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LAHORE: Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer gave an award and cash prize to a hotel employee, Essa Khan, for returning fifty thousand dollars to a guest at his hotel in Gilgit.
The Governor held a ceremony at the Governor House on Wednesday, where Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah was also invited.
Taseer appreciated the hotel employee and said his honesty had earned fame for Pakistan throughout the world.
Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan said he was proud to live on the land of brave and honest people.
Essa Khan, 51, discovered the money in $100 notes left in the room of a Japanese worker at the Serena Hotel in Gilgit, reported the BBC.
Khan, who earns about Rs 21,000 a month, says he never considered keeping the money. He has been invited to receive an award from a state governor for his honesty. “My duty with the hotel and my family upbringing teaches me nothing else,” he said. “Times are hard for everyone, but that doesn’t mean we should start stealing and taking things which do not belong to us.” Express Tribune
A Bulgarian mountaineer has died on K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, universally known among mountain climbers as the Savage Mountain – by far, the most difficult mountain to climb on the planet. The news of the accident was reported at everestnews.com and then confirmed by climbingguide.bg.
Petar Unzhiev was climbing to Camp Two at 6700 metres with a Romanian-American climber, identified as George Dijmarescu, where they spent the night in a tent. The next day the Romanian had descended to Base Camp as part of an acclimatisation routine, but the Bulgarian had remained high in Camp Two, for reasons which for the moment remain unknown.
The death was apparently confirmed by a Pakistani official, Essar Karim from Adventure Tours Pakistan.
At 8611 metres, K2 is part of the Karakoram Range, and is on the border between the Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county of Xinjiang, China, and Gilgit, in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and it holds the second highest mortality rate among the 8000m+ peaks for those who climb it. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. However, unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality rate, K2 has never been climbed in winter.
According to Unzhiev’s website, he sought to become the first Bulgarian climber to scale K2, followed by Manaslu peak later this year, before targeting six more eight-thousanders in 2011. By mid-2013, Unzhiev had hoped to make attempts to climb most of the eight-thousander peaks in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges. Source
By Ijlal Hussain ( Editor Hunzatimes,Reporter Samaa Pakistan)
HUNZA: Higher temperatures have induced the melting of glaciers in Hunza, and that in turn, has increased the inflow of water in Ataabad lake, said sources Monday.
The inflow of water in Ataabad lake is recorded at 19,540 cusecs while the outflow is 19,845 cusecs.
The level of the lake has risen by 14 inches in the past 24 hours.
Continue reading Water inflow in Ataabad lake increases
BY PIYAR ALI SAGI(SE HT)
The internet services disturbed entire the region of Gilgit Baltistan, in the absence of private companies the SCO cannot afford good services to the consumers. The professionals, students and foreign visitors all are disturbed. We have seen many masses visiting net cafes but they cannot deliver good services, so many important works difficult to perform by masses. The actual issue that SCO increased the cost of the net packages, now Gilgit Baltistan will attract private companies to be functional to deliver better services on cheap prices. Continue reading Internet Dilemma in Gilgit Baltistan
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The Karakurum International University examination board has declared the results of SCC Part I and SCC Part II today at afternoon, delayed from the actual timing to announce results at 2:30. The overall result remained as 46.49 % in SCC I and SCC II.
HT:The Council of Common Interest has unanimously approved the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam in order to meet a condition set by donors for the release of funds for the project on Sunday. The approval has been granted at CCI’s meeting chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad. The Bhasha Dam project hit snags when the World Bank conveyed to the government that it would not release funds after India raised objections to it claiming that the project was located in Gilgit-Baltistan which it considered a disputed territory.
Continue reading Council of Common Interest has unanimously approved the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam
GILGIT (APP): Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira, while reiterating his commitment said that promises made with the affected people of Hunza Lake would definitely be fulfilled and a high level meeting on Monday would decide the matter.Talking to reporters here, after attending a ceremony organized by PIA, the minister said that President Asif Ali Zardari has held a meeting in this regard and another meeting would be held on Monday under his chairmanship.
He said that the prime minister of Pakistan, chief minister and chief secretary of G-B would also attend the meeting.
Kaira said that a section of press created panic throughout the country by reporting that the lake was bursting. Now things have reversed and media is saying that the water from this lake is not discharging enough, he added.
The minister also sought recommendations from the people regarding the lake. Technical experts are also requisitioned from the United States, he added.
He said that damage assessment has been completed and sent to Islamabad.
He said that the government would fulfil pledges made with the people and payments for the settlement of affected persons would be made soon.
Kaira said that it was believed the water would be released from the lake within a month, but it did not happen so. Efforts are still being made to release water from Hunza lake and the affected people would be settled as soon as water level recedes, he added.
The minister said that government is fully aware of the problems being faced by the people of Gojal area and assured solution of their problems.
By Shabbir Mir
The problems of those displaced by the Attabad lake disaster are further being compounded by a lack of life saving facilities and rude officials, residents complained.
“Most of the boats are not equipped with life jackets which are essential in such crossings,” said Murtaza, a resident of Gojal adding that the officials were also rude with the passengers.
The government officials, however, denied incidents of mistreatment.
Anwar, another native of Hunza, said that the trips via Attabad Lake was extremely dangerous as boats could overturn due to strong currents. The experts termed the use of life jackets essential during voyages to ensure minimum loss to life because of the continuous land slides in Attabad. Continue reading Victims complain of lack of facilities, harsh attitude
CHITRAL: Arrangements have been finalised to hold the popular annual Broghal Festival on July 28. Organised by Chianter Welfare Organisation in collaboration with Pakistan Wetlands Programme, the three-day festival is expected to attract foreign and domestic tourists this year.
Yak Polo is the special feature of the event. The people of the area having population of about 1,500 have been celebrating for the last seven years near the famous
Kurumbar Lake and the 33-kilometer long Chianter glacier.
The valley shares its borders with Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan via Darwaza Pass and with Hunza through the Chilingi Pass. It is linked with Ishkoman valley through Sukhtarabad Pass and Yasin Valley via the Darkhot Pass.
The Kurumbar Lake, the source of the Yarkhun River, which joins Kabul River in Arandu, links the area with the Pamir Plateau. The area can truly be called the roof of the world due to its location in the middle of Pamir sliced among the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. The News
GILGIT (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have always rendered sacrifices for the motherland, be it movement for independence or political reforms they have remained on the forefront.He was addressing a ceremony organized by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to hand over appointment letter to Ibrar Ahmed Ghazi, who in September 2007 saved two girls by jumping into the Gilgit River.
The minister said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) have faced hardships with courage for political rights and improvement of the system. This distinguishes the people of this area, he added.
Qamar Zaman Kaira said that he felt at home whenever he visited G-B and he would continue visiting this area.Kaira said that it was a feather in the cap of Pakistan Peoples Party leadership, which carried out reforms in this far-flung region. Continue reading Kaira appreciates people of Gilgit-Baltistan
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