SKARDU: Scores of protestors Thursday took to the streets to demonstrate against the outbreak of sectarian lawlessness in the region as well as the cold-blooded, execution-style killing of 13 bus passengers at Chilas earlier in the week. Section 144 has been imposed in Skardu as protests and shutterdown strike across Gilgit-Baltistan continued into the third consecutive day, with angry residents burning tyres and blocking roads. Alama Sheikh Muhammad Husan Jaffari led the procession and appealed…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Apr 6 GILGIT: Sherbaz Bercha is no ordinary librarian or cataloguer of books, he is a “living encyclopedia”of Gilgit- Baltistan (G-B). Scholars from far and near and research students come to him to seek his help in digging up events from the ancient and modern history of this mountainous region that not so long ago was the subcontinent’s remotest region. Bercha knows the story of his land as…
GILGIT, April 5: More than 200 people who were travelling in the Gilgit-bound buses attacked by thousands of people near Chilas two days ago reached their destinations safe and sound on Thursday. Most of the passengers were full of praise for the people of Diamer district.“We are grateful to them for plucking us to safety from a furious mob.” A few elders from Diamer escorted the 200 passengers to Gilgit. On the other hand, the…