Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa spearheaded Pakistan’s exercise to create a province in disputed Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in the occupied northern areas, holding a quiet meeting with the country’s politicians on the issue before for a minister to make the Islamabad plans public last week. But the military, people familiar …
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s demand that an Indian lawyer or Queen’s lawyer be appointed for the death row inmate Kulbhushan Jadhav to guarantee a free and fair trial in this country. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, responding to a question during a press conference, said India has …
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The Pakistani government plans to make Gilgit-Baltistan the country’s fifth province, two years after the powers of the Islamabad-controlled region council were transferred to a local assembly. The government’s plans were outlined by the federal Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Ali Amin Gandapur, during an interaction with a group …
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[ad_1] Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has signed a huge contract of 442 billion Pakistani Rupees (PKR) with a joint venture of a Chinese state-owned company and a commercial arm of the Pakistan Army for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam. Chinese state-owned company China Power owns 70% and the …
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[ad_1] Image credits: GETTY IMAGES / File) “In Ladakh, the maximum temperature is -4 degrees centigrade and the minimum temperature is -1 degrees centigrade,” Radio Pakistan tweeted on Sunday. News18.com Last update: May 11, 2020 9:21 AM IST Pakistan’s national radio station ‘Radio Pakistan’ was trolled on social media after …
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[ad_1] IMD’s Regional Meteorological Center has begun including cities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in its forecasts, a departure from its previous format, officials said Thursday. The IMD has started to include Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, which are parts of PoK, under the meteorological subdivision of Jammu and Kashmir since May 5, said …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Initially, the Indian Department of Meteorology has included Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad regions as part of its Jammu and Kashmir weather subdivision. Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad are territories currently under Pakistani occupation. India says that all Jammu and Kashmir is part of India, something that is disputed by Pakistan. …
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