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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 [...] A petition seeking declaration to ‘promulgation of Gilgit- Baltistan (empowerment and self-governance) Order 2009’ as ultra vires of the constitution was filed here in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The petition was filed by one Shafqat Ali Khan, resident of Tehsil Puniyal, District Ghizar under Article 184(3) of the Constitution through Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry advocate making [...] ISLAMABAD: Wapda officials vacated the hostels at Chilas on the directives of Senior Superintendent of Police and Assistant Commissioner in the morning on February 18 to shift to a safer place. A Wapda spokesman in a statement here on Monday dispelled the impression that Wapda management was responsible for the Feb 18 incident in Chilas. Clarifying a [...] By Asghar Ali Porik By Piyar Ali Sagi ( Editor Hunzatimes) After postponed airlift to upper Hunza from central Hunza since 1st February due to unsuitable weather conditions carry the lives of citizen to worst level. The area is not economically sound and people traveling from Gilgit have to stay at Ali Abad Hunza for five to ten days for [...] By Abdullah Balti The schools where number of students was less than 25 would be wound up, he said. These schools would be monitored [...] By Naeem Lone It has been confirmed that nearly all valleys in Gilgit-Baltistan are shedding gold and base metals but the need is investment to explore them in order to change fate of the area. As per [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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