Category: POK – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

The Senate on Monday passed a resolution expressing deep concern over the present situation emerging in the areas of the Dasu and Diamer Bhasha dams and asked for recruitment in the said projects as per the quota fixed for them. The resolution was tabled by Muhammad Talha Mahmood. The resolution further said that the salary […]

MUZAFFARABAD: An ‘All Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Bar Associations Conference’ has expressed serious dismay over the alleged injudicious behaviour of the Azad Kashmir government vis-à-vis the ongoing rights movements across the state and called upon it to accept the charters of demands of inflation-stricken people to provide much needed relief to them. The conference […]

GILGIT: People protested in various areas of Gilgit-Baltistan against the government’s decision to increase the prices of subsidised wheat in the region. Lawyers observed a strike and boycotted court proceedings across the region against the decision in response to the call from the GB high court bar association and district bar association, while opp­os­it­ion members […]

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government has opted to raise the subsidised wheat price from Rs20 to Rs32 per kg, in a decision that met with rejection from opposition parties that announced plans for a large-scale protest movement against the sharp price increase. The GB cabinet session, presided over by Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan in […]

By Sher Ali The Pakistani State has been fiddling with administrative setups, reforms and packages, while keeping the constitutional limbo alive to the utter frustration of GB-ians. Up in the mountains, it is that time of year when folks dust off their crumpled Khapols (traditional caps) with feathery flumes and go all out celebrating Independence […]

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) restored its operations to the northern areas on Sunday to rescue the foreign tourists stranded in Gilgit and Skardu because of the airline’s failure to operate flights as a result of the current financial crisis. In this connection, the national flag career is scheduled to operate six flights from Islamabad to […]

Norwegian enterprise, NorHydro, is to make investments in Solar and Hydropower generation in Gilgit-Baltistan. An agreement to this effect was signed between NorHydro and Gilgit-Baltistan government in Islamabad. An amount of seven million dollars will be invested in the initial phase during which the Norwegian company will spearhead the development of a cutting-edge 4.5 MW […]

GILGIT: Civil society representatives and the chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) have expressed reservations regarding the lack of constitutional rights and laws protecting women, including underage marriage in GB. They demanded immediate legislation to empower women in GB. The NCSW, with the support of partners United Nations Population Fund […]

The elusive “freedom” and “economic prosperity” of Azad Kashmir seems to have started evaporating into thin air as a powerful rights-movement has surfaced in a land which has remained mostly under the direct rule of Pakistani state ever since 1947. The scenes of shutter down strikes across major cities of Azad Kashmir point towards the […]

URUMQI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said Pakistan aimed to utilise the position of China’s Xinjiang province as an “important node” of the economic corridor between the two countries. In this regard, he said, Pakistan would jointly work with China to identify the respective strengths of Gilgit Baltistan and Xinjiang. Addressing the […]