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Pakistan: Social media activist arrested for flagging rights violations in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.11 (ANI): Police in Gilgit-Baltistan's Hunza region have confirmed the arrest this week of a well known social media activist for posting material that they said was in violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Cyber Crime Act 2016.
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Pak-South Korea relations hit as Seoul refuses to invest in PoK projects
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Aug 10 (ANI): Pakistan has been trying to aggressively seek investments from international financial institutions and countries, including South Korea, in energy and other infrastructure projects, especially in Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, both parts of undivided Jammu
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People of Gilgit-Baltistan demand release of jailed political activist Ha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], Aug.9 (ANI): Several organisations, including the Gilgit Baltistan Thinkers Forum (GBTF), have strongly condemned the arrest of Hasnain Ramal, a social media and political activist from the Hunza valley in Gilgit Baltistan.
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Impact of CPEC discussed by exiled Kashmiri leaders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Birmingham [United Kingdom], Aug.5 (ANI): Exiled Kashmiri leaders and human rights activists recently held a seminar in Birmingham to discuss the plight of people living in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
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Sharif's exit leads PoK Gilgit-Baltistan leaders to say Kashmiris may
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.4 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan's landmark verdict to disqualify Nawaz Sharif from holding the office of Prime Minister on alleged charges of corruption, has led concerned heads of government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to warn that
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Protests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan against China, CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan, July 31 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday came out onto the streets protesting against China and the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through the region.
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Won't allow Sharif nominee to be Supreme Appellate Court judge: Gilgi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association and the High Court Bar Association of Gilgit-Baltistan lawyers have said they will go on strike if the government elevates a lawyer from Mansehra who has the backing of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Marya
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Parachinar blast: Shia community protests against 'targeted killings&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], July. 2 (ANI): With the death toll in the deadly Parachinar blast crossing 70, the Shia community in Gilgit carried out protests against the Pakistan Government, saying that targeted killings of Shias are being carried out.
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Gilgit's political leaders call on Pakistan to vacate their land
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Skurdo (Gilgit-Baltistan), May 27 (ANI): Anti-Pakistan political unrest is growing by the day in Gilgit with the region's leaders calling on the state of Pakistan to vacate the occupation of the region.
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Exiled Kashmiri leaders in Europe object to 'trifurcation' of J-
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 18 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) hosted a conference in Brussels to expose attempts by Pakistan to designate Gilgit Baltistan as the fifth province of the country, thereby illegally annexing what was originally a part of undivided Jamm
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Destroy terror camps in PoK and Gilgit: Exiled Kashmiris tell Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Torino [Italy], May 16 (ANI): Exiled Kashmiri leaders have asked Pakistan to destroy all terror camps existing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan at an event held in Torino, Italy.
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Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan as OBOR summit opens in Beijing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir] May 14 (ANI): As China opened one of its biggest foreign policy initiatives since 1949 - the One Belt One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing, which is being attended by heads of state and government of over 23 nations, including Pakistan, protests brok
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