Gilgit Baltistan

Says it aped PML-N’s decision to visit Giari after Siachen tragedy.

No untoward incident has been reported in the past two weeks.

Nationalist leaders demand ban on mainstream political and religious parties.

“I don’t mind polishing shoes. But the problem arises when you aren’t allowed to do even that,” Shoemaker.

Relaxation commenced from 12pm, asking people to replenish their food stocks.

Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah said that they would not allow anyone to challenge the writ of the government.

Matric exams were indefinitely put off after curfew was declared; students getting anxious.

Eight Hazaras killed in Quetta shootings; killings spark violent protests.

A decision regarding the resumption of traffic on the KKH will be taken only after the situation returns to normal.

Passengers caught in the sudden violence were sheltered by Chilas residents.

Situation may worsen in coming days as stocks are fast depleting.

They were seized in retaliation for killings in Chilas.

Hundreds from the Shia community protested against the killings in Gilgit baltistan.

Reside­nts allowe­d to purcha­se suppli­es betwee­n 2pm and 5pm.

Digging through snow, rescuers fear the bodies might be desecrated.

According to the army, 240 troops and civilians participated in the rescue operation on Sunday.

With no official date for resumption of bus services, another four days of blockade expected.

Holds high literacy and unemployment as reasons behind unrest.

The break in curfew was given from 3 pm to 5 pm.

Baby suffering from kidney and could not be evacuated to Islamabad for treatment.

Children were caught in the midst of heavy shelling during curfew in Khomer and sought temporary shelter in a house

The scholar has been widely quoted by foreign writers in their books on the region.

Parents may have no way of knowing where their children have been for the last three days.

Says situation in GB dire after breathless curfew.

G-B PML-N Chief Coordinator Siddiqul Farooq says G-B CM and Rehman Malik instigated the violence.

The personnel of law enforcement agencies are seen as divided and only devoted to their own sects.

Says government has failed to maintain law and order in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Longer commutes cause problems; officials blame delays on security issues, disasters.

Clashes erupted after Shia protesters ended strike launched against ban on sect-based transport service by government.

Locals complain PTI chief has forgotten the region he once visited regularly.

Septuagenarian making a living by carving handles of farming tools for the past 34 years.

The police escort was attacked in a high-security zone.

Local chapter of intl NGO issued the statement after 22 hours of non-stop power cut.

Key surface links severed, shortage of food, medicines.

Nisar was part of the three-member expedition team including Austrian Gerfried Goschl and Swiss Cedric Hahlen.

Protesting faculty members called for the establishment of an independent examination board in G-B.

In recent years, we have faced too many natural disasters. We need to work out a scheme to manage calamities better.

Team leader vows to continue the tradition and send expeditions.

Committees formed to discuss additional funds for Gilgit-Baltistan government.

The victims include five women from the same family.

With tensions still high in G-B, stories of bravery and solidarity are emerging.

Conditions put up by clerics of both sects leave little room for a consensus.

Wheat crisis, power outages draw residents’ ire.

Search teams for recovering the bodies will only be able to carry out their mission in summer.

Police arrested the men and the victims from the Juglot area on a tip-off.

FWO engineers expect to drain the lake completely by next month.

Ghulam Haider died during shelling by the Indian army at Siachen.

It takes over 22 hours to travel from Gilgit to Islamabad on the Karakoram Highway.

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on Richter scale jolted Gilgit at around 11.14 am on Monday.

Mountaineers went missing on the southern side of Gasherbrum –I peak.