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Showing laxity: Gilgit-Baltistan’s authority sacks 20 employees 27 Aug 2013 | 09:25 am
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) has sacked at least 20 employees over prolonged absence and issued show-cause notices to 40 others for showing laxity in their du...
GB,UN partnership to speed up development programmes 27 Aug 2013 | 09:23 am
Islamabad—A comprehensive consultation took place on Monday, in collaboration with the Government of Gilgit Baltistan and the United Nations on the One UN Programme II, a five-year development initiat...
Sectarian attacks: A day after, Gilgit town bears a deserted look 27 Aug 2013 | 09:17 am
GILGIT: An eerie calm descended upon Gilgit town on Monday after a shutter-down strike was announced to protest the killing of two men including a police official in sectarian attacks a day earlier. ...
G-B Assembly: Former PM criticised for delay in dam construction 26 Aug 2013 | 09:37 am
GILGIT: Former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was subjected to much criticism in the Gilgit – Baltistan (G-B) Assembly on Friday as treasury benches held him responsible for the delay in the const...
Police official among two killed in Gilgit violence 26 Aug 2013 | 09:29 am
GILGIT: A police official from an elite force and a civilian were shot dead in seperate incidents of violence in Gilgit city, senior administration and police officials said. “One police official and...
Investigation into the Chilas incident underway: Barjees 23 Aug 2013 | 10:58 am
The Minister expressed these views in a meeting with Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Pir Karam Ali Shah. Minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Chaudhry Barjees Tahir has said perpetrators ...
Diamer-Bhasha project: Rock carvings at dam site to be preserved 23 Aug 2013 | 10:56 am
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to preserve around 33,000 ancient rock carvings at the site of the Diamer-Bhasha dam, officials told The Express Tribune on Wednesday. According to them, the governmen...
WB has agreed to finance Diamer-Bhasha dam: Dar 21 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has claimed to have convinced the World Bank to finance the $14 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam. The willingness of a previously reluctant multilateral agency — the Wo...
Nawaz Sharif’s close friend frontrunner for Gilgit-Baltistan Governor slot 21 Aug 2013 | 09:40 am
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s close friend Dr. Sher Bahadur Anjum has emerged as the frontrunner for the slot of Gilgit-Baltistan governor. The credible sources have told Pakistan Tribune that Sher Ba...
G-B Assembly: Resolution passed to condemn massacre of tourists, investigation officers 21 Aug 2013 | 09:38 am
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution jointly condemning the murders of foreign tourists at the foot of Nanga Parbat in June and of investigation offi...
