Ghakuch: The youth of Ghizer pronounced a declaration demanding the establishment of a hotline across the district to tackle issues related to mental health on an emergency basis. This demand was made during a historic event “Ghizer Youth Maraka on Mental” held in district headquarters Ghukuch on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Organized under the banner…
A hashtag calling for taking practical measures in connection with mental health issues and a high trend of suicide cases in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan became the top Twitter trend in Pakistan for more than 17 hours on Saturday and Sunday. The hashtag #MuhjeBachao had dropped to second place by the end of a successful…
Gilgit (PR): In a press release shared with Ibext Times, Awami Workers Party leader and former candidate for GBLA Yasin/Sumal Sher Nadir Shahi has stated the deletion of repair of Gupis-Yasin main road as part of the Annual Development Plan (ADP) 2022-23 is an injustice to people of Yasin. He said the GB government should…
Islamabad: President Pakitan Peoples Party Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Jalal Ali Shah met Federal minister Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira on Thursday in Islamabad. During the meeting, Syed Jalal presented a resolution demanding the construction of RCC bridges in Japukay and Hatoon, a metalled road from Chatorkhand to Imit, and water channel in Das…
Gilgit (Staff reporter): President Alvi on Wednesday attended the 10th Convocation of Karakoram International Univesity in Gilgit and distributed awards and medals among the meritorious graduates. While addressing the ceremony president Alvi congratulated students for graduating from the university. He also congratulated teachers and parents for their role in enabling students to achieve this milestone…
Gilgit (Staff reporter): A student of Karakoram International University (KIU), Muhammad Zahir 24, allegedly committed suicide today by jumping into the River Indus from the Zulfiqarabad bridge in Gilgit city. Rescue 1122 team, upon getting the information, immediately reached the site and launched a search operation. However, owing to the presence of a high quantity…
Gilgit: Despite the start of the new academic session in schools, books are unavailable in the market across GB. Due to the unavailability of books, the teaching-learning process has been disturbed. Because textbooks serve as the only teaching-learning resource in the public sector schools. The government of Gilgit-Baltistan allocates billions of rupees for the free…
Gilgit (C.R. Akbar Shah): Nowadays, the Governor House secretariat in Gilgit-Baltistan looks like an abandoned palace, mostly because of the vacant position of governor. Despite a lapse of two months after the resignation of former governor GB Raja Jalal, the federal government has failed to appoint a governor. Governor acts as a bridge between the…
According to sources, the last installment of the budget 2021-22 has been returned to the federal government as the fund was not utilized in the stipulated time. The lapse of funds and its return to the federation reflects the incompetence and non-serious behavior of the GB government. Had the GB government used it in time,…
Gilgit (PR): In a press release shared with Ibex Times, Barkulti Village Action Committee has said that the people of Silgan valley in Yasin are subjected to bearing the worst sort of power outage for the last one and half months. According to the press release, the current load shedding is due to a technical…