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Gilgit Baltistan residents protest against state-backed exclusion, corrupt
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], September 14 (ANI): A protest rally was held by residents of Gilgit Baltistan's on Wednesday against state-backed exclusion and corruption in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Second-highest peak K2 turns into garbage mountain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], September 13 (ANI): K2, the second-highest mountain on the planet after Mount Everest, has become a 'garbage mountain' as a mound of trash has piled up, raising environmental concerns.
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Awami Workers Party to hold protest against Pakistan government over const
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], August 26 (ANI): The Awami Workers Party and Awami Workers Party of Gilgit-Baltistan will hold a joint conference in Islamabad on August 27 to register their protest against the Pakistan Government's "conspiracy" of capturing all the resources of Pakistan-occupied Kas
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Protest rally organized against increased prices, reduced subsidy on wheat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], August 26 (ANI): A protest rally was organized against increased prices and reduced subsidy on wheat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK's) Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.
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Pakistan: 8 killed in fresh spell of heavy rains in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): At least eight people, including a child, were killed in a fresh spell of heavy rain that lashed parts of Balochistan, local media reported.
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Rising cases of violence lead to tightened security in Gilgit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], August 5 (ANI): Amid rising violence in the city, police officials tightened security arrangements in Gilgit on Thursday after the tensions claimed two lives and left 22 people injured last week.
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Taliban captures strategic Wakhan Corridor from Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): Wakhan Corridor, a narrow strip in the strategic region of Afghanistan's north extending to China and separating Badakhshan and Chuparson valley (Gilgit-Baltistan) has been captured by the Taliban.
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Protests held in PoK against biased policies in Chinese funded dam project
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], August 1 (ANI): A protest was organized against the biased policies of the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan government as locals were being ignored for jobs related to Diamer-Bhasha dam construction projects, media reports said.
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UK: Conclave on Kashmir condemns Pakistan for violating human rights in Po
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], July 31 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party organised the 'International Kashmir Conference' in UK's Leeds against the human rights violation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and condemned the land grabbing in the area and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) by th
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PoK: Candidates protests over "mismanagement" in health department test in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of candidates have protested against the health department over the "mismanagement" in a test for 32 posts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as per local media.
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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mansehra [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Landowners who have been denied compensation for the land acquired for Diamer-Basha hydropower project staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway post which commuters remained stranded for long hours, media reports said.
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Third-party involvement in "so-called CPEC" projects to be treated accordi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that the government has seen reports about third countries participating in projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Projects, and any such activity by any party directly infringed on I
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