Tag: Gilgit Baltistan
Rights Watch | 26 December 2022
Six security personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in Balochistan.
On Sunday, six security personnel, including a captain, were killed and at least 17 people...
Text of rejoinder to GB-Senior Minister story
Gilgit-Baltistan Senior Minister Colonel Ubaidullah Baig issues clarification on TTP statement.
‘The Taliban are our assets; they are being prepared for jihad in Kashmir’: Senior...
In a surprising statement made by Colonel (retd) Ubaidullah Baig, a senior minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were referred to as “assets of the country, and that despite the potential damage to Pakistan, they were being prepared for jihad in Kashmir.”
Against all odds, hundreds of women and girls attend the ‘GB Women’s Festival’
Despite strong opposition, girls and women from different districts of Gilgit-Baltistan gathered to participate at the women's sporting event.
گلگت بلتستان کی موسیقی کا دمکتا ستارہ
مرحوم نوجوان موسیقار ضیاء الکریم گلگت بلتستان کی میوزک اور موسیقی کو دنیا سے روشناس کرانے میں اہم کردار ادا کیا_وہ ان چنندیدہ لوگوں میں سے تھے جو کم عمری میں ہی اتنا کچھ کر گزرتے ہیں کہ آئندہ نسلیں ہمیشہ انہیں یاد رکھتی ہیں
Power outages: GB residents threaten blockade over terrorism case
A Gilgit Baltistan legislator on Thursday asked authorities to withdraw a terrorism case against protesters in Ghizer district over power outages as residents there threaten a blockade.
Eight death sentences later, Gilgit seeks sectarian peace
A GB ATC awarded the death penalty to eight people involved in two incidents of alleged sectarian killings in the Naltar valley.
Sources allege torture by the authorities during the investigation
More firing in Gilgit as arrests made In Naltar incident
March 27th, 2021; By Hamid Riaz & Hassan Raza; LAHORE/Gilgit City; 2 people were injured in yet another incident of firing in GB, today. As police announced arrests of several culprits in relation to the Naltar Incident. GB govt announces cancellation of govt exams in light of the prevailing security situation.
Sectarian tensions on the rise in GB after Naltar killing
March 26th, 2021; By Hamid Riaz & Hassan Raza; LAHORE; 6 people including a woman were killed when assailants opened fire on a passenger jeep traveling from Gilgit to Naltar, yesterday. Following the incident, the GB admin declared a 'red alert' as Shia-Sunni tensions escalate.
Prisoner of Conscience: Baba Jan visits AGHS
March 24th, 2021; By Hamid Riaz & Hassan Raza; LAHORE; Baba Jan visited the office of the late Asma Jahangir to offer his condolences and thank his allies for standing with him throughout the nine years he had spent incarcerated as a prisoner of conscience.
