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Posts published in “Day: June 26, 2012

For the release of ‘innocents’: Protesters block Karakoram Highway for six hours

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, June 24 GILGIT: Protesters blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) for six hours in Nagar valley to demand the release of individuals wrongly detained by the police. The six-hour blockade of the main highway on Saturday left scores of travellers, including local and foreign passengers, stranded at Rakaposhi Point, a tourists spot between Gilgit and Hunza. Talking to The Express Tribune, a local resident of Nagar, requesting anonymity, accused…

2012-13 fiscal year: Gilgit-Baltistan unveils Rs19b budget

By Shabbir Mir  in The Express Tribune, June 26 GILGIT:  A total annual budget of Rs19.39 billion for the year 2012-13 was presented in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Monday. As Finance Minister Mohammad Ali Akhtar read out the budget speech, an opposition legislator Nawaz Khan Naji stormed out of the house, terming the proceedings an exercise in futility.  On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Janbaz Khan remained tight-lipped throughout the session. The…