Residents launched a protest against the local administration in the Skardu district of Gilgit Baltistan over the arrest of Shabbir Mayyar, a prominent activist who was demanding the opening of Skardu-Kargil Road. The occupied region has long been grappling with severe crises such as high inflation and shortage of commodities, and people have been demanding the resumption […]
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Power Crisis, frequent load shedding continues to trigger protests in Gilgit Baltistan
Gilgit Baltistan Youth Committee organized a protest in the illegally occupied Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK’s Gilgit Baltistan) against the computerized electricity bills and load shedding in the region, according to local media. On December 31 and January 1, Gilgit Baltistan Youth Committee organised the protest as the people in the illegally occupied region […]
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Shopkeepers down shutters in Gilgit Baltistan to protest Pakistan’s new tax law
Shopkeepers across the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan, who are already struggling with prolonged electricity shortage in the region, observed a shutter-down strike against the imposition of unjust taxes on them by the Pakistani government. Public anger has been rising in various parts of Gilgit-Baltistan against a new taxation law passed […]
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Govt employees in Gilgit-Baltistan boycott work for incentives
Several government employees of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday boycotted work demanding hike in incentives. They staged a sit-in outside the Chief Minister’s House demanding time-scale promotions, disparity reduction, utility, house hiring, executive allowances and other incentives, reported Dawn. Holding banners and shouting slogans, the protesters also blocked traffic on […]
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Anti-govt protests continue in Gilgit-Baltistan over discrimination in jobs, unpaid salary hikes
Anti-government protests in Pakistan occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan continued on Tuesday as hundreds of disgruntled employees and healthcare workers demonstrated against the discrimination in government jobs and unpaid salary hikes. As the protest entered another week, anti-government sloganeering has gone up with more and more people joining in. “For 2017 we have been knocking […]
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Violent protests continue in Gilgit Baltistan against ‘rigged’ elections by Imran Khan govt
People in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan continue to hold violent protests across the region against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government over rigged assembly elections. The protesters burnt tyres and blocked the roads to show their anger and frustration. Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has won a majority of the 23 […]