GILGIT: Over 1,200 employees of Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) Gilgit office have threatened to stop water supply to consumers if they were not paid their pending salaries by Monday. Wasa Employees’ Union General Secretary Sher Ghazi told the media that the authority had promised to pay the employees their three months of outstanding salaries by Monday. “However, in case we are not paid, we want to forewarn that we will go on strike,” he…
Posts published in July 2012
MIRPUR: Amid a shutter-down strike in Baloch against the rise in the price of wheat, residents took to the streets to raise voice against what they termed the government’s failure to keep prices of basic commodities in check. Led by Anjuman-e-Tajran (local traders’ body) President Sabbir Hussain and elders of the remote town of Rawalakot district, such as Sardar Muhammad Hussain and Mahboob Ahmed, dozens of local residents rallied the streets and raised slogans against…
GILGIT, July 8: The Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Gilgit-Baltistan Wazir Shakil has demanded of the federal government to give the GB lawmakers powers to make amendments to the Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009 to make the order more amenable to the local needs. Talking to Dawn here on Sunday, the minister said the elected representatives of GB should have the powers to amend the Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009. “There are a lot…
GENEVA: A Kashmiri leader alleged that the target killings of Shias in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) showed inability of the law enforcement agencies in the area as the state had failed to nab the killers. Nasir Aziz Khan, spokesperson for the United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP), participated in the 20th session of UN Human Rights Council on behalf of CIRAC an ECOSOC (NGO) and delivered a speech on Agenda Item 9. He said that one’s religious…
MIRPUR: The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday announced that all homeless families in the state will be provided seven-marla residential plots free-of-cost. Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed made the announcement while chairing a meeting of senior government officials at his camp office in Mirpur. The premier also unveiled various development projects to bring about a revolutionary change in the state, with a focus on ameliorating the lifestyle of the common…
KARACHI – Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Yaqoob Khan said on Monday that the main objective of the Kashmiris on two sides of Line of Control is freedom. Once it is achieved only then we can sit and decide to remain part of any of the country, he added, claiming Kashmir as a separate country.Speaking to the media during ‘Meet the Press’ programme of Karachi Press Club, he rejected the impression that the Pakistani…
MIRPUR: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government will soon host all parties intra-Kashmir conference of political leadership from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), AJK and Indian-held Kashmir, to encourage and materialise sincere efforts for early peaceful settlement of Kashmir dispute. AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed announced this while addressing a news conference at the PWD Rest House on Sunday. He was flanked by his Press Secretary Zaffar Mughal and other…
MIRPUR: Civil society representatives at a discourse on Saturday resolved that granting more powers to the Azad Kashmir (AJK) government is essential for the state’s socio-economic development, peace and prosperity. The fourth round of dialogue on a report by Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR), titled “An appraisal of constitutional, financial and administrative arrangements between the government of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)”, was held in the picturesque town of Rawalakot. Civil…
By Tariq Naqash in Dawn, July 2 MUZAFFARABAD, July 1: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reportedly taken stock of the allegedly controversial transfer order of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Accountant General by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) office and directed for its reversal, it has been learnt. The prime minister’s direction came after the issue was brought in his notice by AJK President Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan who had already strongly resisted premature…