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Case closed: G-B Chief Court acquits Baba Jan, 11 other protesters
ATC had sentenced the accused to life imprisonment in 2014.
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Size matters: School managements told to raise boundary walls
Gilgit DC apprises private and public schools of mandatory security arrangements .
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Back on track: NATCO resumes service, private transporters remain adamant
Over 700 vehicles have been parked at the bus terminals of G-B, Kohistan and Rawalpindi
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Misappropriation: G-B govt to probe alleged corruption
Officials say teams to investigate irregularities during previous regime
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Switching sides: PML-N welcomes new leaders into the party’s fold
Yahya Shah, Raja Liaquat parted ways with PPP
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Standstill: 17 KKH transporters arrested as strike enters fifth day
Passengers remain stranded, associations up in arms over convoy system
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Knowledge is power: KIU vice chancellor vows to prioritise merit
Dr Muhammad Asif Khan says it is the only way to guarantee progress at G-B’s only varsity.
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Nature’s wrath: Several people left homeless as landslide hits Skardu
Residents raise serious concerns over reconstruction of their houses.
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PTI asks election commission to stop pre-poll rigging in G-B
In a letter to ECP, Jahangir Khan Tareen asks for army personnel be deputed in G-B on polling day
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FIA, NAB offices proposed in Gilgit-Baltistan
Ministry sends to the PM Secretariat for formal approval.
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‘Inconvenient security’: Transporters strike against convoy system on KKH
Announce no buses or vans will be allowed till regular flow reinstated.
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Questioning charges: Activists look to Nawaz for justice for Baba Jan
Argue 11 arrested after riots in 2011 should not be tried for terrorism.
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Strategising polls: PTI leadership unveils manifesto for G-B elections
Accuses PML-N of employing tactics to ‘purchase’ votes.
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Keep shining: Ban on gemstone trade lifted after four years in G-B
Move comes amid threats of protests by gemstone association.
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Two policemen shot dead in Gilgit
Initial investigation reveals they were targeted over personal motives
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Legislative elections: G-B government urges prayer leaders, clerics to stay away from politics
Official says decision taken to strengthen democracy in the region.
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March 23: Pakistan Day celebrated in K-P, FATA, G-B
Prayers offered for peace and prosperity in the country.
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‘Election date announced without my input’
G-B CEC says interim chief minister did not inform or consult him.
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Misappropriation: Two senior PWD officials demoted in G-B
G-B Chief Secretary Sultan Sikandar took the decision to demote the officials on Friday.
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Let the polls begin: G-B legislative elections to be held on June 8
The spokesperson added the chief minister has pledged full support to the election commission in this regard.
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Four arrested in connection with check post attack
Shepherds had spotted the armed men in the area that day, says police.
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Gilgit jailbreak: Police officials remanded over ‘negligence’
“They will be interrogated by a joint investigation team formed by the government,”
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Without a date: ‘G-B poll schedule not confirmed’
Usman said draft electoral lists have been displayed in 158 locations till March 29 across G-B
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Basari check post assault: Forces continue manhunt for perpetrators
Sweeps carried out on Kohistan and G-B border; no arrests reported as yet.
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Controlling deforestation
The area under forests in G-B has decreased more than 50 per cent in the last 20 years
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Ambush: Five Rangers men injured in check post assault
Militants flee following retaliatory fire, search op under way.
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Five Rangers personnel injured in attack on check post near Diamer-Bhasha dam
Home Secretary G-B says assailants mounted attack around midnight, taking benefit of darkness
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Interim set-up: PTI challenges G-B interim setup in Supreme Court
Submits petition against governor, interim CM and poll chief.
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Abduction and rape: G-B police nab suspects in dragnet
The incident occurred near the chief minister house at Sadpara Road in Skardu
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Going nowhere: ‘Over 100 projects incomplete in G-B’
Governor Barjees Tahir lashes out at previous govt for corruption.
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105 development projects incomplete in G-B
Governor Barjees Tahir lashes out at previous government for corruption
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Trophy season: G-B reports biggest hunt of blue sheep yet
An Italian national hunted the 16-year-old animal which had 32-inch-long horns.
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Mountain watch groups save lives in flood-prone Pakistan valleys
Program manager says more than 3,000 potentially hazardous lakes in remote valleys, an increase from 2,400 in 2010
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Unregistered: Over 12 Afghan nationals extradited to Peshawar
G-B IGP tasked with identifying ‘dangerous militants’ imprisoned in the region.
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AJK’s schools: New head for Rs5b education project
Under the scheme, some 60 primary schools would be run as pilot-projects on a public-private partnership basis.
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Unity in G-B: Tahir urges politicians not to ‘divide’ region
“I was constitutionally elected just like Qamar Zaman Kaira,” Tahir said.
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Escaped G-B prisoners 'brainwashed' jail officials: investigation officer
Prisoners developed close ties with jail staff on duty outside their barracks
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For transparency: Fake voters omitted from electoral rolls
The list contains names of 617,000 voters
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Digging through: Higher walls, closer scrutiny of staff recommended for Gilgit Jail
Interim CM, top officials visit site of escape, two fugitives still at large.
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ECNEC meeting: Govt approves funding for Diamer-Bhasha dam
Deal would move 25,000 people from dam’s floodplains, clearing a major hurdle for construction
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G-B jailbreak: Search operation under way for escaped militants
Gilgit city remains in lock-down security forces searched for the accused in the Nanga Parbat massacre
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Running scared: ‘Fear of death sentence prompted Gilgit jailbreak’
Official says prisoners risked daring escape to evade military court trial
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G-B jailbreak: Escaped militants break siege, elude capture
Both fugitives were pinned down in a compound in suburban Gilgit
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Alleged sedition: Nationalist leaders held in G-B granted bail
Nearly 20 people accused of delivering anti-state speeches at seminar held this week.
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Tug-of-war: G-B Chamber of Commerce shut over internal row
Differences arose after last year’s elections, which some allege was ‘engineered’.
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Securing foreign climbers: High Altitude Police unit set up in Gilgit
The body has been set up on the directives of the newly-appointed police chief of G-B, Captain (retd) Zafar Iqbal Awan
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G-B governor: Barjees Tahir to oversee mega projects
Says ousted governor not informed officially because he belonged to PPP
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G-B CM Mehdi Shah gets fat package
Shah became entitled to lifetime pension and series of miscellaneous privileges through decision passed by G-B cabinet
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Without govt aid: Shimshalis build irrigation channel on self-help basis
Years of inattention has left people to their own devices.
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Election kitty: G-B interim govt denies delays in releasing funds
Alleges election commission spent funds on office furniture, vehicles instead of polls.

















































