Category: POK – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

GILGIT: Life in Gilgit-Baltistan remained paralysed for a second consecutive day as protests grew against the hike in wheat prices and other grievances on Saturday. Demonstrations were staged in various districts of the region including Astore, Diamer, Ghizer, Hunza, Nagar, Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Ghanche districts. Main roads including Karakoram Highway, Skardu Road, Ghizer Road […]

GILGIT: Life came to a standstill in Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday as a complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed across the region, with big protest demonstrations and rallies held in all districts against an increase in the subsidised wheat rate and other grievances. Traffic remained suspended while shops, markets, restaurants and trade centres were closed […]

GILGIT: The ongoing protests against a hike in the subsidised wheat prices in Gilgit-Baltistan are set to intensify, with the Awami Action Committee (AAC) announcing the next phase of demonstrations involving a complete shutter-down strike in Skardu on Wednesday and region-wide protests from Friday. Under the strike, shops, markets, trade centres, hotels and other businesses […]

GILGIT: A prolonged dry weather and the lack of expected snowfall in Gilgit-Bal­tistan this season have raised the spe­ctre of potential calamities, including water shortage, flash floods, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), and disruption to agriculture and the natural ecosystem. Traditionally, Gilgit-Baltistan witnesses its snow season from Decem­ber to January. This year, however, is different, […]

GILGIT: The police in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) claimed to have thwarted a terrorist plot in the city when the bomb disposal squad successfully deactivated an improvised explosive device (IED) discovered under the Bailey Bridge in Chinar Bagh on Thursday. According to a press release from GB police, at around 11:15am on Thursday, the Gilgit Control Special […]

Gilgit Baltistan’s Minister of Planning and Development, Raja Nasir Ali Khan, Monday said that the snow-covered GB region to host a seven-day long ‘Winter sports festival’ from January 15 to 25 to draw millions of local and foreign tourists where more than fifty-two teams including 12 female athletes will participate in the event. Talking to […]

The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has announced that Kashmiris will observe 5 January as Right to Self-Determination Day by organizing protest demonstrations, rallies, seminars, and other programs to invite world attention towards the urgency of resolving the long-pending Kashmir dispute to avert Jammu and Kashmir from turning into another Palestine. According to Kashmir Media […]

An initiative to transform schools and communities in Northern Pakistan, the ‘School Improvement Programme’ is being implemented in 436 government schools in the under-served areas of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral. The program, launched in partnership with the local governments and the Agha Khan Foundation, aimed at enhancing government capacity, improving school leadership, enabling teacher transformation, […]

GILGIT: Six people have been arrested in connection with an attack on a passenger bus in the Chilas area of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, according to a local police official. At least nine people, including two soldiers, lost their lives, and 21 passengers received injuries when unknown attackers opened fire at the Rawalpindi-bound bus from nearby […]

KARACHI: Transporters in the country’s northern areas took their vehicles off the roads as part of their strike on Sunday against a bus shooting incident that killed at least eight passengers a day before. At least 10 people, including two soldiers, were killed and another 25 injured on Saturday in a shooting on a passenger […]