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Posts published in “Day: March 30, 2013

Kashmir: neglected: edit in the Nation, Mar 30

President Zardari’s assertion that Kashmir is a centrepiece of our foreign policy is welcome though for five years, the dispute figured low among PPP setup’s priorities. Now merely a lame duck, he seems to be rubbing salt on the wounds of the Kashmiris who have been surprised to see the PPP bending over backwards to placate New Delhi, even giving it the MFN status. Kashmir had always been one of the linchpins of Pakistan’s foreign…

Politicians from Baltistan defend G-B chief minister

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Mar 30 GILGIT: Politicians and lawmakers from Baltistan have jumped in to defend Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister (CM) Mehdi Shah, who has come under immense criticism for giving district status to two valleys belonging to the region he hails from. Politicians from both Gilgit and Baltistan exchanged heated words over a statement made by G-B Assembly Speaker Wazir Baig, who declared the formation of two new districts in…

Gilgit ambush kills two policemen, injures three

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Mar 30 GILGIT: Unknown armed men ambushed a police patrol killing two officials, including a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), while injuring three others in a remote valley of Gilgit – Baltistan [G-B] late on Thursday night. The law enforcers came under attack as they were making their routine rounds around 11 pm in district Diamer’s Tangir valley, about 250 kilometers from Gilgit. “Deputy Superintendent Police [DSP] Attaullah and Haleem…