Section 144 imposed in Gilgit: By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Dec 14 GILGIT: The people of Gilgit were once again confined to their homes on Thursday when Section 144, which bars the assembly of five or more people in one place, was imposed in the city. The restriction was put in place following a sectarian clash between two student groups on Wednesday that left two dead and seven others injured. Locals faced a…
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By Shabbir Mir In The Express Tribune, Dec 14 GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government suspended six jail officials and ordered a judicial inquiry on Thursday, a day after two under-trial prisoners, including a key suspect in a high-profile murder case, escaped from a prison. “The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mehdi Shah and attended by the G-B Scouts commander, home secretary, DIG police, and senior officials of Rangers and…
Government ‘determined’ to pursue gas pipeline project, says FO By Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Dec 14 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday denied reports that it might pull out of the multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline project amidst allegedly renewed efforts by the United States to convince Islamabad to abandon the project. The $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project has run into repeated difficulties over US opposition because of Iran’s nuclear programme and Pakistan’s difficulty in finding…