The Dawn, Dec 23 GILGIT, Dec 22: A strike called by public transporters in Gilgit entered second day on Tuesday affecting normal life and creating problems for commuters. The Gilgit transport union, which has called the strike, has vowed to go ahead with the step till acceptance of their demand for an increase in fares following hike in prices of the petroleum products. There was no public transport service between Gilgit and its vicinities like…
Posts published in December 2009
GILGIT, Dec 21: The administration of Gilgit-Baltistan has been instructed to get itself prepared to hold local government elections in June, an official source disclosed. The source said that though schedule of elections was yet to be chalked out but it was more likely to be announced for June. It is pertinent to note here that local governments had been dissolved in October 2009 and there was silence as to when new elections would be…
By Khaleeq Kiani in The Dawn, Dec 22 ISLAMABAD: The federal government was shocked on Monday over the unfolding of a diplomatic fiasco arising out of a controversy between the Azad Kashmir government and state-owned companies of the South Korea over the $800 million hydropower project on River Jhelum. Two federal ministries took pains on Monday to get themselves absolved of the responsibility and passed the blame on to the bureaucracy in Azad Kashmir for…
ISLAMABAD (APP) – Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah Monday said the appointment of new Governor and Cabinet of the area to run the govt affairs would be announced within next ten days. “We commend President Asif Ali Zardari’s announcement that the new Governor of the area would be a local person who could deliver for prosperity and betterment of the people,” he said while talking to mediamen during his visit to the Peoples Secretariat,…
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 21: AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan here on Monday announced that two more full-fledged universities would be established in the region in near future to create maximum opportunities of acquiring higher education. “I would like to see the upgradation of Rawalakot and Kotli campuses as independent universities in near future. We should start working in this direction so that we are able to establish at least two more universities during the next five…
By Khaleeq Kiani in The Dawn, Dec 21 ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Amid a controversy over expensive rental power projects, a $800 million foreign investment for cheap hydroelectric power generation is unlikely to materialise mainly because of bureaucratic wrangling, despite full support extended by federal and Azad Kashmir governments. This comes at a time when the federal government is finding it difficult to lure foreign investment to meet growing energy shortfalls and is approaching world capitals…
ISLAMABAD – The 44th session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, under the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, gave approval to the AJK Council budget for year 2009-10 and revised estimates for the year 2008-09. Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, who is also in charge of AJK Council, moved the bills before the council including the budget of the council for year 2009-10. The council also approved…
ISLAMABAD – Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PM House on Saturday afternoon. The PM congratulated Syed Mehdi Shah on assuming office and hoped that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan would witness a new era of development and prosperity under his able leadership. He said the unanimous election of PPP candidates in G-B is a reflection of the Government’s firm commitment towards political reconciliation and politics…
By Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, Dec 17 MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 16: The ruling Muslim Conference (MC) here on Wednesday tabled a no-trust motion against Deputy Speaker Mohammad Salim Butt of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to elevate one of its female lawmaker to this office. The document seeking no-trust against Mr Butt under section 29 (8) of the AJK Interim Constitution (Act 1974) and rule 27 (1) of the Rules of Procedure was signed by…
ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Affairs Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday presented the Rs 6,755.55 million budget of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council for the fiscal year 2009-10. He also presented revised estimates of Rs 5,000.1 million for the year 2008-09. Presenting the second budget of the council for the year 2009-10, Kaira said salaries, allowances and pensions of employees of the AJK Council Secretariat had been increased. Moreover, presenting the current year’s budget, the minister…
By Farooq Ahmed in the Dawn GILGIT, Dec 11: Syed Mehdi Shah, the first Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, was administered oath of office by Acting Governor Qamar Zaman Kaira at a ceremony here on Friday. Members of the G-B Legislative Assembly, PPP leaders and senior civil, military and judiciary officials attended the ceremony. Talking to reporters, Mr Kaira stressed the importance of maintaining peace for prosperity and development of the region and urged people to…