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PoK: Labourers in Gilgit-Baltistan organise protests for fixed employment
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The workers raised their demands to earn a fixed compensation rate for a day of hard work.
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Gilgit-Baltistan fish farmers struggle as Pak govt holds relief package af
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The government's assurance of a relief package for those who suffered livelihood losses remains unfulfilled, leaving fish farmers in a prolonged state of hardship as they await recovery.
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PoK: Locals face survival challenges due to floods, landslides
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) region has been facing several landslides and a flood-like situation in villages surrounding Muzaffarabad has made it difficult for them to commute during emergencies.
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Pak: Protesters block Karakoram Highway, demanding compensation for Diamer
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The people affected by the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam's construction.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan faces medical, infrastructural crisis due to adminis
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Chunda village in the Skardu district of Gilgit Baltistan has a panoramic view of mountainsides and forests to die for. But the people are the ones who have to face the biggest drawback of the Pakistani administration's inability to build infrastructure for the locals, a report by Skardu
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Business community in Gilgit Baltistan organises protest against severe lo
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The lumberjacks of Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan on Thursday staged a protest against regular power cuts in the area.
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Pakistan: Arrest warrant issued against Gilgit-Baltistan's former CM in fa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In a case involving a fake degree, a senior Civil Judge has issued an arrest warrant for Khalid Khurshid Khan, the former chief minister (CM) of Gilgit-Baltistan, reported ARY News.
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PoK: Conflict arises between traders, local administration in GB over adve
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Raising their voice against the administration's actions, the business owners organised a protest demanding an immediate halt to the confiscation drive.
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Gilgit Baltistan CM seeks federal cooperation to address unemployment, und
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan held a press conference in the Chilas district of Gilgit Baltistan to address the issues and problems faced by the people in the region, the Gilgit Baltistan local news channel, Pamir Times reported.
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PoK: Neglected Gilgit Baltistan villages remain underdeveloped due to admi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In the remote Gilgit Baltistan region, the village of Hamirsal, nestled near the Shigar area, epitomises the struggle of several communities deprived of essential infrastructure and governmental support.
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People's purchasing power has collapsed in PoK and GB: Activist
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amjad Ayub Mirza, a political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), stressed on Friday that the situation in the region is getting worse by the day, adding that the people's buying power has collapsed.
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Rise in average temperatures shifts season cycle in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The effects of climate change are now affecting the cycle of seasons and the natural habitat of wildlife in GB, eventually leading to a rise in average temperatures and the destruction of the natural ecosystem and wildlife. This also affects the lives of locals who depend on natural resource
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