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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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PoJK poet challenges Pakistani authorities in Islamabad HC
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmad Farhad Shah, who was allegedly abducted by Pakistani authorities several days ago, recited poetry of resistance against Pakistani oppression in Islamabad High Court despite being in chains.
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Pak govt funding shortfall halts free healthcare scheme for Islamabad, PoJ
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This deprivation stands in stark contrast to the provision of free healthcare enjoyed by residents of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
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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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PoJK: People block Neelam Valley Road to demand immediate shifting of high
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Several protestors blocked the Neelam Valley Road at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir on Thursday. They demanded the immediate shifting of a high-tension line tower on a hilltop, as it could potentially result in a landslide which could cause huge accidents 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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Protest organised at Islamabad Press Club to demand release of abducted jo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
During the protest held on Tuesday, participants raised slogans and announced that they will undertake a major protest in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) for the release of Ahmed Farhad and other political prisoners.
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PoJK: Pakistan "backstabbed" people after they halted Muzafarabad protest,
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) leader Khawaja Mujtaba Banday raised his voice against the "atrocities" inflicted by the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and said that the administration "backstabbed" them after they halted their protests after bein
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"What have they done about China?," asks Congress' Shashi Tharoor as BJP c
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Questioning the Centre's position on China, Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's position on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is only an "election tactics" adding that it must also focus on what is happening on the Chinese borders.
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"PoK is a part of India and we will take it back," asserts Home Minister A
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday castigated the Congress for trying to "frighten us" by saying that the neighbouring country possesses atom bombs and asserted that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is a part of India and "we will take it."
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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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