GILGIT: Three people were killed when an explosion took place on a passenger van on Alam Bridge, Express News reported. Over a dozen people, including three women, have been injured. A police official said the bomb was planted in the vehicle. Meanwhile, the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan has declared an emergency in the city’s hospitals.http://tribune.com.pk/story/770319/three-dead-in-explosion-on-van-in-gilgit-baltistan/
Posts published in October 2014
By Tariq Naqash in Dawn, October 2nd, 2014 MUZAFFARABAD: Federal minister for state for water and power, Abid Sher Ali has been told that around 65-70 per cent work on Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHEP) had been completed and that the project would formally be commissioned in 2016. “This project is our priority and the government has released required funds for it, financial constraints notwithstanding,” the minister said while visiting the project site on…
The Express Tribune, Oct 2nd, 2014. ISLAMABAD: As the government reassesses the construction cost of Diamer Bhasha dam at $14 billion, it has decided to seek $5 billion from international lenders for the construction of dam over a period of next eight years. The contours of the possible financing plan of the project were discussed during a meeting held on Tuesday in the finance ministry. Finance Ishaq Dar chaired the session on…
GILGIT: Some militants have planned attacks on passengers and government officials on Karakoram Highway (KKH) and in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) before Eidul Azha, the interior ministry has warned the G-B government. The threat has come days before Eid when people from different parts of the country and the world might head to G-B to celebrate the festival with their families. This is the time when there is an increase in traffic on Karakoram Highway, the…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, Oct 1, 2014. GILGIT: Vice president of Awami Workers Party (AWP) Baba Jan has filed an appeal in an upper court in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) against an anti-terrorism court’s (ATC) decision to sentence him, as well as 11 others, to life imprisonment. Advocate Ehsan Ali, a senior lawyer, filed the appeal in G-B’s chief court. “We have filed an appeal and are optimistic that justice will be…