By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2013. GILGIT: In the aftermath of the May 11 elections and the emergence of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as the largest party at the centre, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is in a fix whether to retain its coalition partners in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). Current PPP coalition partners include the JUI-F, PML-Q and Muttahida Qaumi Movement. PPP loyalists are advising G-B Chief Minister Mehdi Shah to…
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GILGIT, June 4: People of Thore valley of Diamer district blocked the Karakoram Highway on Tuesday to protest government’s failure to settle the boundary dispute between Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The status of a few kilometers area on both sides of the Basari check post, which separates the two regions, is not clear, often leading to unrest between people of Diamer and Kohistan. Police said the people of Harban valley of Kohistan district had blocked…