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Load shedding amid scorching heat spurs protests in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], July 1 (ANI): People in Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to the streets against the prolonged load shedding and water scarcity amid scorching heat for the past four days, local media reported.
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Suicide cases in Gilgit-Baltistan rise at alarming rate due to mental diso
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 24 (ANI): The statistics of the rising cases of suicide among the youth in Gilgit Baltistan paint a grim picture of the police and concerned authorities across the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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5 tourists killed, 10 injured in bus accident in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], June 22 (ANI): At least five tourists were killed and 10 others were injured on Wednesday after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Pakistan may cede Gilgit Baltistan to China to pay off its mounting debts:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 22 (ANI): Pakistan may cede Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region (PoK) to China on lease to pay off its mounting debt.
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Rajnath Singh says 'foreign conspiracy' behind recent targeted killings in
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir not to allow inimical forces to break the social fabric and noted that the electoral process is likely to begin in the coming months.
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Gilgit-Baltistan CM accuses Pak govt for slashing region's development bud
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 12 (ANI): Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan on Sunday accused the central government of intentionally slashing the region's development budget by half, claiming that this was done "under an agenda to push the region backwards".
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China's CPEC damaging environment in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 11 (ANI): Although Pakistan termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC as a game-changer for the country's ailing economy but the fact of the matter is that Chinese mega projects are showing an adverse impact on Gilgit-Baltistan's environment leading to un
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Anti-Terror Act in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan violation of Human R
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 9 (ANI): According to a report by Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP), the imposition of the 4th Schedule in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan is a violation of Human Rights and the fact-finding mission of the commission will raise its voice against it at ev
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Human rights body urges Pakistan govt to address sense of deprivation in G
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government to address the "constitutional, political and economic deprivation" of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), media reported on Thursday.
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Gilgit-Baltistan CM booked for shelling during Imran Khan's Azadi March
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Gilgit-Baltistan(GB) Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khurshid Khan was booked in a case of alleged shelling and open fire on the police during former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan's Azadi March on May 25.
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Political witch-hunt in Gilgit-Baltistan should end soon: UKPNP
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Belgium [Brussels], May 26 (ANI): Brussels conference of the United Kashmir People National Party that took place on May 24, called on Pakistan's policy of intervention in Jammu & Kashmir and strictly urged the nation to stop its policy of using Pakistani Administered Azad Jammu Kashmir
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Protests in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan due to frequent power cuts
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan) [PoK], May 26 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan staged a protest in Skardu city against the administration over electricity shortage and power outages in the region.
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