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The 23rd session of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly was concluded after three day proceedings in Gilgit on Friday
The 23rd session of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly was concluded after three day proceedings in Gilgit on Friday.In the session the house unanimously passed a resolution demanding the Government for establishment of Provincial technical training institute in Gilgit Baltistan. The resolution was tabled by Member Shreen Fatima.
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Falling in line: G-B lawmakers pay rich tributes to Samina Baig, brother
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution paying tribute to Samina Baig, a resident of G-B who became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. The resolution sailed through the house a day after the media highlighted the lack of recognition given to Baig’s achievement in the G-B Assembly. Samina Baig, 21, and her brother Mirza Ali achieved a rare mountaineering feat on Saturday as they set foot on the summit of [...]
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Not a fan: G-B chief minister dubs former secretary Hotiani a ‘Facebook hero’
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minster (CM) Mehdi Shah on Monday accused former chief secretary Sajjad Hotiana of being a “Facebook hero”, claiming the latter tried to instigate lawmakers against him. “He tried to turn my colleagues against me and also tried to incite me against them by saying they were corrupt,” Shah said in the G-B Assembly, referring to Hotiana who was recently transferred on the former’s complaints. The CM’s comments came after lawmaker Nawaz Naji criticised the government for failing [...]
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Repeated Summons: Ad warns of court action against assembly speaker
GILGIT: A civil court has issued an advertisement, expected to appear in Tuesday’s (today) newspapers, requesting Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Assembly Speaker Wazir Baig to appear before the court and respond to a case filed against him. The ad, issued by civil court judge Justice Luqman Hakeen, claims Baig did not appear before the court despite being repeatedly summoned for a hearing into a petition filed by Balawaristan National Front (BNF) Chairman Mohammad Rafiq against him. Baig had accused BNF members of receiving [...]
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First Pakistani woman scales Mount Everest
ISLAMABAD, The news about the first Pakistani woman summiting Mount Everest on Sunday morning spread like a wildfire. Text messages congratulating every Pakistani started doing the rounds only half an hour after Samina Baig reached the top of the highest peak in the world at around 7:30am. And by the afternoon, almost everyone was updating their status on the social media and pasting links to images of the 21-year-old mountaineer from the Shimshal valley of Hunza. On Saturday night, Samina [...]
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Shaky ground: Alliance with JUI-F in centre worries PML-N leaders in G-B
GILGIT: The alliance between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) at the center has discomforted the regional leadership of PML-N in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). The JUI-F has been the coalition partner of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the G-B government for the past three years, with JUI-F leader and health minister Haji Gulbar defending Chief Minister Mehdi Shah on every front. Similarly, Maulana Attaullah Shahab, a member of the G-B Council, remained advisor to former prime ministers Yousaf Raza [...]
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The race begins: PML-N leaders eye Gilgit-Baltistan governor slot
GILGIT: A change in the government at the centre has brought forth many aspirants for the slot of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) governor after regional chief of the victorious Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) hinted at sending the incumbent governor packing. Hafizur Rahman expressed his desire to replace the existing governor with one from PML-N a day after his party emerged as the largest force in the May 11 polls. The shift of power at the centre is bound to affect G-B’s government as [...]
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Power politics: PML-N G-B chief de facto chief minister?
GILGIT: The president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) chapter Hafizur Rehman seems to have become the de facto chief minister (CM) following his party’s landslide victory in the general polls. Currently, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is the ruling party in G-B’s coalition government, with Mehdi Shah as the CM and Pir Karam Ali Shah as governor. A change at the centre is bound to affect the government of G-B because it is dependent on the federal government for funds [...]
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Section 144 Cr.PC to be imposed in Gilgit
The ban was enforced to ensure public safety and avoid terrorist activities. Ban under section 144 Cr.PC‚ the District Magistrate Gilgit has imposed ban on plying of motor cycles and public transport within the limit of District from 7.00 am to 17.00 pm tomorrow. The order will remain enforce tomorrow for only one day. The ban was enforced to ensure public safety and avoid terrorist activities.
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