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8 dead, several injured after unidentified men open fire on passenger bus
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At least eight people lost their lives and 26 others were injured in a firing incident on a passenger bus at Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK), ARY News reported on Saturday.
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Gilgit-Baltistan residents hold protest, demand proper share in taxes
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ever since the illegal occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan, the people of the region have been facing difficulties. The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have never been granted the rights they deserve, as successive governments in Islamabad have continued to treat them unfairly.
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Anger grows in Gilgit Baltistan over resource exploitation, power crisis
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A senior journalist from Gilgit Baltistan, Yousuf Nashad has expressed his anger against the ruling dispensation in Pakistan and said that despite having abundant water, the people in the occupied region have neither received education nor electricity in the last 75 years.
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Pakistan: China announces Khunjerab Pass closure for four months in winter
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khunjerab Pass connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang region and is the highest paved international border at 15,500 feet from sea level.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan govt faces backlash over wheat price hike
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The opposition parties, who had declared plans for a massive protest campaign against the steep price hike, rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government's decision to boost the subsidised wheat price from (PKR) 20 to (PKR) 32 per kg, reported Dawn.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Students and parents agitate against fee hike in schools
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The students have complained that their schools lack even the basic requirements, they do not have furniture, they have to sit in open classrooms and have no drinking water facility.
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PoK: Awami Action Committee demands subsidised electricity bills, accuses
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Blaming the government for being negligent and discriminatory, protesters demanded the government provide electricity and natural gas at subsidised rates to the people in the region.
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More than a year lapsed, "Pakistan provided nothing", say Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
More than a year has passed since devastating floods created mayhem in the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan. Bridges collapsed, farmlands were ravaged, the households were inundated but the proxy administration of Pakistan did nothing to save and salvage the victims from natu
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Women in PoK hit the streets to raise issues of high inflation, load shedd
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are infuriated over their unending woes due to issues like high inflation, frequent load shedding, unemployment and other violations of human rights.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders raise concerns over child marriage
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Civil society representatives including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) expressed concerns over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region, especially underage marriage.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Locals protest arrest of activist, say Pakistan misusing
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Residents launched a protest against the local administration in the Skardu district of Gilgit Baltistan over the arrest of Shabbir Mayyar, a prominent activist who was demanding the opening of Skardu-Kargil Road.
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Students' protest against KIU fee hike gets support from
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The protestors warned the administration against a 'civil disobedience movement' if they do not roll back on the fee hike decision.
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