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Human rights body holds Pakistan responsible for flood crisis
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the disaster cannot be dismissed as a purely natural calamity; instead, it is the outcome of reckless planning, illegal land occupation, deforestation, corruption, and the government's persistent failure to act on climate change.
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Activist condemns PoJK's unprecedented police deployment to crush peaceful
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu-Kashmir (PoJK) Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has vehemently denounced the decision made by the PoJK authorities to deploy 567 platoons of reserve police in a desperate manoeuvre to quash the demands of the Joint Awami Action Committee.
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PoGB: Dirty water in Astore triggers health crisis, road blockade by loca
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Residents of Astore in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan protested over contaminated water, citing a rise in menstrual health problems among women. Blocking traffic to demand action, locals called on authorities to ensure safe water, while officials assured them their grievances would be ad
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Pakistan: Flood-hit residents in PoGB demand urgent road restoration as cr
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Residents of flood-affected areas in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) have voiced deep frustration over government inaction as road closures continue to isolate entire communities. According to Media Lens, for the past 15 days, people in Phandar and Yaseen have been cut off from ess
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Illegal constructions, weak drainage systems worsen PoJK's disaster vulner
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
People in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) are raising alarm over illegal constructions in PoJK. An official in PoJK, Khalid Mahmood Mirza, has raised concerns that the unchecked rise of the illegal construction along natural watercourses is creating dangerous consequences for communit
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Pakistan: Severe flood causes havoc across PoGB
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A severe flood has caused havoc across Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), leaving a trail of destruction and despair. Entire villages have been cut off, families displaced, and vital infrastructure destroyed. The government has failed to provide any substantial assistance during thei
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Oppressed nations rally in London, submit memorandum to UK PM on Internati
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, leaders and activists of Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun, Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) communities staged a massive protest outside 10 Downing Street, demanding global atten
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"When we take PoK back, our objective will be achieved...": Uma Bharti lau
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP leader and former Union Minister Uma Bharti on Friday said that taking Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir back is on everybody's mind in the country, and when it is done, "our objective will be achieved."
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PoGB's business leaders demand restoration of border trade rights, warn of
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Business leaders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan [PoGB] have raised serious concerns over the suspension of the Pakistan-China border trade and the imposition of new customs policies, calling the move an "injustice" and a violation of their internationally recognised rights.
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PoGB: Tensions rise as traders protest at Sost point on CPEC
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tensions are running high in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), where traders have intensified a sit-in protest at the Sost point, a strategic hub on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Led by local trade unions and supported by residents, the movement seeks to challenge wha
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Lawyers' sit-in protest in PoGB enters Day 6, demand immediate appointment
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A sit-in organised by lawyers outside the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) reached its sixth day on Saturday, with bar councils calling for the immediate appointment of judges to both the top and lower courts in the region, as reported by The Express
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Traders' sit-down takes over PoGB amid anger over taxes, unemployment, fai
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A large sit-in protest by traders is ongoing throughout Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), bringing daily life in Gilgit city and its vicinity to a standstill.
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