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A fortnight on, internet still banned in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid sectarian tensions between Shias and Sunnis in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan, the local administration continues to suspend all internet services in the region causing inconvenience to the residents.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Students of Karakoram University protest against unprece
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The poor students of Gilgit Baltistan are unable to pay the excessive increase in the semester fees. The unreasonable raise in the university fees has disgruntled the students and their parents as administration has allegedly increased the fees by 25 percent two times in a semester.
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UK: Kashmiri diaspora unites to protest for Gilgit Baltistan and PoK in Bi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A sizable gathering of Kashmiri diaspora, hailing from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan, gathered outside the Pakistan Consulate in Birmingham, United Kingdom to vehemently voice their disapproval of the ongoing atrocities in their ancestral regions.
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Ishkoman Valley in Gilgit Baltistan rattled with protests against Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The apathetic attitude of the local administration in GB has coerced the residents to take to the streets against the inefficient administration.
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PoK: Protests surges in Gilgit Baltistan as Shia preacher faces false blas
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan, widespread injustice plagues the Shia community.
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PoK: Unrest continues in Gilgit-Baltistan over clerics' derogatory remarks
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been dealing with a tense situation for the past week now over clerics court controversy, reported Dawn.
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US updates travel advisory for its citizens in Gilgit-Baltistan amid prote
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"American citizens should exercise heightened caution in Gilgit-Baltistan due to recent protests in Skardu and Diamer and the potential for additional demonstrations, road closures, and associated disruptions to local mobile and internet networks in the region," the US advisory read.
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The rise of anti-Pakistan sentiment in PoK
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Every section of PoK civil society has participated in the protest marches, sit-ins and burning of electricity bills on August 31.
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Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan worsens after protests against scholar’s der
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sheikh Baqir Al-Hussaini, a prominent Islamic expert living in Skardu, is reported to have sparked protests with his sacrilegious comments. He has been charged with making disparaging statements about religious and historical figures, as reported by Pamir Times.
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PoK: People hold protests against “illegal detention” of leader by Pakista
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Gilgi-Baltistan held protest demonstrations against the “illegal detention” of their leader Shabir Mayar by the Pakistani authorities.
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Pakistan: Kohistan residents allege timber smuggling
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The residents say contractors chop down trees in Upper Kohistan’s forests before “smuggling” their wood to Gilgit-Baltistan and other areas through the Karakoram Highway in large quantities.
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PoK: Protest in Gilgit-Baltistan against poor infrastructure, corruption b
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The local residents took out their frustration against the Pakistan Govt and local administration for not providing basic amenities to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan.
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