ISLAMABAD: As financial mismanagement of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council –the highest linking forum between Pakistan and AJK, brings the state government to its knees, the federal government has decided to release funds immediately to the cash-starved state government. The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), which is largely dependent on the federal government for running its financial affairs, is facing a deep financial crunch. The federal government was scheduled to pay the AJK…
Posts published in August 2013
GILGIT: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a passenger vehicle on the outskirts of the city late Monday night. Fortunately, the passengers onboard escaped unhurt in the ambush which took place in Danyor area, about 20 kilometres from Gilgit. “No one was injured in the attack,” confirmed Danyor police official Iqbal. Seven people were in the vehicle which was heading towards Sultanabad from Gilgit. The bullets reportedly pierced through the vehicle, but passengers remained safe. The…
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) police arrested 14 suspects on Wednesday – a day after militants shot dead three security officials in Chilas. “Investigations are underway and 14 suspects have been detained for interrogation,” said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) police Ali Sher, who is leading investigations in Chilas. Those arrested are residents of Diamer valley. The police believe certain locals must have played in the hands of banned militant outfits carrying out similar activities elsewhere. The…
GILGIT: Pakistan Army, for the first time, entered the remote northern town of Chilas, headquarters of Diamer District, 128 km off Gilgit, to conduct an operation to arrest miscreants behind the killing of security officials and other terrorist activities. “Troops of the Pakistan Army have entered the city and it is totally cordoned off and some four localities were searched out for particular people,” an official of administration said requesting not to be named. He…
IT is inexcusable that despite having full knowledge of the growing terrorist activity in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district the local authorities have shown a lax attitude towards the danger. Now, with the murder in Chilas of three security men said to be investigating the June killings of foreign climbers at the Nanga Parbat base camp, the onus is on the state and local security forces to take strong action to curb the extremist threat in the…
by Farooq Ahmed Khan in Dawn, Aug 8 GILGIT: Security forces intensified search on Wednesday for militants of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in the remote northern town of Chilas, headquarters of the Diamer district, after the killing of three high-profile security officials in the area the previous day. The TTP had claimed responsibility for the shooting. The slain officials — an army colonel, a captain and a senior superintendent of police (SSP) — were investigating the…