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UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks
Updated : 7 months ago IST
UNOCHA has urged Pakistan to strengthen disaster risk strategies as heavy monsoon rains threaten floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in vulnerable regions, including Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The report highlights climate change, droughts, and past flood losses, st
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Shisper glacier flood devastates PoGB, blocks Karakoram highway and isolat
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Flooding from the Hunza Shisper Glacier in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan has blocked the Karakoram Highway, damaged homes, farmland, and infrastructure, and stranded travellers. Over 50 labourers narrowly escaped rising waters, while residents face shortages of essentials. Officials
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Seventeenth day of Hunza traders' sit-in brings cross-border movement to a
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The sit-in protest orchestrated by the Pak-China Traders' Alliance Action Committee has reached its 17th consecutive day, showing no indication of conclusion as traders remain resolute in their two-point demands. Political, social, and religious groups from all over Pakistan-occupied Gilgit
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Landslide and glacial floods kill 8 volunteers, ravage homes in PoGB
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Many others were injured and taken to nearby hospitals, where emergency services have been placed on high alert.
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PoGB: Traders sit-in protest on Karakoram Highway enters fourth week, bloc
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
A sit-in on the Karakoram Highway has blocked trade between Pakistan and China for 22 days. Protesters demand tax exemptions and clearance of stuck goods in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The government's federal committee will meet to resolve the issue, but protesters won't end the str
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Glacial lake outburst floods devastate Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan,
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Climate change-driven disasters continue to batter Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from the Shishper Glacier tore through Hassanabad Nullah, swept away part of the Karakoram Highway, and destroyed public and private properties.
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"International community must shoulder its responsibility": Palestinian Fo
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Palestinian foreign minister called on the international community to act against Israel's actions in Gaza, calling it genocide. She urged respect for Palestinian rights, criticized Israeli plans to seize Gaza City, and blamed global inaction for ongoing violence in the occupied West Ban
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Zelensky rejects Trump's "territory swap" idea, vows no concessions to Rus
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Ukrainian President Zelensky rejected US President Trump's suggestion of a territory swap with Russia, vowing not to cede any land under Russian control. He accused Putin of seeking to legitimize occupied regions in exchange for a war pause, RT reported.
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Protest on Karakoram Highway disrupts Pakistan-China trade for 20 days ove
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Protests on the Karakoram Highway have halted trade between Pakistan and China for 20 days, opposing taxation and customs delays in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB). Protesters demand tax exemptions and clearance of stuck goods, warning of escalation if their legal demands are not m
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Corruption leaves Pakistan-Occupied Jammu-Kashmir without basic infrastruc
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The ongoing neglect of infrastructure and public services in Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) has left thousands of residents without even the most essential facilities. Local community members are increasingly denouncing systemic corruption, political favouritism, and poor manag
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Residents of PoGB appeal for urgent government relief after devastating fl
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Residents in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) are grappling with the aftermath of recent floods that have devastated homes, farmland, and essential infrastructure.
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PoJK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza slams Section 144 imposition in Balochistan
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has criticised the enforcement of Section 144 across Balochistan for 15 days, a regulation that bans gatherings of more than five individuals.
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