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Empowerment: Changing lives, one polished rock at a time
Gemstone cutting programme trains women, who pass on the skills to others in G-B.
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Sustaining development: G-B’s sole water testing lab critical to what lies ahead
Experts say the region will face major environmental challenges in the near future.
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Hoto disaster follow-up: Land giving way
Half a year on, still little relief for seriously affected by flooding.
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Natural resources: Withdrawal of timber policy receives mixed reaction
Government deprives people of their rights, say lawmakers from Gilgit, Diamer valley.
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Road block: Shandur polo festival hangs in the balance
More than 20,000 people remain stranded.
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Born to be free: Injured Markhor kid released into the wild
WCS volunteers earlier found the animal after it had slipped from a slope.
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‘Token strike’: Religious parties protest against Self-Governance Order 2009
A heavy contingent of police, rangers and Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts patrolled the roads.
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Promoting Culture: Arts and crafts exhibition in Gilgit
More than 50 stalls were put up in the exhibition organised by the Trade Development Authority (TDA) in a hotel.
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What happens in Nepal doesn’t stay in Nepal
Water shortages, extreme temperatures grips Nepal, farmers worried it won’t be long before it reaches Pakistan.
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Transport initiative: G-B govt to run free boat service across Attabad lake
Service to run weekly, during daytime.