Gilgit (Staff reporter): Assistant Commissioner/Administrator Municipal Corporation Gilgit has issued a notification regarding sect wise Eid prayer timings and Eid Gahs as shown in the table given below. S# Sect Prayer site (Eid gah) Prayer time (AM) 1 Shia Imami Ismailia Shah Karim Hostel, Konodas 08 : 00 2 Ahle Sunnat Markazi Eid Gah Konodass…
Kharmang (P): A police darbar was organized at Taulti police station Kharmang on Tuesday. The darbad was attended by a large number of police officers and jawans. Addressing the darbar, SP Kharmang Captain (Rtd) Nabeel Ahmed instructed to improve discipline and professional capacity to protect the life and property of the people. He asks police…
Gilgit (PR): WAPDA employees in Sadpara Baltistan protested by closing power houses over non-payment of salaries and allowances on Tuesday. Taking notice of the protest, the divisional and district administration Skardu took immediate notice and contacted the water and power authorities. On directions of the Commissioner Baltistan division Shuja Alam and deputy Commissioner Skardu Captain…
Gilgit (PR) Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid has contacted the director general Frontier Works Organization (FWO) to take measures to clear blockage on the Karakoram Highway at Ushar Nala due to raining. Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid said that a large number of travelers are stranded due to the blockage at Ushar Nala. In a conversation…
Gilgit (PR): Kashrot Youth Organization distributed edible items as part of its Ramazan Food Package among 142 households of Gilgit Town area. Those receiving the food package include widows and poor families. Food package contained flour, cooking oil, pulses, spices, rice, milk, beans, tea leaves, malai, jam, soap, surf, etc. The relief food packages were…
Gilgit (PR): Pakistan Red Crescent distributed relief ration for Eid-ul-Fitr among more than five hundred families affected last year’s floods across Gilgit-Baltistan. The relief items included flour, wheat, ghee, sugar packs, tea, salt, spices, etc. The relief supplies were distributed in the: vilages of Sherqilla and Buber in Ghizer; Yalbo, Sabsar, Ganji, Talu and Tulobruq…
Gilgit (PR): Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Khalid Khurshid Ahmad Khan presided over a high-level meeting regarding the Henzal Power Project in Gilgit on Saturday. While speaking in the meeting, the chief minister said the transfer of authority to the G-B government from the principal accounting officer of PSDP projects is a great initiative of the…
Gilgit (Bureau Chief): Like the rest of the country, Jumat ul wida was celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan as the Day of Al-Quds to express solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and for their freedom from the Zionist occupation. After Friday prayers, al-Quds protest rallies were organized across Gilgit-Baltistan including Gilgit City, Danyor, Jutal, Nomal, Jalalabad, Nagar,…
Gilgit (PR): Gilgit-Baltistan Contracttors Association staged protest sit-in in front of the office of ‘chief engineer water and power’ in favour of their demands on Tuesday. The officials of the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan participated in the sit-in under the leadership of their chairman Fida Hussain to express their solidarity with the contractors. The leaders…
Gilgit (C.R Akbar Shah): A loss of billions of rupees are feared to be made to the national exchequer again. The once abandoned MPA Hostel Gilgit Scheme aimed at providing accommodation facilities to the members of the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly is again included in PC-1. According to details, billions of rupees have been invested in the…