The government Yesterday claimed to have resolved the issue of Diamer-Bhasha Dam compensation. Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo will share the details of the settlement package in a press conference today (Thursday). A meeting was held on Wednesday to help resolve the issue. It was chaired by Wattoo, and [...]
Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to finalise emergency plan for rescue of people, who are at high risk due to blockade of Hunza River, as a result of large scale landslide.
While chairing a follow up meeting along with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Qaira, he [...]
ISLAMABAD(APP): Pakistan Pavilion in the International Tourism Exchange (ITB-Berlin 10-14 March 2010) pulled over a great number of German and international visitors to the Pakistan’s enchanting beauties in its rich tourism sector.The world’s largest five-day tourism exhibition was inaugurated at Berlin, Germany, said a fax message received here Wednesday.
Pakistan pavilion was [...]
LAHORE : Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairperson Asma Jahangir has asked the government to take notice of the miserable condition of the residents of Attaabad, Gojal Hunza Valley badly hit by landslide on Jan 4.
In a Press conference, Asma Jahangir and Hunza residents demanded of the government to take notice of the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Breaches in the 15km-long and 60 metre-deep lake that was formed after a landslide in Hunza could wreak havoc all the way down to Tarbela dam.
Fearing a disaster, the environment ministry has called for preparation of an emergency plan to cope with a possible flood which may affect the population and infrastructure along the [...]
ISLAMABAD(APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday sought a report from Governor Gilgit Baltistan over the relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken for the landslide affectees of Atta Abad in the Hunza valley and steps for the draining of an artificial lake.The massive landslide had hit Hunza District on January 4, [...]
The government needs to act fast. Gojal should be declared a calamity-hit area, extending rightful facilities to its residents. The debris removal work should be expedited by extending the shifts to 24 hours and increasing the labour and number of machines
“But at my back I always hear time’s winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all [...]
ISLAMABAD: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan are true Pakistanis and they are in favour of getting the status of a province of Pakistan, said the speaker of the area’s legislative assembly Wazir Baig here on Saturday.
Addressing the media in the National Press Club along with Deputy Speaker Jamil Ahmed, Mr Baig said [...]
By Nadeem Aman Rumi
Karachi(HT): The members and the supporters of SAVE-GOJAL HUNZA committee are on hunger strike in front of Karachi press club since 23rd febaray 2010. The activists has demanded to accelerate the pace of work to release the water of the artifical lake formed due to the Attabad land slide and [...]
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