Tag: Gilgit-Baltistan

Arrangements finalised to provide 3G and 4G services in AJK

AZAD KASHMIR : All initial arrangements have been finalised to launch 3G and 4G services in Azad Kashmir to facilitate consumers with latest services of...

PIA resumes flight operation to Gilgit

On the directions of the federal government, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has obtained the services of a C-130 aircraft from Pakistan Air Force for...

G-B motels to stay open till December to promote tourism along...

Seasonal motels located in Gilgit-Baltistan along the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will remain open longer this year, until December 1. This was...

Polling for by-election in Hunza underway

Polling for By-Election of Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) 6 Hunza Nagar III is underway. Polls at 58 polling stations are being held after the Pakistan...

Nation determined to thwart conspiracies against CPEC: GB CM

Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman Wednesday (today) said the nation was determined to thwart conspiracies against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which would prove...

CPEC to benefit Gilgit-Baltistan the most: President Mamnoon

President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will immensely benefit the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). Addressing at a laptop distribution ceremony...

Rehmat Jamal: Rising Taekwondo star goes noticed

Despite lack of country's full support for taekwondo, 20-year-old Gilgit boy, Rehmat Jamal  has managed to win over fans with his brilliant sportsmanship in  just...

Food processing plant to be set up near Gilgit: Khurram Dastgir

    Federal Minister for Commerce Engr Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Wednesday that a food processing plant will be set up near Gilgit to enhance...

Italian dies skiing in Gilgit-Baltistan

An Italian mountaineer died during a skiing accident in Gilgit-Baltistan region as he attempted to descend a 6,000-metre (19,685-foot) peak, the Alpine Club of...

Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Launches Sehat Hifazat

Health Protection Programme Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman formally launched the Sehat Hifazat Programme, a social health protection scheme for Gilgit-Baltistan, in a ceremony held...

PM performs groundbreaking, inauguration of CPEC projects in Gilgit-Baltistan

Performs groundbreaking of Pak-China Optical Fibre Cable project in Gilgit; Inaugurates Gilgit-Baltistan patrolling police headquarters in Gilgit; Announces establishment of a technical training institute...

Hydropower generator reduces deforestation, disasters in Northern Pakistan

In her home in the remote Hunza valley, Gul Mehreen smiles as she places a tea kettle on the electric stove in her immaculate...

Italian mountaineer kills the Killer Mountain

Simone Moro stood atop Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain” last week and observed the curve of the Earth — a view which had never been seen...

Info minister gloats over PTI’s election misfortune

Minister highlights efforts of PML-N government for bringing peace and prosperity in Gilgit-Baltistan; says peace-loving GB people reject terrorism Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting...

PM decides to appoint Mir Ghazanfar as governor of Gilgit-Baltistan

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to appoint the Mir of Hunza, Ghazanfar Ali Khan as the governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, according to a tweet...

The illicit wine-makers of Gilgit-Baltistan

The hems of his jeans rolled, Rehmat Ali climbs barefoot up a tree to pick the grapes dangling from climbing vines, defying hostile religious...

GB ATC sentences MQM chief Altaf Hussain to 81 years in...

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Monday awarded 81 years of imprisonment to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain. The court also...