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Posts published in “Day: November 23, 2014

Voice of dissent: ‘Where is the empowerment we were promised?’

By Shabbir Mir  in The Express Tribune, November 22nd, 2014. GILGIT:  Lawyers in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Friday urged the Pakistan Army to fill the vacuum left by civilian governments and guarantee constitutional rights to the people of the region.   “It is about time the army steps in to provide fundamental human and constitutional rights to the people of G-B,” Advocate Shehbaz Khan, vice president of G-B Bar Council, told journalists at the Gilgit Press…

Iron Brothers: edit in the Nation, November 23, 2014

The Chinese have chosen a new moniker for the Pakistan-China relationship in recent days; “Iron Brothers”. Perhaps this represents, amongst the symbolic show of strength, the nature of their recent ventures. As the details of exactly what the much touted terms of “$45.6 billion dollars worth of investment” contains, a clearer picture emerges, but not an entirely pleasant one. For the most part it seems to a be a milestone project; the Pakistan China Economic…

Business [un]friendly: Chinese customs officials accused of unfair treatment

By Shabbir Mir  in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2014. GILGIT: The chief of Gilgit-Baltistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GBCCI) has complained that Chinese officials at immigration and customs departments are violating protocols signed between the two countries by using tactics to discourage exports from Pakistan.   Speaking at a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastagir on Tuesday, GBCCI President Javed Hussain said, “Pakistani traders are facing problems at Chinese immigration…