GILGIT: In a historic move the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) on Monday enacted a law to curb sectarian menace that has plagued the mountain region. The GBLA has become the first provincial legislature to have enacted a law dealing with sectarianism. Titled “Code of Conduct” (CoC), the bill was unanimously passed by the GBLA after being tabled in the house by Law Minister Wazir Shakeel on Friday. “CoC has been given a legal status and…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, May 29 GILGIT: The United States embassy in Islamabad directly approached Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Inspector General Police Hussain Akhtar to provide security for an official US delegation visiting the region on May 30, official sources confirmed to The Express Tribune on Monday. Surprisingly, the schedule of the three-member delegation including Second Secretary Lisa Arunee Buzenas, Second Secretary Kimberly Gayle Phelan and security assistant Javed Khalid was not communicated to…