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Posts published in “Day: February 9, 2010

GB yet to get promised funds to run affairs: The Dawn, Feb 09

GILGIT, Feb 8: The government of Gilgit-Baltistan was yet to get Rs5 billion pledged by the centre to run its affairs following promulgation of the Empowerment and Self-Governance Order, 2009, officials said. A senior administration official told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the amount was part of a transition plan so that the new order could be implemented in letter and spirit. He added, the funds were meant to run the affairs of Governor,…

Main bridge on KKH to submerge in 24 days: The Dawn, Feb 9

By Zulfiqar Ali Khan HUNZA, Feb 8: The main bridge on Karakoram Highway (KKH) linking Pakistan and China near Gulmit and Shishkat villages, would submerge within 24 days in the lake formed on Hunza River due to the blockade of the river, said an official of the Frontier Works Organisation. Naseem Hassan, spokesman for the FWO, in a briefing to Gilgit-Baltistan Legislativ Assembly Speaker Wazir Baig and Chief Secretary Babar Yaqub Fateh Muhammad at the…