Tag: Gb

GB notifies four more districts, total number of districts now 14

ISLAMABAD: In a historic move, the government of Gilgit Baltistan on Monday notified four more districts in the region making the total number of...

Govt yet to start work on Glacial Lake Outburst Flood project

--Ministry of Climate Change fails to scale up GLOF-I due to inter-departmental issues ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) has failed to start work on...

Govt planning to extend NAB, FIA’s jurisdiction to AJK soon

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to extend the jurisdiction of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to Azad...

Freezing temperatures affects daily life in GB

ISLAMABAD: Gilgit Baltistan (GB) is still in the grip of harsh cold weather which has affected normal life in upper parts of the region. The...

Jirga to conduct negotiations with militants behind Diamer school attacks

--Govt-mandated jirga to negotiate with militants to surrender ISLAMABAD: A jirga in Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is conducting negotiations to make the militants responsible for the...

PM directs expanding Naya Pakistan Housing Programme to GB, AJK

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday directed the government to expand the federal government’s Naya Pakistan Housing Programme to Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad...

GB ministers stage protest at Isb airport for cancellation of Gilgit-bound...

ISLAMABAD: Provincial Minister for Tourism Fida Khan and Provincial Minister for Law Advocate Aurangzaib burnt their luggage at Islamabad Airport as a protest over...

Thor tribe requests SC to give prescription rights in boundary case

ISLAMABAD: As the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan is hearing the case related to the boundary dispute between Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the...

Army rescues 13 people trapped in Diamer snow

GILGIT BALTISTAN: Pakistan Army has rescued 13 tourists from Deosai National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Thursday. According to sources, the tourists including a foreigner...

Retired chief justice of GB top court to lose pension

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing chief justice of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Supreme Appellate Court (SAC), Justice Rana Shamim, may lose his pension as the office of...

GB decides to screen govt employees over terror links

IGP says army can also provide assistance in the process GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government has decided to screen all government employees to identify if they...

Diamer-Bhasha dam affectees still await compensation

Officials continue to earn profits from the amount illegally stashed in private banks  ISLAMABAD:  While Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has...

Army deployed in GB’s Ghizar valley after militants attack police check...

GILGIT BALTISTAN: Following an attack on police check post in Gilgit Baltistan’s (GB) Ghizar valley on Sunday, army troops were deployed alongside local security...

820km optic fibre cable in GB to facilitate tourists

ISLAMABAD: The fibre optic network project in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being carried out at a fast pace and would...

Military operation in Gilgit-Baltistan likely

--Mob attacks police station, set suspects of school attack free   --Spokesperson says all schools in GB will reopen on Sept 1   ISLAMABAD: The situation in...

Ishaq Khakwani, Babar Awan among four candidates being considered for Punjab...

PTI to nominate Imran Ismail as Sindh governor Sabir Hussain likely to be GB governor LAHORE:  The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which emerged as the...

GB organises Pakistan MUN 2018 conference in Hunza

ISLAMABAD: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) governor has organised the Pakistan Model United Nations’ (MUN) 2018 conference in Hunza to impart knowledge to students about public...