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POGB: 20 MW Hydropower project in Hanzel faces criticism, fails to deliver
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Residents of Hanzel in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan expressed frustration over the lack of job opportunities for locals at the 20 MW Hanzel Hydropower project despite promises from officials, no jobs have been provided to locals, instead, outsiders are being recruited.
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PoGB: Sit-in protest intensifies, traders demand immediate tax relief
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Traders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have ramped up their sit-in protests at Sost Dry Port, demanding the implementation of court orders that stopped tax collection by customs officials, local digital media outlet Voicepk.net reported.
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PoGB residents protest against unannounced power outages, demand immediate
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The protesters, fed up with the government's inaction, blocked roads in parts of Gilgit City, demanding immediate and effective solutions to the persistent electricity crisis, as reported by local media outlet Markhor Times.
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PoGB traders warned to revoke protest against collection of taxes
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The authorities of Pakistan Customs advised the traders of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), who are protesting to stop the collection of taxes, to lift the restrictions on consignments lying at the Sost dry port after having been imported from China, Dawn reported.
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PoGB villagers fear threat to livelihood as climate crisis worsens, lament
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Villagers in parts of Hunza Valley in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) have been facing an imminent threat of land destruction, as their homes have been destroyed due to the rapid melting of glaciers and overflowing of Hunza River.
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PoGB: Villages continue to face imminent threat of land erosion amid gover
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
This year, the rivers of PoGB expanded more than expected, destroying several households, farms, and other infrastructure. This could have been protected if measures were taken on time.
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PoGB villages face imminent threat due to climate change as administration
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The calamity has triggered severe erosion, putting the general public and property at great risk. Currently, the Hunza and Shigar rivers are now flowing at alarming levels. As of now, these rivers have caused severe damage to settlements surrounding Passu and Shigar.
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Pakistan leader criticises PoGB administration for ignoring developmental
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amjad Husain Advocate, a senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday, raised concerns that are being faced by the citizens of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) and criticised the local authorities for ignoring the developmental concerns in the region, WTV a local news organiz
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Locals continue to await compensation for land contributed to PoGB's Gilgi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Several locals of Gilgit City in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organised a protest on Friday near the Gilgit airport raising their concerns over the non-issuance compensation for the land they had contributed for the construction of the Gilgit Airport in 1948, Pamir Times reporte
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PoGB: Thorsay Bilamik Valley faces infrastructure neglect, which hurts tou
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Thorsay Bilamik Valley in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) is grappling with severe infrastructural underdevelopment due to administrative neglect, impeding the area's potential as a tourist destination, Skardu TV reported.
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PoGB: Professors, teachers raise concerns over anti-people education polic
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A panel of educationists representing the All Pakistan Professors and Teachers Association on Wednesday organized a major press conference at Gilgit Press Club in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) to highlight the loopholes in the educational policy of Pakistan, which has failed to a
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PoGB administration's ignorance creates survival crisis for locals amid fl
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A severe flood-like situation in the Chilmishdas area of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan has unearthed the administration's ignorance towards infrastructural issues of the local people. A seasonal river that flows in the region is on the brink of destroying the local electricity supply li
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