The mountainous region of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan faces intense cold during the winter. People struggle with scarce resources and face many obstacles in their daily work lives in the chilly weather.
Khalid Khursheed, the former Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) has been disqualified for life from heading the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) GB chapter, ARY News reported.
The Awami Action Committee in Gilgit Baltistan held a meeting of the core committee and advisory committee at a local hotel in which the action plan was decided to protest against the increase in wheat prices, Pak vernacular media reported.
The students of Karakoram International University in the Gilgit-Baltistan region are staging a protest against fee hikes and administrative mismanagement. Students can be seen chanting slogans in support of their demands while boycotting classes.
The Awami Action Committee and the All-Party Alliance have announced a protest movement in the entire Gilgit-Baltistan from December 21 against the surge in the price of wheat and reduction in subsidies, a local Urdu newspaper, DailyK2 reported.
The protestors held placards and banners with slogans like Stop your terrorism in the state of Balochistan. The Protestors said the the Baloch nation will no longer accept the process of kidnapping, killing and killing people in fake encounters.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Aajikia said, "The biggest thing in human rights is your culture, your food, your dress, your language, your heritage, which is being killed in PoK."
After Parliament passed two Bills for Jammu and Kashmir, which provide seats for members from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to the provincial assembly following the restoration of statehood, senior advocate and BJP MP Mahesh Jethmalani on Thursday affirmed India's support to Sindhis in Pakist
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Union Minister Amit Shah over his remarks concerning India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during debate on J-K bills in Parliament and said the senior BJP leader "is unaware of history" and "has a habit of rewriting it".
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reaffirmed inside Parliament that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is part of India and that no one can snatch the region from us.