MIRPUR: Leaders and workers of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) held protest demonstrations in Mirpur and Bhimber districts on Monday against the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government’s inability to arrest or penalise the people involved in the killing of nine members of the party during the past three months. The members of the opposition party threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement if the people responsible were not brought to task within one…
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By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Oct 3 GILGIT: Prime Minister (PM) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s speech during his maiden visit to Gilgit has left many locals disappointed. They maintain that the premier made tall claims of mega development projects in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), similar to those made by his predecessors many times and which they failed to deliver. Moreover, they dubbed the Rs2 billion development package announced by PM Ashraf for G-B as “insufficient” for…