ISLAMABAD: In yet another round of reshuffle in the top bureaucracy, Captain (retd) Usman Zikriya, a BS-20 officer presently posted as inspector general of police Gilgit-Baltistan, has been directed to report to the Establishment Division with immediate effect. According to sources the decision was made due to terrorist attack on foreign tourists at Nanga Parbat base camp in Bunar Das despite intelligence reports of possible terrorist attack on foreigners, no steps were taken to avert…
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By Noorwali Shah in The Express Tribune, June 28 PESHAWAR: Muhammad Alam is regretting his decision to leave the part-time job of producer in a local radio station because he pinned all his hopes on tourism picking up with the new and promising government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Alam was sure he would earn decent money from the tourists coming to Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) in this season. The tragic incident of June 23 shattered his dreams, when…
GILGIT: Despite the identification of attackers who killed foreign tourists in Nanag Parbat, terrorists are still at large five days after the unprecedented incident occurred in the peaceful area. IG Gilgt Baltistan Usman Zakaria told Geo News that the attackers were still hiding in the mountains, expressing the hope that the law enforcers would soon arrest them. “The culprits are within the territorial jurisdiction of Diamer and we will arrest them soon”, he said. He…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, June 28 GILGIT: Local people should detach themselves from the militant outfits or else Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) may become the next destination for drone strikes, warned Advocate Amjad Hussain, Chairman Standing Committee in G-B Council on Thursday. Hussain’s comments came a day after regional police chief in Gilgit revealed identities of those involved in the massacre of 10 foreign tourists and their guide at the foot of Nanga Parbat,…
By ANDREW JACOBS in the NY Times, June 28 BEIJING — In an effort to reshape rural Tibet, the Chinese government is pursuing a mass relocation project that since 2006 has moved more than two million farmers and other people from centuries-old villages into concrete, roadside settlements that often cut off inhabitants from their traditional sources of income, according to a study released Thursday by Human Rights Watch. Citing official figures, the report said that…