Tag: Gb

CM urges private sector to investment in GB

Gilgit Baltistan’s Chief Minister, Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehman on Tuesday said his region has tremendous potential for tourism but lack of good hotels is a major...

Denmark supports indigenous culture of Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan is a culturally rich country with a diverse cultural background and services which has a huge potential to being harnessed for economic, social and sustainable development. This...

CPEC will boost living standards, increase tourism in GB

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Legislative Assembly Speaker Fida Muhammad Nashad has said that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will boost tourism in the 73,000 sq...

Moderate earthquake jolts parts of KP, Punjab, GB and AJK

A moderate earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening but no loss was reported. According to details,...

AJK govt won’t let GB become Pakistan’s province

The state government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has decided to lodge a protest against any attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a province. In...

PPP’s white paper indulges in GB’s ‘poll rigging’

Issuing a white paper, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday accused Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of “massive rigging” in the recent Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)’s legislative assembly elections, claiming that the ruling party “engineered its win in the peaceful polls using state funds and influence from prime minister's office”.

GB wheat subsidy ain’t no hoax: Pervaiz Rashid

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday rejected rumours that the government has abolished a subsidy on wheat for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). In...

Khan offers critics LB re-elections

Addressing a public meeting in Hunza on Thursday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan offered disgruntled parties holding re-election for local bodies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Sharif set to claim GB with signature projects

Announcing a number of development schemes for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) during a public gathering on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that mega development projects, including Diamer Basha Dam will bring prosperity in the province.

PM puts GB on fast track to development

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday to have an on the spot briefing on development projects being executed in the area. According...

GB forms special police unit for mountaineers’ security

The Gilgit-Baltistan government has formed a highly trained police unit to provide security to climbers who visit the area for scaling different peaks, said...

PTI eyes AJK, GB as bigwigs join party

PML-Q GB President Mirza Hussain, PML-Q GB Women’s Wing President Amna Ansari join PTI while former AJK PM Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry and former...

‘State bureaucracy not fit for granting GB’s mining approvals’

Senator opposes powers to Islamabad bureaucracy to grant mining licenses in Gilgit-Baltistan   ISLAMABAD INP   The new Mining and Minerals Concession Policy for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), giving powers of...

PTI flays govt for taking back wheat subsidy in GB

LAHORE Punjab PTI President Ejaz Chaudhry on Friday flayed the increase in price of 20kg wheat bag in Gilgit Baltistan. He said the government...

Pakistan scrambles for damage control over GB attack

With Islamabad set to send one of its two top Foreign Ministry officials to Beijing today (Tuesday) to assure the Chinese leadership about a...

NA unanimously slams killing of tourists

The National Assembly on Sunday passed a unanimous resolution to condemn the killing of nine foreigner and two local climbers in Gilgit-Baltistan. Interior Minister...

Nine foreign tourists among 11 killed in GB

As many 11 people, including 10 foreign tourists, were shot dead in the Fairy Meadows area in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) late on Saturday. A police official...