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Pak: Protests erupt across Gilgit-Baltistan after arrest of Awami Action C
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Mass protests have erupted across Gilgit-Baltistan after the arrest of five Awami Action Committee leaders, including chairman Ehsan Ali Advocate, just days ahead of a major Grand Jirga on regional rights.
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UKPNP leader Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri expresses solidarity with Pashtun
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kashmiri highlighted the long history of suffering endured by the Pashtun people, who have faced systemic discrimination, violence, and human rights abuses.
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PoGB: Residents of Diamer district raise strong opposition against recent
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Markhor Times reported that the Grand Jirga, which took place recently in Diamer, Chilas, was attended by high-profile figures such as Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Haji Gulbar Khan, Commander FCNA Major General Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, along with lo
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Pakistan: Political parties announce strike in Murree against Punjab's gov
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
On Saturday, political parties and traders united to voice their opposition to the Murree Development Plan introduced by the Punjab government, expressing concerns that it could lead to the loss of jobs and livelihoods for local residents.
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Pakistan: Grand jirga brokers 'indefinite ceasefire' in Kurram
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A ceasefire has been agreed between the warring sides in Kurram district after a grand jirga's extensive deliberations. The talks, aimed at ensuring lasting peace in the region, followed deadly ambushes and escalating violence. Both sides have committed to working with the jirga for a sustai
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Geneva: Pashtuns organise massive anti-pakistan protest, conference to hig
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe held a significant protest and international conference titled "Pashtun Nation: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Pashtun Grand Jirga in Pakistan" on Monday, coinciding with the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Swit
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Awami Action Committee to hold protest over surge in whe
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Awami Action Committee organised a Gilgit grand Jirga over the wheat price hike and also announced protest sit-ins in all districts, including Gilgit, from January 2.
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Pakistan PM to convene tribal council meeting for settling North Wazirista
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Prioritising the North Waziristan tribal district's peace, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that he would soon convene a grand jirga (a tribal council responsible for settling disputes) of elders of the area in Islamabad to find a way o
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