Gilgit Baltistan

GILGIT: The ongoing protest by Gilgit-Baltistan traders against the Federal Board of Revenue and Pakistan Customs has intensified, with protesters blocking the Kara­koram Highway (KKH), also a key CPEC route, …

KHAPLU: A sit-in protest organized by traders in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region at an important highway connecting Pakistan to China entered its 12th day, causing disruption for cross-border trade and …

ISLAMABAD: Gilgit Baltistan has recently marked a new phase in its agricultural sector by exporting cherries to China, following the Plant Health agreement between Pakistan and China in 2022. This …

SPECIAL REPORTSKARDU: Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan, Abrar Ahmad Mirza, chaired a comprehensive progress review meeting on three critical Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) projects in the Baltistan Region. The meeting …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications, Privatization and board of Investment Abdul Aleem Khan has directed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to setup priorities for the construction of highways and identification …

GILGIT: Severe heat and the persistent rainfall and brought on flooding in Hunza River, creating an emergency situation in the Faizabad village of Gilgit. A sudden surge in the water …

GILGIT: A meeting of the Divisional Directors was held at the Directorate of Narcotics Control, Gilgit Baltistan (GB) under the chairmanship of Director Narcotics Control Syed Yasser Hussain to discuss …

AZAD KASHMIR: Three foreign mountaineers, who got stranded while trying to scale K2, the world’s second-highest peak, were rescued by the Pakistan Army. The climbers came to Pakistan from the …

ISLAMABAD: Romina Khurshid Alam, the coordinator to the prime minister on climate change and environ­mental coordi­nation, announced that the government will establish a world class mountaineering school in Gilgit-Baltistan to …

GHULAM ABBAS ISLAMABAD:The Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan has called for the transfer of Rs 1 billion from the Gilgit-Baltistan Council to the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to address the financial challenges …