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Kidnapped Greek national yet to recover

CHITRAL: Search operation for the recovery of kidnapped Greek national is underway in Chitral, however, no development has been made so far.

According to local sources, the Greek national identified as Athunasius, kidnapped from his residence in Kalash valley after killing his guard early on Tuesday morning has been taken to Nooristan area of Afghanistan. Police [...]

GILGIT, THE FORGOTTEN LAND

By Claude Arpi
Have you ever tried to publish a map of India omitting the regions North and West of the Line of Control in Kashmir? Just try and see what happens! Without mentioning so-called “Azad Kashmir”, the Northern Areas located North of Kargil and Leh districts of Ladakh are rightly considered as an integral part [...]

Lok Virsa documents Yarkhun, Boroghil valleys

ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa has undertaken documentary on life, culture and folklore of Wakhi people living in the Pamir mountains on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikstan and China borders.

A three-member team of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage comprising a video producer, craft collector and cameraman, undertook a field research to Chitral and upper border areas for [...]

Gilgit-Baltistan autonomy

By Ismail
The ‘autonomy package’ introduced by the government for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan is a mix of good and bad news. The good news is that the area will now have an autonomous status with a chief minister and a governor. The bad news is that it has been given only a province-like status and [...]

Govt to address grievances of Gilgit-Baltistan on equal footing:Kaira

Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Governor-designate Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira assured the people of Hunza that their grievances would be properly addressed with equal distribution of funds and development schemes, as per size of the population.“There will be no discrimination to this effect”, he said in a statement issued here Thursday.

Commenting on the demand [...]