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'Pak media not free to report reality'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Experts and political analysts on Monday censured Pakistan for crushing dissent and sheltering terrorists in the country, including Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.
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'Broker' Pakistan now aspiring to sell Gilgit-Baltistan to China: EU exper
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): A senior European researcher has accused Pakistan of making moves to sell the disputed region of Gilgit-Baltistan to China in return for stacks of Renminbi (Chinese currency) and Yuan (basic unit of Chinese currency).
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'Process of confiscating JuD, FIF assets still incomplete'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 9 (ANI): A senior Pakistani Government official said that the process of confiscating the assets of the Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) was still to be completed.
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China accused of detaining Muslim women married to Pakistani men
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): China has allegedly detained dozens of Chinese Muslim women in its restive Xinjiang province, located in the north-western part of the country, for marrying Pakistani men belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region of Pakistan.
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Glaciers melting in Gilgit-Baltistan due to CPEC project
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan occupied Kashmir], Mar 4 (ANI): Thirty-six glacial lakes in various valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan have been declared dangerous with seven of them posing a major threat to the people, said a survey by Focus Pakistan, an NGO.
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Advocate Ehsan Ali released on bail amid protests
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan occupied Kashmir], Feb 22 (ANI): Amid widespread protests in Gilgit-Baltistan and parts of Pakistan, advocate Ehsan Ali, the detained President of Supreme Court Bar Association and founding leader of Awami Action Committee, was released from jail by an anti-terrorism court (
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Protest staged for release of jailed activists in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 19 (ANI): The Gilgit Baltistan Youth Alliance on Monday organised a massive protest outside the Karachi Press Club for the release of the president of Gilgit Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court Advocate, Ehsan Ali and other jailed political activists including Baba Jan.
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Protest erupts in Gilgit against China over jail abuse
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], Feb 10 (ANI): The relatives and the family members of prisoners languishing in the Chinese jails for over a decade have staged a demonstration in Gilgit city and have demanded the Pakistan Government to play its due role in their release.
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Sitharaman holds talks with Tajik defence minister
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 9 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Tajikistan counterpart Lieutenant General Mirzo Sherali on Thursday held talks to deepen bilateral defence relations.
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Gilgit-Baltistan registers alarming malnutrition rate
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan], Feb 08 (ANI): The deteriorating rate of malnutrition and infant mortality rate in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) raises serious concerns over poor health scenario in the region.
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CPEC, a game changer for Pakistan, but disastrous for Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan], Jan 9 (ANI): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar infrastructure and development-related project, has generated euphoria in Pakistan, but in Gilgit-Baltistan, a disputed region, local residents have environmental, demographic and
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After Gilgit, PoK residents oppose illegal taxation
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) [Pakistan], Jan 5 (ANI): Days after Islamabad rolled back its decision to impose taxes on the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan, the people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are gearing up to start an agitation against federal taxes.
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