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PoK: Flash floods, mudslides block Karakoram Highway at various points in
Updated : 2 years, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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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Gilgit-Baltistan: Karakoram International University teachers hold strike
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Teachers and other staff members of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan held strike over the non-payment of salaries.
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Pakistan: Passengers left stranded as parts of Karakoram Highway in Khyber
Updated : 2 years, 10 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 : 3 years, 1 month 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, 3 months 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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Terror threat to Chinese engineers, protest against wheat and electricity
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Thousands of people and leaders and activists belonging to Awami Action Committee, Anjuman-e-Tajiran, transporters associations, Gilgit-Pakhtun Welfare Organisation, Karakoram National Movement, Balawaristan National Front, Hotel Association, Shopping Malls Association and various political
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How a remote village in Ladakh bordering Pakistan has become a shining exa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Turtuk, Ladakh [India], October 3 (ANI): Nestled between the mighty Karakoram and Himalayan mountain ranges lies Turtuk, a remote village, sparsely inhabited, and close to the Line of Control.
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ITBP's mountaineers successfully scale Mt Dome Khang in north Sikkim
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): A team of top mountaineers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) successfully scaled one of the high mountains of the country - Mount Dome Khang on September 22 and 23.
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Pakistan: Landowners demand compensation for lands acquired for hydropower
Updated : 3 years, 10 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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DG ITBP flags off Bike Expedition to Karakoram pass from Leh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India] July 21 (ANI): To mark the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and to popularize the Har Ghar Tiranga campaigns on the country's 75th Independence Day, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has launched a North West Frontier ITBP Mountain Terrain Bike (MTB) Expedition
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