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Pakistan: Residents of Battagram, KP block Karakoram Highway amid crackdow
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid protests raging across the country over inflated electricity bills, the residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Battagram on Saturday blocked a stretch of the Karakoram Highway near the Khatm-i-Nabuwat Chowk even as authorities cracked down on power theft, Dawn reported.
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Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan worsens after protests against scholar’s der
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sheikh Baqir Al-Hussaini, a prominent Islamic expert living in Skardu, is reported to have sparked protests with his sacrilegious comments. He has been charged with making disparaging statements about religious and historical figures, as reported by Pamir Times.
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Pakistan: Kohistan residents allege timber smuggling
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The residents say contractors chop down trees in Upper Kohistan’s forests before “smuggling” their wood to Gilgit-Baltistan and other areas through the Karakoram Highway in large quantities.
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Pakistan: Part of Karakoram highway washed off in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A flood in the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa washed away a part of the Karakoram Highway on Monday in the evening hours following a heavy rain spell in the country, reported Dawn citing the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Irfanullah Mehsood.
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PoK: Flash floods, mudslides block Karakoram Highway at various points in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy downpours on Sunday blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) at various points in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Gilgit-Baltistan, Dawn reported.
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Six killed, 17 wounded in bus accident in Gilgit Baltistan's Diamer
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Six people have been killed and at least 17 are injured in a bus accident that took place in the Diamer district of Gilgit Baltistan, Dawn reported on Monday.
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PoK: 5 killed, 13 injured as tourist bus falls into ravine in Diamer
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At least five persons were killed and 13 others were injured after a bus carrying tourists crashed into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway in the Thalichi area in Gilgit Baltistan's Diamer district on Sunday
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Pakistan: Passengers left stranded as parts of Karakoram Highway in Khyber
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Shangla's Bisham tehsil and Hazara's Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar districts. The rains caused streams and rivers to overflow, bringing rubble along with them. This led to blockades and road closures, cutting off
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Pakistan: 3 injured as protesters scuffle with police over flour distribut
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A scuffle began between police and the protestors when the protestors pelted stones at the police, three were injured. Police resorted to lathi-charged and teargas shells were lobbed to disperse the people. The local residents said that thousands of people from Mera and adjoining areas took
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Pakistan: 25 people killed after bus-car collides in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer Superintendent of Police (SP) Sher Khan, their team pulled out 25 bodies from the vehicles, while 15 injured have been shifted to a hospital in Chilas. The bus was traveling from Gilgit to Rawalpindi on the Karakoram Highway.
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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mansehra [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Landowners who have been denied compensation for the land acquired for Diamer-Basha hydropower project staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway post which commuters remained stranded for long hours, media reports said.
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PoK residents express outrage over harsh polices of Pakistani administrati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], July 18 (ANI): Dozens of angry residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are blocking the region over Islamabad's harsh policies that are reportedly hurting the economic interest of locals.
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