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Disaster overload: Family of quake survivors jolted by tragedy
18-year-old was crushed to death by boulder, three others wounded
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China's new Silk Road: Boom or dust for Pakistan?
The town of Sost is gateway to millions in customs duties
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Black and blue: Karakoram university students protest against attack on professor
Demand immediate arrest of culprits involved in incident
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Constitutional status: G-B lawyers suggest reforms ahead of CM’s crucial meeting
Hafeezur Rehman to meet Sartaj Aziz over G-B Governance Order 2009
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Through G-B: Rahman offered a seat at CPEC table
Regional stakeholders to be involved in development, progress of the project
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36 glacial lakes in G-B unsafe: weatherman
An outburst may cause severe damage to lives and properties
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Saving nature: Environment act to be passed in G-B Legislative Assembly
Will help preserve area during construction of CPEC projects
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Post-earthquake: Ghizer’s residents protest poor relief efforts
Fresh snowfall has made life of survivors all the more difficult
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Proposals: G-B Assembly seeks increase in salaries
Committee analyses data from various provinces to recommend increase.
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Door to door: Operation under way to rescue abducted officials
Jirga members question police’s competence
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Assembly session: Lawmaker Rehana Abbadi demands security from G-B govt
The speaker asked the government to take measures in light of recommendations made by the committee
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Five-year plan: Drawdown of USAID in agriculture sector worries farmers
Ghizer’s growers say support ended at crucial time
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Part and parcel: G-B assured of inclusion in CPEC
Assembly told federal government has approved two economic zones
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FOCUS works to reach affectees in remote areas
Is collaborating with NGOs like AKDN to airlift locals injured in earthquake.
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Teenager sentenced to death for minor’s murder
Two other assailants given life in prison in same case
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Setting things right: BISP survey to be conducted across country: Marvi
PML-N leader says wishes of G-B govt will be taken into account
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In solidarity: Gilgit-Baltistan marks 68th Independence Day
Hafeezur Rahman met with war heroes, lauded their bravery
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Long overdue: Suspect in Kohistan sectarian attack caught in Diamer
Police say Farmanullah was wanted since 2005 in several high-profile cases.
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Quake aftermath: Death toll in G-B hits 14
Rs0.6 million handed over to families of each deceased
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Trophy hunting programme: G-B sets $67,500 as hunting fee for markhor
Permits for four markhors, 60 ibexes and eight blue sheep auctioned
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Tourism in G-B experiences revival this year
600,000 tourists visited region, according to govt figures
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Raising the pen: Social activist battles for women’s education
Says situation is quite dire, but dreams of a literate society
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Emancipation: Movement launched to release inmates who completed prison sentence
Baba Jan says plans include appeals to CJ of supreme appellate court
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A rude awakening: Lone survivor pieces together post-trauma memories
A body and the injured woman were shifted to Gilgit at 4am for treatment
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Flash floods: Ice G-B
This year alone, four GLOFs instigated flash floods which swept away eight bridges
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Military courts to hear first three cases in G-B
Mobile services to be suspended on Saturday for Ashura
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K-2 base camp swept clean
Volunteers cover 100 kilometres in unique waste collection drive
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Ecological help: Biodiversity plan launched for second time in 15 years
Reveals no mapping done of ecosystems, habitats and species in G-B
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Nowhere in sight : Uighur families in G-B sans education funds
Money was set aside by Chinese govt for their education
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The illicit wine-makers of Gilgit-Baltistan
Inhabitants of the area converted to Islam in the 16th century but before that they were Buddhists
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Cracks in the border: Many in G-B disassociate themselves from Kashmir identity
Report reveals locals feel alienated as decisions are made by Centre
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Endangered: ‘Climate change threatening languages’
Blending, borrowing words is encouraged with migration, displacement
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Educational development: HEC working on several projects in G-B
G-B CM meets HEC chairman to discuss educational programmes
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Above the law: CEC disqualifies 26 lawmakers in Gilgit-Baltistan
Orders effective till asset details are submitted
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Downpour: Heavy rain hits parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
The Met department has predicted thunderstorms in Peshawar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hazara, Malakand and other areas
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Face-lift: Kaira vows to revamp PPP’s image in G-B
Urges PML-N-led government to ensure region’s representation in CPEC
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Faster than a melting glacier?
Defining the phenomenon as climate migration
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Disasters aided by man: Darkut stands deserted as climate change fuels migration
Over years, flooding, landslides push over 100 families to leave village for safer areas
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ATC sentences MQM chief Altaf Hussain to 81 years in prison
ATC in G-B issues orders for confiscation of MQM supremo's property; pay Rs2.4 million fine
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Projects worth Rs200b on the cards for G-B
CM Hafeezur Rahman hails increase in ceiling for development schemes
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Off the record: Letter authorising wheat subsidy for G-B goes missing
Was signed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 70s to help the region
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Unsolved mystery: Body exhumed of boy ‘killed by djinn’
The permission for exhumation was granted by a judicial magistrate after a request from the local police
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Killed ‘by djinns’: Body of boy to be exhumed
Stories associated with supernatural beings are rife in the valley
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‘Djinns’ kidnap, kill pre-schooler in G-B
Ahmad was reportedly possessed by a female genie who was enamoured with him
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Winds of change: G-B CM hails prime minister’s speech at UN
Rahman said, “The prime minister’s speech reflects the wishes of the people of G-B.”
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G-B govt to purchase wheat from local farmers
Stops supply of wheat bags to private company in Punjab offering grinding service
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5 years on: New tunnels over Attabad Lake threaten boatmen livelihood
Boatman says they could lose 50% of their business or more as Chinese engineers complete four tunnels
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Unusual patterns: Climate change behind weather anomalies: PMD
Warm weather likely on eid; heavy showers trigger landslides in Gilgit
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Grey skies ahead : More floods expected near glaciers of G-B
Alert issued to people living downstream of lakes, rivers
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Question of representation: Gilgit-Baltistan lawyers say taxes not to be imposed on locals
Urge Federal Bureau of Revenue office be closed in region