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'Talibanization of PoK intensifies under Pakistani influence'
Updated : 3 years ago IST
People living in the PoK are being forced against their will to accept measures instituted by Islamabad aimed at incorporating this territory into Pakistan. Various steps have been recently taken that signal these efforts, cites a report.
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People in PoK oppose digital census in fear of losing identity and demogra
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Speaking to ANI during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jamil Maqsood said a large number of people in these occupied regions are opposing the Census as it will diminish their identity and demography of the region.
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PoK: Gilgit Baltistan minister vows to fight undemocratic attacks on regio
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), which is illegally occupied by Pakistan, said it will oppose any undemocratic action taken by the federal government against its chief minister or other elected officials, reported Dawn.
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Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police transferred over 'clash with
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the notification issued by the Establishment Division, "Muhammad Saeed, a BS-21 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan, presently posted as Inspector General Gilgit-Baltistan, is transferred and directed to report to the Establishment Division".
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Pakistan must not change demographics of PoK: United Kashmir People's Nati
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We warn Pakistan that turning the local populations of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan into a minority will have disastrous effects not only on the peace and security of Jammu Kashmir but the entire region," he said.
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PoK: Talibanisation of oppressed people
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For almost three years now, protests against load shedding, shortages of wheat and water, increased progressive taxation and land grab by Pakistan military has been a daily occurrence.
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Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For weeks, public protests have reverberated across Gilgit city over 22-hour power shortages. A new wave of protests is likely to hit the region from March 10.
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Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan against shortage of fuel, food and power
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Often used to woo foreign tourists to its mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan, called Pakistan's "soft face" is a neglected region where all-around shortages have reduced its people to "begging" before the federal government, the Pak Military Monitor reported. From fuel to food to power, the shor
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PoK: Awami Action Committee to protest against govt if demands not met
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan Awami Action Committee demanded the end of load shedding, the revival of subsidies on flour, reversing the proposal of the revenue act and an end to land grab in the Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) by the Pakistan army and government.
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Land reforms in Gilgit-Baltistan force residents into destitution
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly had been constituted only under an Executive Order; it's not a Constituent Assembly and has limited legislative powers. In the scheme of things the biggest stakeholders of the lands, the local people, are not even being formally consulted. They are agitated beca
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Protests in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan over wheat, electricity shortage
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In Gilgit Baltistan, many residents including women gathered at the intersection and blocked Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam to protest up to 22 hours of daily power outages in their area.
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PoK: Media freedom still a dream for journalists in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A number of journalists present at the event underlined the denial they receive from the government authorities against any general query they have regarding public policies or schemes.
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