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Pak: Labourers stage protest in Kohistan amid low wages, bad working condi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The labourers staged a protest rally in Dasu city of Upper Kohistan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after they were denied fair wages and better working conditions during the construction of the Dasu highway project.
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PoGB: Karakoram Highway blockade enters Day 2 as protesters demand elders'
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The members of the Muttahida Kohistan Jirga have continued their blockade of the Karakoram Highway for a second day, demanding the release of Maulana Kareemdad, an elder arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order. Protesters have warned they will not end the blockade until their demands
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Pakistan: 2 killed, 36 injured as bus falls into ravine in Khyber Pakhtunk
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Two people died and 36 others were injured when a Rawalpindi-bound bus fell into a ravine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Kohistan area on Sunday evening, Dawn reported, citing rescue officials.
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World Bank approves USD 1 billion additional funding for Dasu Hydropower P
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The World Bank has approved USD 1 billion in additional funding for the Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Kohistan district in Pakistan, reported Dawn.
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Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan worsens after protests against scholar’s der
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sheikh Baqir Al-Hussaini, a prominent Islamic expert living in Skardu, is reported to have sparked protests with his sacrilegious comments. He has been charged with making disparaging statements about religious and historical figures, as reported by Pamir Times.
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Pakistan: Kohistan residents allege timber smuggling
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The residents say contractors chop down trees in Upper Kohistan’s forests before “smuggling” their wood to Gilgit-Baltistan and other areas through the Karakoram Highway in large quantities.
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Pakistan: Part of Karakoram highway washed off in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A flood in the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa washed away a part of the Karakoram Highway on Monday in the evening hours following a heavy rain spell in the country, reported Dawn citing the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Irfanullah Mehsood.
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Drivers of Dasu Power Project go on strike to demand payment of arrears
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The drivers of rented vehicles didn't take foreigners to their respective working sites of the 4320 megawatts Dasu Hydropower Project which affected the work on the mega energy project being executed in the Upper Kohistan district with financial assistance from the World Bank and other lendi
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Pakistan: 50 houses washed away in Upper Kohistan due to flash flood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): At least 50 houses and mini-power stations were washed away on Sunday as flash floods wreaked havoc in Upper Kohistan.
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Pakistan: World Bank teams in Kohistan to review security arrangements at
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): After 13 people were killed in a bus blast at the Dasu Hydropower Project, including nine Chinese nationals, two high-level World Bank (WB) missions arrived in Upper Kohistan to review the security arraignments on Tuesday.
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6 Chinese among 10 killed in vehicle explosion near Pakistan's Dasu hydrop
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kohistan [Pakistan] July 14 (ANI): At least ten people, including six Chinese engineers and two Frontier Corps personnel, lost their lives and several others were injured on Wednesday following a bus explosion. The vehicle was carrying workmen to the Dasu Dam in the Upper Kohistan district o
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