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Imran Khan had opposed the idea of giving province status to Gilgit-Baltistan at every step: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Nov 12, 2020, at 05:55 pm

Islamabad:  Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said Prime Minister Imran Khan had earlier opposed the move of providing status of a province at every step to Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman says Pakistan PM Imran Khan is disturb peace in Gilgit-Baltistan

Nov 10, 2020, at 12:00 am

Quetta:  Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, has accused Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of disturbing the peace in the region.

Upcoming scheduled polls in Gilgit-Baltistan is illegal: Amjad Ayub Mirza

Nov 08, 2020, at 10:12 pm

Glasgow:  Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said the upcoming scheduled election in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region is 'illegal'.

PPP manifesto not made on others’ whims: Bhutto

Nov 05, 2020, at 12:12 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader and  Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that his party had formulated its own manifesto.

Gilgit-Baltistan: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says people will vote against Pakistan PM Imran Khan's candidates

Nov 03, 2020, at 01:05 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan will vote against candidates of PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the upcoming Nov 15 polls.

PoK former 'PM' condemns Imran Khan govt's plan to merge Gilgit-Baltistan with Pakistan

Oct 12, 2020, at 05:17 am

Islamabad:  Pakistan-occupied Kashmir former 'Prime Minister' Sardar Attique Khan has condemned PM Imran Khan for his plan to merge Gilgit Baltistan with Pakistan.

Release political activists: Demonstrators protest in Gilgit-Baltistan

Oct 09, 2020, at 01:27 am

Hunza: Gilgit-Baltistan region witnessed protest over the crackdown launched by the Pakistan administration against political activists of the region, media reports said on Thursday.

Imran Khan govt wants to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province to save CPEC: Mirza

Sep 25, 2020, at 03:19 am

Geneva: Political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)  Amjad Mirza has said Pakistan is forced to make occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region as its fifth province as the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which is passing through the area, is in the doldrums.

Pakistan conspiring demographic change in PoJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, settling Chinese and Army men: Report

Aug 29, 2020, at 08:25 pm

Islamabad: Showing its poisonous teeth, the Pakistan establishment is slowly gripping the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan region.

Five Pakistani policemen killed in raid in disputed Gilgit-Baltistan area - Reports

Jul 28, 2020, at 11:40 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Five police officers were killed in an exchange of fire with suspects during a midnight raid in the Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan area in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday, Geo TV reported, citing officials.

COVID-19 lockdown badly hits small businessmen in Gilgit Baltistan

Jun 03, 2020, at 08:34 pm

Islamabad: The COVID-19 lockdown in Pakistan has badly hit businessmen in Ghizer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan.

Human Rights activist calls Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan as 'illegal'

May 12, 2020, at 05:49 pm

Quetta/IBNS: A political and human right activist from Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has described Pakistan's s move of holding election in the region as 'illegal'.

Political activists criticise Pakistan SC's decision to hold polls in Gilgit-Baltistan

May 07, 2020, at 05:56 pm

Quetta/IBNS: Several political activists have protested the decision announced by the Pakistan Supreme Court to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and form an interim government in the region.

Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan businessmen 'suffer' due to govt's incompetence in handling COVID-19 lockdown

May 05, 2020, at 02:50 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Small businessmen in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region have alleged that they are suffering due to discriminatory and unprofessional conduct of the authorities at this time when the country is witnessing COVID-19 outbreak.

People in Gilgit-Baltistan should get equal rights like Pakistanis: Chief Justice

Apr 30, 2020, at 01:07 pm

Islamabad/IBNS:  Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed has said the citizens of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) should get equal rights like the people of Pakistan.

COVID-19: Malpractice in distribution of relief reported from Gilgit-Baltistan

Apr 27, 2020, at 01:35 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Political parties in Gilgit-Baltistan region are blaming each other for alleged malpractices in the region over distribution of relief material to the poor and people staying in quarantine in the current COVID-19 outbreak scenario.

One Belt, One Road, One Virus: Gilgit and PoK leaders seek immediate end to project

Mar 25, 2020, at 11:09 am

Political leaders from Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan have called for an immediate end to China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative as they feel that it is a roadway which might destroy Gilgit and many other corners of the globe through the spread of coronavirus.

After developments in J&K, Gilgit Baltistan Awareness Forum to hold conference to discuss 'constitutional status' of region

Aug 21, 2019, at 11:29 pm

Weeks after the Indian government scrapped the Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir,  activists from Gilgit-Baltistan, which is part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and an integral part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that legally acceded to India in 1947 and has remained undefined in Pakistan's Constitution, have called for a national conference to discuss for the region's national identity.