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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan gripped by protests as residents demand basic rights
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Undeterred by the harsh weather conditions, protesters are taking to the streets, intensifying pressure on the administration. The protests also include demands for basic rights, such as employment, electricity, education, and a life above destitution.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Millat Jafaria leader urges people, organisations to ful
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Millat Jafaria Gilgit-Baltistan leader Agha Syed Rahat Hussain Al-Husseini urged the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, organisations, and associations to fully participate in the sit-ins, as reported by Pakistan vernacular media, the Daily K2.
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PoK: Awami Action Committee rejects notification regarding wheat subsidy,
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Awami Action Committee chief commander Ehsan Ali Advocate, in his speech said that no negotiations have been held with the Awami Action Committee and added that the notification being shown is a fraud.
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Sit-in protests to continue in Gilgit-Baltistan despite restoration of old
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Despite the restoration of old wheat prices, the sit-in protests continued in Gilgit-Baltistan over the issue of the Finance Bill, Revenue Act, and Health Card, Pakistan vernacular media, Daily K2 reported.
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Wheat subsidy protests intensify in Gilgit-Baltistan, demonstrations turn
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
On January 27, the Committee announced a transport wheel jam in 10 districts. Stores, marketplaces, and eateries were closed in several locations including Skardu, Diamer, Ghizer, Astore, Shigar, Ghanche, Kharmang, and Hunza.
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Demonstrations enter third consecutive day in Gilgit-Baltistan over hike i
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Everything in Gilgit Baltistan continues to remain at a standstill as the protests orchestrated by the general public enter their third consecutive day. Raising their voices against a major price hike and other grievances, Dawn, a major news outlet from Pakistan, reported.
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Long march caravans start reaching Gilgit as wheat prices continue to rema
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The agitation against the provincial government's plan to raise wheat prices in Gilgit-Baltistan has been intensifying on a daily basis, according to vernacular media, Daily K2.
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Gilgit-Baltistan governor, Pak president Arif Alvi discusses hike in subsi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah called on Pakistan President Arif Alvi and discussed the increase in the prices of subsidised wheat as the residents of the region announced that they would stage marches against the hike today (Saturday), as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Life in Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK comes to standstill with complete shutter
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The lives of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan as a complete shutter down and wheel-jam strike was observed against an increase in the subsidised wheat rate and other grievances across the region, as reported by Dawn.
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Will form PoK govt in exile if demands not met by Feb 5: Activist Amjad Ay
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said that if the demands of the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan are not met by February 5, then the political exiles living abroad will have no choice but to form a national government of PoK in exile.
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PoK: Protesters give ultimatum to govt to reverse price hike of wheat
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In the wake of ongoing agitation against the hike in the prices of wheat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Provincial President of Majlis Wahdat al-Muslimeen Syed Ali Rizvi and All party Alliance leader Ghulam Hussain Athar issued an ultimatum for the government to resolve the issue of price
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PoK: Protesters vow to continue sit-in as stir against wheat price hike en
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The agitation against the increase in the concessional price of wheat entered its fourteenth day on Tuesday, as thousands of people from the city and surrounding areas participated in the sit-in, Pak vernacular media reported.
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