Women, children protest 22-hour power outage in Gilgit-Baltistan
Feb 20, 2024, at 11:35 pm
Women and children were part of the protesters who recently demonstrated against prolonged electricity load-shedding in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Jan 02, 2024, at 08:56 pm
The Awami Action Committee hosted a Gilgit grand Jirga over the wheat price hike and also announced protest sit-ins in all districts of Pakistan from January 2, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan university students protest against fee hike
Dec 20, 2023, at 11:13 pm
Karakoram International University students in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region recently staged protests against fee hikes and administrative mismanagement, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan witnesses protests over wheat rate hike
Dec 04, 2023, at 05:37 am
Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region on Friday witnessed a shutter-down strike against an increase in the rate of subsidised wheat, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit Baltistan witnesses protest over wheat subsidy
Nov 28, 2023, at 12:04 am
Protesters participated in a rally in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan region on Friday against the recent hike in wheat prices and other issues, media reports said.
Pakistan: Locals protest arrest of activist in Gilgit-Baltistan
Oct 23, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Residents of Skardu district in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan recently launched a protest against the local administration over the arrest of prominent activist Shabbir Mayyar.
PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders voice concern over child marriage
Oct 23, 2023, at 08:29 pm
Civil society representatives, including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), recently expressed concern over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Take note of human rights violations in PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan: UKPNP chairman urges UN
Sep 22, 2023, at 11:43 pm
United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) president, Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, has urged the United Nations to take note of the violations which are taking place in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Civil Servants protest discrimination
Sep 19, 2023, at 11:21 pm
Civil servants belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan Civil Service in Pakistan recently observed a pen-down strike on the eve of the caretaker prime minister's visit to protest against discriminatory clauses persisting in Rules of Business 2009.
Internet still banned in Gilgit-Baltistan, online traders and students face trouble
Sep 17, 2023, at 06:23 pm
Local administration continued to suspend internet services in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region amid sectarian tension between Sia and Sunni communities, causing trouble to the residents of the region.
Protesters in Gilgit-Baltistan demand release of Shia cleric, merger with India
Sep 01, 2023, at 11:50 pm
A large number of protesters recently gathered in the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu region and demanded the release of a Shia cleric who has been detained over blasphemy charges.
Pakistan: Top Gilgit-Baltistan cop replaced over ‘clash with Punjab police’
Mar 19, 2023, at 04:35 am
Lahore/IBNS: The Pakistani government on Wednesday transferred Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Saeed from his post following allegations — levelled by the information minister — that GB police personnel were being pitted against Punjab police as the latter attempted to arrest PTI chief Imran Khan from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor seeks release of federal govt funds amid financial crisis
Jan 28, 2023, at 12:13 am
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah on Wednesday discussed the issue of financial crisis faced by his region with Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and sought release of funds by the federal government of Pakistan.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan region contributes 90 percent suicide cases
Jun 05, 2022, at 03:33 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region is contributing up to 90 percent of suicide cases across the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: People demonstrate against forced land acquisition by army in Gilgit-Baltistan
Jan 30, 2022, at 02:11 am
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: People in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan recently protested against forced land acquisition by the Pakistani Army in village Nopura, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan protests against food shortages
Jan 19, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) recently witnessed massive protests against the shortage of food supply and black marketing.
Pakistan Telecom ministry’s subsidiary refuses to launch projects in GB, PoK
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:15 am
Islamabad: The Universal Service Fund (USF), a subsidiary of the federal information technology ministry, has refused to introduce telecom projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), stating that these two areas are constitutionally not part of the country.
Political leaders protest against Islamabad's policies in Gilgit
Oct 23, 2021, at 03:50 am
Gilgit: Political leaders, Awami Action Committee and rights activists gathered in Gilgit city of Pakistan and demonstrated against Islamabad's policies.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan opposition leader slams PTI govt
Sep 09, 2021, at 04:00 am
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly opposition leader Advocate Amjad Hussain has slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and said it has failed to deliver.
Jun 29, 2021, at 03:46 am
Mumbai: Members of civil society bodies and other laypersons demonstrated against the power outrage in Skardu city on Monday.
Activists feel Pakistan govt denying basic human rights to people of PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan
Feb 04, 2021, at 03:59 am
New Delhi: Human rights activists have claimed that people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) are living like slaves and are even denied all forms of human rights.
Pakistan: Oppn leader protests creation of national parks in Gilgit-Baltistan
Jan 31, 2021, at 08:09 pm
Islamabad: Opposition Leader in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Amjad Hussain Advocate has expressed reservations over the government's plan to create two national parks in the region, media reports said.
People of Gilgit-Baltistan already tasting sour taste of Nov 15 polls: Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Dec 12, 2020, at 06:06 am
Glasgow: Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan have already started tasting the 'sour' taste of the Nov 15 polls.
Gilgit-Baltistan polls: PPP leader Bilawal slams Imran Khan govt as five independents join PTI
Nov 22, 2020, at 11:05 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government will be sent packing by January next year.
Pakistan's key opposition leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif says Gilgit-Baltistan poll was 'rigged'
Nov 20, 2020, at 08:54 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has slammed the ruling PTI government for "rigging" the Gilgit-Baltistan elections.
Gilgit-Baltistan Polls: Imran Khan's PTI takes lead in 9, opposition claims vote was 'stolen'
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Quetta: Unofficial results of the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly polls have showed Imran Khan's PTI leading in nine seats with opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claiming that the election was 'stolen'.
Gilgit Baltistan: Polling ends, vote counting begins in several places
Nov 16, 2020, at 02:14 am
Quetta: Vote counting in several cities across the politically crucial Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan has started as voting ended at 5 pm for the Assembly polls on Sunday.
Pakistan: Students in Gilgit-Baltistan slam Imran Khan govt, threaten to boycott assembly polls
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Students of Karakoram University on Thursday protested in Gilgit region against the discontinuation of Prime Minister’s Fee Reimbursement Scheme.
PoK activist urges Joe Biden to intervene to heal wounded people of Gilgit Baltistan
Nov 13, 2020, at 02:40 am
Highlighting the atrocities caused by Pakistan on the people of the region, activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Wednesday urged US President-elect Biden to “heal” the “wounded people and divide people” of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
Gilgit Baltistan under illegal occupation of Pakistan since 1947, say experts at a webinar
Nov 13, 2020, at 12:22 am
An area five times more than that of PoJK (Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir) with a population of approx. 1.8 million, Gilgit Baltistan has been under illegal occupation of Pakistan since 1947, according to speakers at a webinar on Gilgit-Baltistan (Jammu & Kashmir: Status & Current Affairs) organised on Tuesday by Kashmir (Policy & Strategy) Group (KPSG).