Edit in The News,December 05, 2023Unidentified attackers opened fire on a passenger bus on Karakoram Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Chilas city this past Saturday, leaving at least nine dead and 25 injured. Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were also martyred in the attack. On Sunday, the police arrested six suspects following the gun attack on the Islamabad-bound bus in Chilas, which ploughed into a goods truck due to the driver’s acceleration, prompted by the…
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Editorial in Dawn, December 5th, 2023PERHAPS even more challenging than countering terrorism in urban areas is the threat posed by militants in remote regions of Pakistan. This is especially true in the rugged terrain of Gilgit-Baltistan and adjacent regions of KP. Here, in the shadow of towering peaks, tracing the perpetrators is arguably more difficult than it is in the cities. However, terrorists cannot be given a free hand to stomp through the mountains, killing…
by Jamil Nagri in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023GILGIT: At least nine people lost their lives and 21 passengers received injuries after an Islamabad-bound bus came under fire near Chilas in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan on Saturday evening. Officials said unknown gunmen targeted the bus, operated by a local private company, from nearby hills which caused the vehicle to swerve into a goods truck, causing a head-on collision which also killed the truck driver. Police said…