Category: Jammu & Kashmir

Dawn News reports: Affectees of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Wapda for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam’s construction. The protesters were demanding pending payments for the Chula (stove) Package which entitles them to financial assistance before departure […]

By Afzal Ali Shigri LAST December, the Gilgit-Baltistan government made a significant decision to increase the subsidised price of wheat. The tradition of providing essential items at subsidised rates to this remote region can be traced back to the era of Dogra rule, persisting post-liberation. Subsidised rates essentially aimed at offsetting the added expenses incurred […]

The government lacks the necessary technology to adequately warn those living in the path of disasters or support those affected by disasters For 48-year-old Rozeena Bibi, life in the remote Sherqilla village of Gilgit-Baltistan was simple. She grew staples such as wheat and corn, reared some livestock, and took care of her family. Her life, […]

GILGIT: Khunjerab Pass, which remained shut for four months starting Nov 30, was reopened for travel and trade between Pakistan and China on Monday. The border-crossing is now expected to keep functioning throughout the year. On Oct 20, then-caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing where […]

More than 50 men have been arrested in Pakistan’s AJK after a crowd chanting anti-Israel slogans picketed and set fire to a restaurant belonging to American fast food chain KFC, police said Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening in the northeastern town of Mirpur, in Azad Kashmir, after protesters gathered on the town’s […]