Gilgit Baltistan
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Pakistan: Mobile services suspended amid unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan, minister says 'all peaceful'
World | Sep 03, 2023, 04:32 PM IST"Schools, colleges, markets, and roads are open, displaying a sense of normalcy. Peaceful protests do occur at times in reaction to some religious and sectarian concerns but the law and order situation is calm," said Solangi.
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Pakistan: 12 killed, 10 wounded after bus plunges into ravine in Gilgit-Baltistan
World | Jul 16, 2023, 02:41 PM ISTIn wake of the tragic accident, police and rescue officials are desperately carrying out measures to moved the injured and deceased people to hospitals
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Gilgit-Baltistan people demand unification with India amid Pakistan's economic turbulence I DETAILS
World | Jan 19, 2023, 07:21 PM ISTThe protests came as Pakistan has been facing multiple issues, including economic crises and internal disturbances.
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Pakistan: Outrage against government over inflation, unemployment in Gilgit Baltistan
World | Dec 22, 2021, 11:05 AM ISTAccording to locals, the mental health of an individual in an illegally occupied region has taken a massive toll due to the unemployment situation.
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Contractual workers in Gilgit Baltistan hit streets, demand job regularisation
News | Apr 20, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTIt's been weeks since these contractual workers in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan are demanding their regularisation.
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Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly passes resolution for interim provincial status
World | Mar 10, 2021, 07:31 AM ISTThe Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution demanding the status of interim province for the region.
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Long, painful spells of load shedding spark rage in Gilgit Baltistan
News | Dec 22, 2020, 08:21 PM ISTA transmission tower was set on fire by locals in Gilgit Baltistan citing it was of no use as the region was not getting any power.
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Protest erupts after shops demolished in Gilgit-Baltistan
News | Dec 16, 2020, 01:00 PM ISTLocals held protest as government demolished many shops in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Doctors hold demonstrations in Gilgit Baltistan; demand COVID allowances, salary hike
News | Dec 08, 2020, 09:08 PM ISTDoctors and paramedics in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to streets against the government and accused it of discrimination and mistreatment.
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader elected as Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister
World | Nov 30, 2020, 11:14 PM ISTPrime Minister Imran Khan’s party was already in the driving seat to win the coveted slot after its nominee Amjad Ali was elected Speaker earlier this week.
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Violent protests erupt against 'rigged' elections in Gilgit Baltistan
News | Nov 24, 2020, 10:12 PM ISTThis mini truck set on fire by demonstrators is reflective of the anger and frustration amongst the people of the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
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Protests erupt in Gilgit Baltistan against rigged Assembly polls
News | Nov 17, 2020, 07:56 PM ISTAs the results go in favour of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in occupied Gilgit Baltistan, other political parties have hit the streets claiming the polls are rigged.
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Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election concludes amid tight security; counting begins
World | Nov 15, 2020, 09:06 PM ISTVoters donning face masks cast their ballots on Sunday in Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan amidst tight security in the third legislative assembly election, believed to be the most hotly contested polls the region has ever seen.
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Islamabad managing polls, involved in pre-poll rigging: Former Gilgit Baltistan CM
News | Nov 10, 2020, 09:40 PM ISTAs assembly election draws closer in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad has stepped up its nefarious designs to rig the polls.
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Pak camouflaging illegal occupation: India slams Islamabad's move to alter Gilgit-Baltistan's status
India | Nov 01, 2020, 08:18 PM ISTIndia on Sunday firmly rejected Pakistan's move of granting fifth provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan and said that it is Islamabad's attempt to camouflage its illegal occupation.
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Outrage against Pakistan's attempt to make Gilgit Baltistan as its 5th province
News | Oct 06, 2020, 11:48 PM ISTAnger is mounting high in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan against Islamabad's attempt to change the political status of the occupied region.
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Extrajudicial killings in PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan not acceptable: Activist at UNHRC
News | Jul 10, 2020, 10:57 AM ISTNational Equality Party JKGBL, Chairman Sajjad Raja while speaking at UNHRC's 44th session on July 09 said that the extrajudicial killings taking place in Pakistan occupied so called 'Azad' Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan are not acceptable.
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Doctors in Gilgit Baltistan protest as they lack PPEs to treat Covid-19 patients
News | Jun 23, 2020, 06:05 PM ISTDoctors treating Covid-19 patients demonstrated in front of the Chief Minister's residential compound in Gilgit to seek immediate redressal of a host of problems they are enduring.
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China feels threatened by India's infra building in Ladakh, says Gilgit activist
News | Jun 20, 2020, 02:35 PM ISTA political activist from Gilgit Baltistan has condemned Chinese aggression in Ladakh saying Beijing is feeling threatened by India's infrastructure projects in the Union Territory.
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Covid-19: Doctors hold protest march against 'autocratic' govt. in Gilgit Baltistan
News | Jun 16, 2020, 09:08 PM ISTSenior physicians, resident doctors and their supporting staff in Hunza district of the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to streets against the authorities they call 'autocratic'.