MIRPUR: As police failed to arrest assailants who shot dead eight members of a family in Azad Kashmir on Wednesday, the relatives of the victims threaten a massive protest, shutter-down strike if the killers were not arrested within the next 24 hours. A police official at Samahni, when contacted, told The Express Tribune on Thursday that according to preliminary investigation, old enmity between two groups of the same family claimed lives of the eight persons,…
Posts published in July 2012
By Shabbir Mir, The Express Tribune, July 13th, 2012. GILGIT: Members of Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) on Thursday called for creation of more districts, filling of vacant seats of judges in the apex court. The house unanimously adopted a resolution seeking creation of more districts in Gilgit-Baltistan to facilitate people and empower them. Hunza and Nagar should be made separate districts as both were independent states till 1972 when they were abolished and made administrative…
By Shabbir MirIn The Express Tribune, July 13 GILGIT: In clear defiance of an apex court order, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Mehdi Shah has refused to relieve the regional police chief, Hussain Asghar, from his duties until a replacement of his choice is sent in by the federal government. “I am the chief minister and I will relieve him (Asghar) only after I get a replacement of my choice,” Shah told reporters on Wednesday. Shah recently…
RAWALPINDI, July 12(APP): A Pakistani soldier lost his way and inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector, a source said on Thursday. According to a military officer, Pakistani military authorities are in contact with their Indian counterparts and efforts are being made to bring the soldier back.—http://dawn.com/2012/07/13/soldier-mistakenly-crosses-loc/
MUZAFFARABAD, July 11: Eight people, closely related to each other, were gunned down by their rivals in the southernmost Bhimber district of Azad Kashmir on Wednesday, in what was described as the worst incident of violence in the region in many years. The deceased who were heading in a double-cabin pickup to Bhimber city from the town of Samahni to appear before the court of district and sessions judge in connection with a last year’s…
GILGIT, July 10: The 55th Imamate anniversary of Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, will be celebrated today (Wednesday) throughout Gilgit-Baltistan. Elaborated measures have been made to celebrate the anniversary in a befitting manner. Various programmes have been chalked out to give the anniversary a special colour as the region’s mountains would be illuminated and special religious gatherings would be held. In Hunza and areas where the community is settled colorful events…
MIRPUR: Faculty members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) university on Tuesday staged a protest over what they dubbed the “anti-education policies” of the AJK government, in Muzzafarabad. They held placards and banners inscribed with slogans, accusing the government of creating hurdles for higher education in the state. While addressing the protesters, senior academician Dr Raja Muhammad criticised the government for cutting the development funds of the varsity, earmarked in the current fiscal year.…
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has finally decided to settle the Kishanganga powerhouse dispute between Pakistan and India, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. India started building Kishanganga powerhouse in Bandipur area of held Kashmir in 1994 on the River Ganga-Kishan, which is tributary of River Jhehlum. But in 2006 India, in violation of the Indus Water Treaty, changed the original design of the powerhouse diverting the river water into underground channels. In 2010 Pakistan…
WASHINGTON: Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chief of Kashmiri American Council, handed himself over to the Maryland prison authorities on Tuesday in presence of his close friends and family associates. He was sentenced on March 30 to two years in jail on changes of illegally working for a foreign government to influence American policy on Kashmir, lying to the state authorities, and tax violation. Fai was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment followed by three years…
GILGIT: Dilapidated roads in Gilgit have become a nuisance, hampering smooth flow of the ever-increasing vehicular traffic in the capital city. Almost all major and link roads are broken and potholes have appeared on most. Meanwhile, the city administration and civic agencies seem oblivious to the motorists’ woes. Locals have complained that no repair work has been done on any road in the capital town for the past two years and add that if the…
GILGIT, July 9: The deputy secretary information of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Dr Israr Shah has said the Gilgit-Baltistan region deserves more attention from Islamabad. Speaking to media persons at Gilgit Press Club on Monday he said the backwardness in the area was part of international conspiracy and government should focus on the area for its accelerated uplift. He criticised the government for promoting corruption, saying time had come to wage struggle against such elements. Mr Shah…