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Activists raise issue of people's rights being suppressed in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Highlighting the suppression of people's rights in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan, a number of activists from different groups called for drawing the attention of the international community and pressurising the P
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Pakistan: Protests in Gilgit Baltistan over secret land deals with China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], May 12 (ANI): Pakistan is surreptitiously leasing out the Upper Hunza Valley to China in the near future to ease its mounting debt burden from the Chinese investment in the now increasingly burdensome China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Severe climate change in Pakistan melting glaciers, raising risk of natura
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Climate change has emerged as a key concern in Pakistan, with the outburst of the Shishper Glacier and the flood in Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan raising concerns in the country.
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CPEC alienates people in Gilgit Baltistan, advances Chinese interests: Rig
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], May 1 (ANI): As China continues to advance its hefty projects in Gilgit-Baltistan, regional experts have contended that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is only advancing Chinese interests in the region and alienated the people of illegal occupied region.
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PoK activist slams Imran Khan for labelling voices against atrocities as t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Shabir Choudhry, said that former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan labels everyone who raises a voice against atrocities as a traitor.
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Pakistan PM orders completion of Diamer Bhasha dam by 2026
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to complete the Diamer Bhasha Dam project by 2026 instead of 2029.
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Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan Guv to resign after election of new PM
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [Gilgit-Baltistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon has decided to resign from his office, reported local media citing sources.
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People protest in Gilgit Baltistan against Pak Army's forced land acquisit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 9 (ANI): People in the Pakistan Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are holding protests against Pakistan as large chunks of areas belonging to villages have been given to the army for setting up various infrastructures for their new security unit created for the China Pa
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People in Gilgit-Baltistan rage against Pak Army for forcibly usurping lan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 8 (ANI): Valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan are resonating with loud protests by local communities against Pakistan for forcibly usurping village lands and plundering their natural wealth, said a media report.
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EU monitoring human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 7 (ANI): The European Union on Wednesday (local time) said that it is monitoring the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
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Tribal groups clash over disputed land in Gilgit-Baltistan, express dissat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 6 (ANI): The conflict between two tribal groups over disputed land has intensified and resulted in a violent clash in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
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Natives of Baltistan protests against Pakistan administration over forcefu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan) [PoK], April 6 (ANI): Demanding their rightful property back, the Baltistan natives staged a protest in Skardu against the Pakistan administration for illegal and forceful land acquisition by government institutions.
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