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PoGB traders' protest enters critical phase; students caught in deadlock
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Tanveer Zia, one of the affected students, said, "We have been stuck here for the past two days, and the deadline for our university is also approaching. Due to this protest, we are facing a lot of difficulties. Our appeal to the government is to take some action so that we can reach our uni
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Corruption, mismanagement deepen PoGB's suffering under Pakistan
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Technical education, especially for the region's youth, who make up 70% of the population, is severely lacking. He stated the absence of a medical college, a functioning cardiac centre, and insufficient dialysis and cancer treatment facilities, describing the health infrastructure as inadequ
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PoGB leader accuses Pakistan of suppression, warns of trade blockade amid
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A political leader from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has strongly criticised Pakistan's national media, accusing major outlets of insulting the region's 2.2 million residents and undermining their voices. In a statement, he insisted that PoGB's fate should be determined solely b
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Amjad Ayub Mirza slams Pakistan's CTD expansion in PoGB, calls it move to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Political analyst and rights campaigner Amjad Ayub Mirza has sharply criticised Pakistan's decision to extend the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) into Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), warning that the measure is intended to suppress local opposition rather than tackle militancy.
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Neglect deepens crisis: Flood victims in PoGB left in tents as winter sets
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
As winter begins in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), hundreds of families displaced by the August floods in Talidas, Ghizer district of PoGB, remain stranded in makeshift tents. With plummeting temperatures and inadequate facilities, flood victims are now appealing to the governme
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Pakistan's failure deepens PoGB crisis as traders' protest paralyses China
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A high-powered committee led by Pakistan's Energy Minister failed to reach consensus on PoGB traders' demands for tax-free status and release of stuck consignments. Protests at Sost have entered 50 days, blocking the Karakoram Highway and halting trade with China, Dawn reported.
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Karakoram Highway shut amid Diamer-Basha dam compensation row
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The protest, reported by The Express Tribune, demands immediate and higher compensation for land acquired for the Diamer-Basha Dam project.
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Pakistan: Govt inaction turns Karakoram highway into protest hotspot
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The blockade has stranded hundreds of passengers, trucks, and traders, disrupting vital supplies to Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Protesters in PoGB slam Pakistan's tax
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a video shared by Markhor Times on Facebook, the traders stated that the protest has entered its 55th day, with widespread support from various districts, including Astore, Skardu, Diamer, and Ghizer.
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Pakistan called out for ethnic cleansing in PoJK, PoGB at UN Rights Counci
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), speaker Fidencie Izabayo, from an international NGO, Reveil communautaire d'assistance aux victims, based in Burundi, raised alarm over what she described as Pakistan's "grave and deliberate crime against humanity" in Pa
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Human rights body holds Pakistan responsible for flood crisis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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Prolonged PoGB sit-in disrupts Karakoram Highway, leaves travellers strand
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Hundreds of Chinese citizens, foreign tourists, and students remained stuck in Sost as demonstrators continued to block both entry and exit points of the Khunjerab Pass Immigration Office located on the Pakistan-China border on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, according to a report by
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