POJK

Gilgit Baltistan order: Law for illegal subversion of popular aspirations!

Several people were injured as police fired tear gas and resorted to aerial firing in Gilgit on May 26, to stop protesters approaching towards Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Assembly for a scheduled sit-in against the newly introduced G-B Order 2018. The protes..

Gilgit baltistan’s recent uprisings: Endless saga of atrocities

In 1947, when India acquired freedom from British rule and thereafter face a fierce but concealed invasion by Pakistan and through it Pakistan occupied a large part of Jammu Kashmir Including Gilgit Baltistan and Mirpur Muzaffarabad region. Due to..

The Hatchet man galore

On February 10 an attack carried out by Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammad on a high-security Army camp in Sunjuwan, Jammu. The important thing is that the attack was carried out a day after the fifth death anniversary of Afzal..

Disbanding Gilgit Baltistan Council: hazardous move for democracy

Gilgit Baltistan Council for some extent provides autonomy for the people of this region. But it has ceased. Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on February 15 directed the authorities concerned to abolish the Gilgit-Baltistan Council along ..

IFAD sponsored programme for Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir

According to officials of Pakistan, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will launch next year the second phase of community development programme in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir with a financing of $36.45 million. ..

Canada Funds Strategic Humanitarian Response Facility in Gilgit Baltistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is constructing a Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB), in POJK. by funding from the Government of Canada. This will be the seventh HRF built in Pakistan as part of a strategic net..

Budget 2017-18 for Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK)

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) presented on Thursday its budget for the fiscal year 2017-18.The budget was presented by AJK Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Najeeb Naqi in the l..

Trade will resume across the LoC!!!!

Pakistani and Indian officials met on 3rd August on Kaman bridge over a water channel that marks the divide between Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir's (POJK) Chakothi sector and Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector, some 60 kilometres south of the Mu..

GB governor’s son create Panic

Panic gripped Passu Valley in Upper Hunza as Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan's son Salman Khan fired in the air for “almost 20 minutes” Hunza is considered one of the most peaceful areas in Pakistan. The valle..