GILGIT, April 7: A team comprising ministers and members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council, headed by Law Minister Wazir Shakil, arrived in Nagir valley to negotiate the release of 32 people who were taken hostage by a mob in protest against those killed in Chilas earlier this week, police officials said on Saturday. A civil judge and a district health officer are among the hostages. Police said they were hopeful of a positive outcome of the…
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More than 30 people still missing, 12 foreigners also stranded: report in The Express Tribune, Apr 8
GILGIT: More than 30 people are being held captive in Nagar Valley for the past four days following an outbreak of sectarian violence in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) that has already claimed at least 20 lives and injured 50 others. Meanwhile, G-B police, district administration, Rangers and G-B Scouts submitted a report regarding the unrest in the region to the federal government for necessary action. Authorities have not yet recovered the abducted people, who reportedly belong to…
By Peer Muhammad in the Express Tribune, Apr 8 ISLAMABAD: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) police Inspector General (IG) Hussain Asghar has denied any foreign involvement in the recent strain of violence in the region, which has claimed around 20 lives. Talking to The Express Tribune via telephone, the IG maintained that few job opportunities and a high literacy rate among the resident youth was fueling dissatisfaction and was feeding the rise in sectarianism. “I don’t think there…