GILGIT, Aug 29: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a car in Amphary Gilgit, leaving a 16-year-old girl and an infant seriously wounded here on Wednesday. Police said that a cleric Qari Khan Mohammad was going in his car along with his family members when he came under attack. They said that the Qari escaped unhurt, but two of his family members were wounded, who were taken to civil hospital, Kashrote. When contacted, doctors at the hospital said…
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MANSEHRA, Aug 29: The enraged residents of Kohistan blocked Karakoram Highway (KKH) for entire day on Wednesday to protest suspension of recruitment process in police department. A large number of people including candidates, who have applied for 115 vacant posts in police, and their relatives placed stones and rocks on KKH in the morning to block it to traffic. Hundreds of passenger vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the road till evening. The protesters…
By AH Nizami in The Express Tribune, August 30th, 2012. MIRPUR: The Mirpur District Bar Association (MDBA) expressed serious concerns on Wednesday over reports that the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) region will be acceded to Pakistan through a resolution passed by the G-B Legislative Assembly. The MDBA in its meeting warned the government of Pakistan to desist from taking any hasty decision regarding the accession of G-B to Pakistan. G-B is part of the disputed State of…