Tag: Gb

Rain-thunderstorm likely at few places in upper Punjab, KP, GB

ISLAMABAD: Rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds/duststorm is expected at few places in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi divisions, Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during next 24 hours, while...

GB youth to be given latest technical education for CPEC projects:...

RAWALPINDI: An Applied Technologies Institute (ATIN) has been established by the National Logistics Cell (NLC) in Gilgit in collaboration with the Gilgit-Baltistan government and...

Work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam to be delayed as KP, GB govts...

Federal govt forms boundary commission to resolve the issue between stakeholders LAHORE: The construction work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam project may face more delay in...

GB students to get free uniform, food

  LAHORE: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government is contemplating a plan to provide free uniforms to the students in public sector schools. Talking to APP here on...

NAB arrests three GB officials over misuse of funds: report

GILGIT: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested three officials of Gilgit-Baltistan agriculture department for their alleged embezzlement of over Rs20 million, as...

GB governor deprived of property by sons

ISLAMABAD: Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan has alleged that his sons have deprived him of his property. According to the police, Mir Ghazanfar registered...

GB chief minister inaugurates first ever modern sewerage treatment plant

GILGIT: Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman here on Wednesday inaugurated the first ever state-of-the-art sewerage treatment plant in GB. The chief minister termed it as...

Government succumbs to protests, agrees to withdraw taxes in GB

ISLAMABAD: After a seven-day long complete shutter down strike across Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) against the imposition of taxes, the protesters and government have finally reached...

Thousands march towards Gilgit as strike against taxes enters 6th day

GB CM asks protestors not to take law into their hands ISLAMABAD: As the ongoing complete shutter down strike against tax enters into the...

Illegal hunting of wildlife banned in GB: Forests official

ASTORE: Astore Wildlife Divisional Forests Officer (DFO) Arif Khan said on Tuesday that illegal hunting of wildlife has been banned in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and...

LG secretary admonishes slow pace of work on water supply scheme

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Local Government (LG) Secretary and Local Council Board Chairman Asifullah Khan here Tuesday inspected the development works on Jotiyal water supply...

Karachi-based banking firm cheated thousands in GB

ISLAMABAD: Making breaking news for thousands of affectees of a major financial scam in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), National Accountability Bureau (Rawalpindi) has arrested an official...

New polio case in GB perturbs health dept, WHO

After the declaration of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) as a polio-free region by the government in 2012, a new polio case has been confirmed, stunning the...

Kashmiris unwilling to allow govt to annex GB

Ex-Kashmiri PM says PM Nawaz implementing Modi-Doval agenda Muslim Conference to launch campaign to block any sinister plan Khalid Ibrahim says Pakistan can't...

‘Constitutional’ reforms finalised: GB likely to have place in Senate, NA...

  PM Nawaz scheduled to visit Gilgit on Feb 24, may announce region’s empowerment CM Hafeez believes new reforms will empower autonomous region politically,...

Two held for illegally hunting ibex in GB

  Local police have arrested two men for illegally shooting an ibex in Gilgit-Baltistan. Suspects Amin Khan and Riaz Karim, both residents of Hunza Valley, shot...

Police arrest two over ‘anti-state’ activities in GB

  Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two members of the nationalist party Balawaristan National Front (BNF). Identified as Safdar Ali and Mehboob, the accused...