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Baloch leaders-in-exile thank PM Modi for highlighting Balochistan, Gilgit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London, Aug 15 (ANI): Enthused and relieved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expression of gratitude and indirect criticism of Pakistan's brutalities in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Baloch leaders on Monday thanked the Indian leadership and media for raising
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Congress trains guns at PM for not speaking on Kashmir unrest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 15 (ANI): The Congress Party on Monday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address as the poorest speech ever made from the ramparts of the Red Fort and cornered him for not speaking on the prevailing unrest in Kashmir but rather highlighting Islamabad
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In Gilgit, people take to streets against crackdown by Pakistani security
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit City (Gilgit-Baltistan), Aug. 13 (ANI): Protesters have taken to the streets in the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region, a separate administrative unit in the northernmost administrative territory of Pakistan, against a crackdown by Pakistani security forces that saw incarcerati
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Asian Human Rights Commission accuses Pakistan of police excesses in Gilgi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug.11 (ANI): The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has accused Pakistan of encouraging police excesses and torture in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and called on the state to immediately ensure accountability and put in place a mechanism of checks and balances to prevent such in
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CPEC should benefit Gilgit-Baltistan, not be used to exploit resources, sa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Turin (Italy), Aug.9 (ANI): Describing the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a major mega project having great potential benefit for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Dr. Shabir Choudhry, a prominent leader of Kashmir, has cautioned that these benefits must reach the common man a
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Kashmiri leaders protest Pakistan's move to establish military courts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mirpur(POK), Aug 6 (ANI): The independent leadership in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit, led by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), have strongly rejected moves by Pakistan to establish military courts in the region in order to further suppress the local popul
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Resentment mounts against growing Chinese presence in Gilgit, PoK
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit/Geneva, Aug. 1(ANI): Anger is mounting high in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmiri (PoK) over both Pakistan and China exploiting their resources in a reckless manner for selfish economic gain.
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Huge ecological imbalance plagues Gilgit-Baltistan region
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
By Paras Bisht
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Chinese national sentenced to nine years imprisonment for arms smuggling i
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit, July 10 (ANI): A Chinese national Wang Jiangquo has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment for trying to smuggle weapons from Pakistan to China via Khunjrab border by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gilgit.
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