Pakistan-China relations steering committee includes POK and Gilgit-Baltistan in its fold

Jul 06, 2021, at 09:18 pm

The Pak-China Relations Steering Committee has decided to expand its membership by bringing provinces in its fold and discussed its scope and rationale in advancing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistani media reports said.

Specially-abled persons in Gilgit-Baltistan suffering due to bureaucratic hurdles

Aug 31, 2020, at 04:22 am

Gilgit:  Specially-abled persons in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan are facing troubles in getting  education and job quota due to bureaucratic hurdles, media reports said.

India opposes China-Pakistan's move of building hydropower plant in Gilgit-Baltistan region

May 15, 2020, at 11:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has opposed all-weather ally China and Pakistan's move of building a  major hydropower plant in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Pakistan lawyer highlights Imran Khan govt's lackluster attitude in dealing COVID-19 situation in Gilgit-Baltistan

Apr 12, 2020, at 10:59 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of the ten districts of the belt, exposed how the PM Imran Khan-led regime had forgotten the area and have declined to provide even the basic minimum essentials to its people.

COVID-19: PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan families complain of police atrocities, lack of proper medical facilities

Apr 12, 2020, at 04:26 pm

Gilgit/IBNS: Apart from alleged improper implementation of policies by the government at a time when the country is facing COVID-19 outbreak, reports are now emerging that Pakistani agencies are committing atrocities on the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Baloch leader claims Pakistan Army using COVID 19 outbreak as a ground to expand occupation in Balochistan

Mar 29, 2020, at 03:20 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A Baloch leader has claimed that the Pakistani military is using the Coronavirus outbreak in the nation to expand its occupation and grip in Balochistan, media reports said.

Pakistan: COVID 19 cases rises to 1257, Army allegedly move positive patients to PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan

Mar 27, 2020, at 05:45 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan seems to slip in its efforts to tackle the COVID 19 menace as the number of infected patients in the country has now touched 1257 and reports are even emerging that Pakistan Army has started to move coronavirus positive patients from Punjab province to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.