Gilgit (C.R. Akbar Shah): A committee has been formed to deal with the Nasirabad sit-in and revise the mineral policy in G-B. The committee will be headed by Deputy Speaker G-B Legislative Assembly Nazir Ahmad advocate. Opposition leader in GBLA Amjad Hussain advocate, Senior minister Obaidullah Baigh, Minister Forest GB Raja Zakaria, Minister Finance GB…
Gilgit (C.R. Akbar Shah): Flash flooding in Sherqilla village of Punial in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan leaves 6 people dead, agricultural land, and more than 200 homes damaged. Those who died in the flood include Gul Shaar w/o Nosher (50), Gulshan d/o Nosher (22), Yasmin w/o Shen shah (25), Hakeema w/o Ali Dad (30), and…
Gilgit (C.R. Akbar Shah): Gilgit-Baltistan is facing degradation in internet and cellular services as bad weather damages optical fiber cables at different places. According to a public service message by Special Communication Organization (SCO), its optical fiber cable has been damaged between Naran and Chillas at multiple places due to heavy rains and landslides potentially…
Gilgit (C.R. Akbar Shah): Jamat Islami leader Liaquat Baloch has said that his party has made a historic struggle for the rights of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. It will keep raising its voice until Gilgit-Baltistan gets its political and constitutional rights. Liaquat Baloch said this while doing a meeting with officials of Jamat Islami here…
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan government has decided to set up shelter homes across districts in the region. Sources within the government told Ibex Times that as part of the vision of former prime minister Imran Khan the G-B government is also soon going to set up for people facing accommodation problems. The shelter homes will be established…
Gilgit (C. R. Akbar Shah): The Water and Power department, GB has failed to achieve its set target of revenue generation from electric bills. The department has recovered Rs. 0.84 billion from a set target of Rs. 1 billion. Sources told Ibex times here on Saturday that having failed in meeting its set target, the…
Zahira Gohar, a resident of Goharabad valley of Punial Ghizer Gilgit-Baltistan successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis last month on May 26, 2022, which she wrote under the supervision of Professor Fengyun Wang at Nanjing University of Sciences and Technology, China. Zahira Gohar is probably the first Ph.D. scholar in Chemical Engineering from Gilgit-Baltistan. Nanjing University…
Gilgit: In a brief but important meeting with CEO Medio Tech Arshad Hussain, Chief Secretary G-B Mohyuddin Wani assured his support in establishing an IT Laboratory in the Diamir district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Arshad Hussain briefed the Chief Secretary about ‘the Digital Diamer’, the first-ever IT project in Diamer initiated by Medio Tech in collaboration with…
Gilgit: Addressing a press conference in Skardu on Wednesday, former chief minister G-B Hafiz Hafizur Rahman expressed his reservations over the complete silence observed by the opposition members during the budget session. He questioned opposition members if it was an increase in their salaries or acceptance of proposed schemes in their constituencies for their questionable…
Gilgit: G-B government has banned new job creation and up-gradation in its budget presented in G-B Legislative Assembly for the fiscal year 2022-23 on Monday. Presenting the budget for the new fiscal year, Finance Minister Javed Ali Manwa said there would be no job creation for the years 2022-23 except when required by the government…