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Traders in PoGB face growing concerns over removal of customs concessions
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Traders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) are increasingly worried about the government's decision to remove customs concessions, a move they fear could undermine the region's fragile economy.
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PoGB: Political activists hold protest in Hunza, demand release of arreste
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to reports by the Pamir Times, the protesters, holding placards reading "Free Javed" and "Freedom of Speech," expressed solidarity with those who had been detained, and carried out rally for the restoration of fundamental rights such as political participation and freedom of expres
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PoGB traders protest customs ban on baggage trade, demand Policy reversal
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Traders from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan protested on Wednesday at the Pakistan Customs Check Post in Sost, Hunza, in response to the Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR) ban on baggage trade at the Khunjerab border. The traders went on strike to express their opposition to this decision,
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Pakistan customs seize PKR 446 million worth of smuggled phones and goods
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Customs intercepted and seized mobile phones and other goods valued at PKR 446 million at Sost Port. The smuggled items were discovered in a truck that had crossed from China through Khunjerab Pass and was abandoned on the Karakoram Highway.
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PoGB traders warn of protest over tax collection issue
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The local traders of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), who manage their livelihoods from the goods passing through the Sost Dry Port, have been protesting for several weeks over the issue of illegal tax collection despite the PoGB's chief court ordering otherwise.
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PoGB: Sit-in protest intensifies, traders demand immediate tax relief
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Traders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have ramped up their sit-in protests at Sost Dry Port, demanding the implementation of court orders that stopped tax collection by customs officials, local digital media outlet Voicepk.net reported.
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PoGB traders warned to revoke protest against collection of taxes
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The authorities of Pakistan Customs advised the traders of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), who are protesting to stop the collection of taxes, to lift the restrictions on consignments lying at the Sost dry port after having been imported from China, Dawn reported.
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Ongoing protests at PoGB border leave foreign nationals stranded
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The ongoing protest at Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan's (PoGB) Sost dry port is now creating problems for tourists who are trying to enter or leave the area through the customs office situated in Sost, Pamir Times, a local news outlet from PoGB, reported on Wednesday.
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PoGB: Former MLA calls for reforms amid traders' protest
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Former MLA of the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan Assembly, Javed Hussain brought attention to administrative and social issues during a traders' protest in Sost village.
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PoGB traders continue protest, demand end to tax collection
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The border trade between Pakistan and China remains halted as traders have extended their sit-in protest into its fourth day, according to Pamir Times. Protesters in the Sost village of the upper Hunza region of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are advocating for an end to tax collectio
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POGB customs office in Hunza lacks basic facilities despite major revenue
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The place, despite being a major customs office handled by the government and a major source of tourism-related income for POGB, lacks basic facilities that are crucial for the incoming tourists.
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Indian film 'Dostojee' set to release in US, UAE and Australia
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Prasun Chatterjee's 'Dostojee' ("Two Friends"), an Indian festival favourite and box office hit, will be released on March 17 in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, and New Zealand.
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