28 (ANI): Threats of shutting down the China-Pak border were issued to the China by residents of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) region in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, who allege that over 50 women, of Chinese origins, married to the G-B residents, have been detained by Beiji
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Pakistani men helpless as Uighur wives, children 'vanish' in China
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Mar 26 (ANI): Every autumn, on the Karakoram Highway in the China-Pakistan border, a group of Pakistani merchants in Xinjiang province in China, bid farewell to their Uighur wives who spend their winter breaks in Pakistan.
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Pak to be 'industrial hub' of South Asia, says Iqbal on CPEC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 19 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan would be the 'industrial hub' of the entire South Asian region soon, after the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is built.
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Contractual doctors in Gilgit-Baltistan demand regular jobs
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], Mar.16 (ANI): A group of contractual medical practitioners gathered recently before the Gilgit Press Club in Gilgit city to protest and demand that their jobs be regularised.
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Opposition party blames ruling PML(N) of skipping Gilgit-Baltistan assembl
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [ PoK], Mar 15 (ANI): The opposition parties in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of PoK has called for an early dissolution of Gilgit-Baltistan assembly on Wednesday following a prolonged absence of the ruling party members of the house.
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