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Pakistan Army has set up a special surveillance cell at the base of Nanga Parbat to ensure protection of tourists and apprehend culprits involved in yesterday’s incident, officials said Monday. The Interior Secretary said that three helicopters are engaged for surveillance of the base camp in the area. He said 43 foreign and local tourists […]
The United States celebrated the continued success of programs to educate the teachers of Pakistan on Thursday in a ceremony in Gilgit, the US embassy said. The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded 115 scholarships for future educators who will study in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, including at Karakoram […]
At least 23 Pakistani security men were killed in a road accident in mountainous northern areas on Saturday, the army said. Five others security men were also injured when their coaster plunged into a ravine in Kohistan on the Karakuram Highway, which connects Pakistan with China, a police officer in the region said. […]
In what appeared to be a rare development, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan urged the Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry to take suo motu notice of Shia killings across the country. He condemned the killings of Shia while addressing a joint press conference while sitting with prominent leader of Sunnat Wal Jamaat […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has discussed trade, investment and energy issues with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, rejecting the increasing international pressure to isolate Iran in the region. The two leaders, who met on the sidelines of the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Syria, which could be […]
A US-made Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashed on August 17, 1988 near Bahawalpur, killing military ruler General Mohammad Ziaul Haq and 30 others including Pakistani generals and the US ambassador. A PIA Fokker carrying 54 people disappeared on August 25, 1989 after leaving Gilgit in northern Pakistan. The wreckage is never found. A PIA Airbus […]
Bhoja Airlines’ plane crash in which 118 passengers and nine crew members lost their lives was the 36th incident of passenger planes crashes in Pakistan. At least 705 were dead in the previous 35 jet crashing incidents in the last 64 years. Air flight B-4 213 crashed about 4 nautical miles (roughly 8 kilometers) from […]
In what appeared to be a quite inhuman act, unidentified gunmen ambushed a bus on Tuesday, killing 18 people over sectarian differences in a usually peaceful region, Gilgit, the northern region of the country. According to the media reports, the bus was stopped before passengers were ordered off and shot in the mountainous district. A […]
Mohsin Industries on verge of closure Thursday, January 5, 2012: An undisclosed source has divulged that Mohsin Industries, the gemstone mining firm operating in Gilgit, Baltistan, is on verge of closure following a tremendous uproar in the legislature about its licensing. The source further revealed that several employees, including some of its senior most management […]
