Gilgit (correspondent): Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid has said that the imported government at center has made a cut in the development budget of Gilgit-Baltistan. Now it is delaying the releases in the name of the difficult economic conditions of the country. Meanwhile, it is distributing billions of rupees as political bribe to its MNAs. Chief…
Gilgit (Bureau Chief): Provincial President PTI Gilgit-Baltistan and Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid has condemned the arrest of former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting and declared it another worst example of oppression. Fearing the popularity of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan, the group is using every possible tactic to suppress his movement, said Khalid Khursheed. He…
Gilgit (correspondent): Life in Gilgit-Baltistan has been paralyzed as the region faces 22 hours load shedding in freezing cold. The people and business community have taken to roads in different places places of Gilgit city to protest government’s in inability to address power crisis. Power crisis has impacted everyone right from housewives, entrepreneurs, school children…
Gilgit (Correspondent): Former Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court, Mr. Justice Wazir Shakeel Ahmed, performed Umrah on Monday yesterday. Official sources confirmed to Ibex Times that the Justice reached Makkah and formally performed Umrah yesterday. President High Court Bar Mr. Nadeem Ahmed Advocate, Head of Gilgit Baltistan Lawyers Movement Mr. Naseem Akhtar Mian Advocate,…
Gilgit (Correspondent): While talking Himalayan Today on Wednesday, Inspector General Police Gilgit-Baltistan Mohammad Saeed Wazir has said that 816 soldiers of G-B Scouts along with the police and private personnel are deployed to protect the Chinese engineers working in Gilgit-Baltistan. IGP G-B said soon a counter-terrorism department will be established in Gilgit-Baltistan as well which…
Gilgit (Correspondent): According to reliable sources, instructions have been issued to tighten the security of Chinese citizens working on various projects in Gilgit-Baltistan. The source said that any mishap in the security may force Chinese working in G-B to abandon the projects and leave. Hence, it is imperative to increase their security as much as…
Gilgit (correspondent): A grand Shia gathering in Markazi Imamia masjid Gilgit warned the administration to avoid confiscating lands in G-B in the name of Khalisa sarkar. The demand was made in a resolution unanimously passed in a gathering at Markazi Imamia masjid Gilgit in connection with the 18th death anniversary of Shia cleric Agha Ziauddin…
Gilgit (PR): In a statement issued to the media, the president of the Trade Union of Gilgit-Baltistan Haji Ghulam Hussain Malik, and the secretary general of Gilgit Central Association of Registered Tradesmen Momi Mughal have expressed their doubts over the distribution of eco-friendly shopping bags by the administration. According to the statement, they have got…
Gilgit (Crime reporter): Gilgit police say two suspects wanted in connection with murder of a woman last month in Jutial area of Gilgit city have been arrested. In a press conference on Friday, ASP Meraj and SDPO Hameed, along with the SHO of Jutial police station said that on Dec 22, 2002, a robbery took…
In a statement issued to the media, the Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Dilshad Bano has said that due to the federal government’s non-disbursement of funds to Gilgit-Baltistan, the financial difficulties in the province have increased many fold. It is for the first time that G-B government presented a deficit budget of Rs.10 million. According to…