Gilgit (Staff reporter): In a notification issued on Monday, Home Department Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) has imposed a ban on protests and all types of agitation on KKH and inter-districts roads under section 144 for three months. According to the notification, the current summer season in G-B is likely to witness a huge influx of local and…
Gilgit (PR): Chaired by Chairman Standing Committee Muhammad Ayub, an emergency joint meeting of Gilgit-Baltistan Council members took place in Gilgit City on Sunday. Participants of the meeting included the chairman Public Accounts Committee Iqbal Naseer, Sheikh Ahmad Ali Noori, Hashmat Ullah, Abdul Rahman, and Syed Shabih-Al-Hussain. The council members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council expressed…
Gilgit (PR): Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Khalid Khurshid inaugurated Maikal Water Supply Scheme, Khushnat Road, Shankong RCC Bridge Road, and Rs. 370 billion Astore Valley Road including Shontar Road during his visit to his home district Astore on Sunday. It is pertinent to note that the construction of Astore Valley Road was a long-standing demand…
Karachi (PR): In a statement issued to media on Sunday, president AWP (Awami Workers Party), Pakistan has severely criticized the trial of civilians in military courts calling it ultra-right fascism. According to the statement, Federal President AWP Pakistan has expressed his concern on the high-handedness, inhuman and coercive tactics employed by the law enforcement agencies…
Astore (Special Representative): An avalanche hit a caravan of nomadic shepherds at Shontar Pass Astore leaving 9 people dead while 10 injured on Saturday. The caravan of shepherds was coming to Astore from Azad Kashmir. Dozens of livestock were also killed in the tragic accident. According to Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani, police and…
Gilgit (Bureau chief): Chaired by chief minister Khalid Khurshid, the 32nd Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet meeting took in the provincial capital Gilgit on Friday. Those attending the meeting included provincial ministers, chief minister’s advisers, the chief secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, the inspector general Gilgit-Baltistan police, and administrative secretaries of different departments. While addressing the meeting, chief minister G-B…
ISLAMABAD (PR): The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) will give Rs 920 million to meet health emergencies in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). Chief Executive Officer NDRMF Bilal Anwar and Secretary Health Services G-B Sanaullah and Chief Economist Planning and Development G-B Javed signed the Grant Implementation Agreement on Monday in the capital city Islamabad. This project…
Gilgit (C.R Akbar Shah): Chief Minister Inspection Team (CMIT G-B) has completed its inquiry on complaints of corruption in the ‘One Mega Watt Hydel Power Project in Botogah, Chilas’. According to the inquiry report, gross financial irregularities have been found in the project. The inquiry report has recommended legal action against all the officers involved…
Gilgit (Staff reporter): Like all parts of Pakistan, Martyrs Day was observed across Gilgit-Baltistan to pay tribute to the bravery and sacrifices of the security forces. In this regard, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of FCNA. Force Commander FCNA Major General Kashif Khalil and senior veteran Brigadier Salim laid flowers on the martyrs’…
Gilgit (Correspondent): The Gilgit-Baltistan government and opposition members passed a resolution demanding the federal government reverse the new wheat prices on Wednesday in the G-B Legislative Assembly session. The resolution also demanded an increase in the supply of subsidized wheat to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan to address the current issue of the wheat crisis in…