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Residents of Pak-occupied Gilgit Baltistan protest against land mafia acti
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This endangers legitimate owners and inhabitants, subjecting them to eviction and property loss. A recent protest outside the Gilgit Press Club shed light on encroachments on grazing lands in the upper Astore area.
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PoGB: Religious leader voices support for people demanding land, water own
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri, a religious leader from Pakistan expressed his support to the people of Pakistan-occupied-Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), demanding the ownership of land and water resources in the region.
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Children's uprising exposes lack of teachers, basic amenities in PoGB scho
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The heart of the issue lies in the chronic shortage of competent educators and frequent transfers that disrupt continuity in learning. These grievances have compelled both teachers and students to brave harsh weather conditions to register their dissent.
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PoJK, PoGB diaspora organises protest outside Pakistan consulate, demands
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The diaspora belonging to the Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) living overseas on Wednesday organized a protest outside the consulate of Pakistan in England.
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Families near River Gilgit suffer from climate change, live in haunting me
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The victims of those floods have still not received any compensation or houses from the PoGB administration. One of the victims who had lost his house in the 2022 floods stated, "I was here when the floods came. And I saw it from my own eyes when the water destroyed our homes."
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POGB customs office in Hunza lacks basic facilities despite major revenue
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The place, despite being a major customs office handled by the government and a major source of tourism-related income for POGB, lacks basic facilities that are crucial for the incoming tourists.
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PoGB residents demand immediate action on worsening infrastructure, road m
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The residents of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) have expressed deep frustration with the worsening infrastructure and substandard road conditions in the region.
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PoGB leaders express concern over wrongdoings of government in land leasin
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Opposition leaders in Gilgit City of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) this week organised a press conference raising their concerns over the wrongdoings of the ruling party and the matter of leasing guest houses and forest lands to private entities in PoGB
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POGB: Administration negligence in Gilgit-Shander expressway project impac
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A multifaced problem now encompasses the people of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan's (PoGB) Gilgit city, due to the negligence on the part of the administration and the construction contractors of the Gilgit-Shander Expressway project surrounded by a valley in the area.
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PoGB: Locals suffer due to severe water crisis in Skardu city
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Satpara Dam in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan, the sole source of water supply in Skardu, is now struggling to meet the city's needs due to climate change and neglect of the local administration, POGB local media reported.
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Protests erupt in PoGB after administration leases out governmental land f
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Hundreds of residents from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organised a major protest over the administration's recent decision to lease several government guest houses and forest land to private business owners from the Punjab Province, a local news outlet from PoGB, Skar
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PoGB: Female teachers protest over unfilled vacancies in education departm
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Female school teachers from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) held a protest outside the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Gilgit City on Friday and demanded the vacancies in the education department be filled, local PoGB news outlet reported.
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