GILGIT: A High Altitude Police (HAP) Unit has been established for the first time by the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) police, stated a press release issued on Sunday. The body has been set up on the directives of the newly-appointed police chief of G-B, Captain (retd) Zafar Iqbal Awan. “Its prime duty will be to provide foolproof security to foreign mountaineers,” said the press release. “In its initial phases, the unit will comprise 50 police officials while…
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LAHORE: Senior analyst Najam Sethi has said the appointment of a federal minister as the Gilgit-Baltistan governor soon before elections there casts doubts on intentions of the federal government. Speaking in Geo News programme Apas Ki Baat on Sunday, Sethi said it becomes specially a matter of concern if some close relatives of the caretaker cabinet members are contesting the elections. In reply to questions by host Muneeb Farooq, the analyst said if the government…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan claimed on Sunday not only would he stand victorious in the upcoming Azad Kashmir election, but also succeed in next general election in spite of whatever tricks Nawaz Sharif employs. Speaking to media on Sunday flanked by PTI Azad Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mehmood, Khan lamented that a dictator conducted local bodies’ election in the country but political parties opposed the polls, concentrating all the powers in their…