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Nepal probes quality and cost concerns in China-financed Pokhara airport a
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per The New York Times, the project, managed by China CAMC Engineering, a subsidiary of Sinomach, has faced criticism, with accusations of inflated costs and substandard construction that compromised the airport's quality.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan govt faces backlash over wheat price hike
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The opposition parties, who had declared plans for a massive protest campaign against the steep price hike, rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government's decision to boost the subsidised wheat price from (PKR) 20 to (PKR) 32 per kg, reported Dawn.
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PoK: Residents protest soaring electricity bills by symbolically throwing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Demonstrating their frustration with the recurrent hikes in electricity prices, locals have resorted to symbolic acts of resistance, such as discarding their power bills into water bodies.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Students and parents agitate against fee hike in schools
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The students have complained that their schools lack even the basic requirements, they do not have furniture, they have to sit in open classrooms and have no drinking water facility.
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PoK observes shutter-down strike against "sky-high power tariff"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
During the strike, all the businesses remained closed and traffic crawled near Mangla Dam, one of the largest multipurpose water bodies used for irrigation and hydroelectric power in the country.
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PoK: Awami Action Committee demands subsidised electricity bills, accuses
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Blaming the government for being negligent and discriminatory, protesters demanded the government provide electricity and natural gas at subsidised rates to the people in the region.
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More than a year lapsed, "Pakistan provided nothing", say Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
More than a year has passed since devastating floods created mayhem in the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan. Bridges collapsed, farmlands were ravaged, the households were inundated but the proxy administration of Pakistan did nothing to save and salvage the victims from natu
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Children in PoK suffer due to fractured education infrastructure
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Poorly maintained school premises with no classrooms, no benches, no toilets and no blackboard - this is a harsh reality of school's infrastructure in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Anti-Pakistan protest rages in PoK, administration launches crackdown on s
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The illegally occupied PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) region is echoing with massive protests against Pakistan and its stooge administration. Four months on, there have been continuous protests all across PoK against sky-high inflation and heavy electricity bills and taxes.
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Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC)
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26: Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC), a Sector Skill Council established under the tutelage of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magic Bus
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UKPNP holds seminar to mark October 22 as `Black Day' in J-K history, high
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) holds seminars in various parts of the world to mark October 22 as `Black Day' in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Women in PoK hit the streets to raise issues of high inflation, load shedd
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are infuriated over their unending woes due to issues like high inflation, frequent load shedding, unemployment and other violations of human rights.
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