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Posts published in “Day: March 13, 2015

Going nowhere: ‘Over 100 projects incomplete in G-B’

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2015. GILGIT: At least 105 development projects—payments of which were made in advance during the previous regional government’s tenure—are incomplete, said Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Governor Barjees Tahir on Thursday. Addressing a news conference at his office in Gilgit, the governor said he was really perturbed about this revelation. “The projects remain incomplete even though payments have been made in advance; this is tantamount to corruption,” said Tahir…

20 high-profile prisoners being shifted from Gilgit to Punjab jails

By Jamil Nagri in Mar 13, 2015 GILGIT: The authorities have decided to shift 20 high profile prisoners from Gilgit jail to different prisons in Punjab in the wake of the recent jailbreak incident in Gilgit-Baltistan. Sources said that three prisoners involved in Nanga Parbat massacre were also among the 20 inmates, who would be shifted to Punjab jails. Two suspects charged with Nanga Parbat base camp attack escaped from the jail on March 1…