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Amid Pak Army chief's visit to PoK, locals take to streets demanding relea
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hunza [PoK], October 7 (ANI): A protest was organised in Aliabad Hunza of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with people demanding the release of 14 local men, including political leader Baba Jan, who were jailed in 2011 for 'inciting' people against the government.
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Tourism industry in Gilgit Baltistan facing severe crisis amid COVID-19 ou
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hunza [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): The tourism industry in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan has been facing severe crisis amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak as many people associated with it are fearing losing their jobs and businesses.
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Gilgit-Baltistan struggling to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], April 15 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 outbreak in Gilgit-Baltistan, the government in Pakistan occupied region is struggling to deal with the coronavirus for want of financial support and medical infrastructure.
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Pak dual side: Holds anti-India Kashmir conference in London, army cracks
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalpindi (Pakistan)/Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan) Feb 5 (ANI): Pakistan, once again, displayed its holier than thou attitude as on one hand, Islamabad is holding an anti-India Kashmir conference in the House of Commons in London and on the other hand, the armed forces of the nation are crack
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Anti-Pakistan protests erupt in PoK, protestors demand basic rights
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kotli / Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan) [PoK], 05 Dec (ANI): Unprecedented scenes of anti-Pakistan sentiment swept across the illegally occupied territories of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir where locals gathered in thousands to protest against the seven-decades of subjugation of Islamabad.
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Fresh protests in Gilgit for immediate release of Gilgit leader Baba Jan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Sept 3 (ANI): Protests are being held in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit for the immediate release of political activist Baba Jan, who was recently acquitted by the Hunza Court in a case brought by the state of Pakistan against him but wasn't rele
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British mountaineers rescued by Pak Army
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Two British mountaineers stuck in a snow avalanche at the more than 19,000 feet high Ultar Sar Peak near the Hunza Valley of Gilgit Baltistan have been rescued.
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Senior journalist questions Pak double standards with regard to Gilgit rig
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit, Aug.11 (ANI): Days after police in the Hunza region of Gilgit-Baltistan arrested popular social media activist Hasnain Ramal for highlighting rights violations in region through his posts, a senior journalist of Gilgit-Baltistan
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Pakistan: Social media activist arrested for flagging rights violations in
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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People of Gilgit-Baltistan demand release of jailed political activist Ha
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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