Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah called on Minister for Health, Makhdoom Shahabuddin on Saturday and discussed matters pertaining to increased quota of medical students in medical and dental colleges of Punjab. The minister apprised the Chief Minister that the federal government under direction of the Prime Minister has decided to increase the quota of [...]
Lok Virsa intends to invite all other provinces, including AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan to hold similar festivals in Islamabad for promoting regional culture, said Lok Virsa Executive Director Khalid Javaid while talking to Daily Times. He said they felt proud to organise this festival successfully. He said Lok Virsa was always open for collaboration to any [...]
By Karim Imamdad Hunzai ( Senior Editor Hunzatimes ,Paris)
The British Government was the host and main protagonist to organize the International Conference on Afghanistan in London on 28/29 January,2010.The foreign ministers from 70 countries,including USA secretary of state Hillary Clinton and the Secretary General of UNO, Ban-ki Moon and the H.H Karim Aga Khan with [...]
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By Marvi Memon
The Kashmir and Northern Areas Ministry (KANA) which administratively manages both territories, has changed its name to Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan (KGB) Ministry. What follows is my take on Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) and KGB in my first visit to AJK as a member of parliament.
Prior to this trip, only two meetings [...]
ISLAMABAD (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Karia, on Tuesday, said the government was aware of the reality that the country could not afford institutional confrontation. However, the possibility of such situation does not seem to arise at present as all top democratic pillars were working in complete harmony and within their [...]
By GR Chandio ( via Email )
ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme will provide financial assistance to all deserving families of Gilgit-Baltistan and would end the quota system, said Federal Minister/Chairperson of the BISP, Madame Farzana Raja on Monday.
In a meeting with the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Syed Mehdi Shah, who visited the BISP [...]
By: Piyar Ali Sagi ( Gilgit)
The effectives of Atta Abad and the citizens of upper Hunza are going on a Demonstration at the Capital City of Gilgit Baltistan today the peaceful rally will start from press club and will march towards the secretariat. In their basic aims the IDPs and effectives are demanding for the [...]
By: Safdar Ali Shah (Editor Hunzatimes)
KARACHI: Gojali Students of Karachi university celebrate welcome & farewell party with peacewalker at university campus they also specially invite the peace walker in the program, the main purposer of the program was to welcome the new students of Gojal Hunza at Karachi university, and [...]
LAHORE: Students of Punjab University protested on Friday against the alleged use of weapons on campus and the targeting of students from Gilgit-Baltistan and NWFP, by members of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT).
The protesters claimed that armed members of IJT assaulted students from these territories, and had fired guns into the air around certain hostels in [...]
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