ISLAMABAD (INP) The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded government for not bowing to the pressure of the influential Gilgit-Baltistan oil mafia. The govt known for bowing to pressure to different interest groups and market forces took a firm stand to confront the oil mafia which had ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - Recent rain and snowfall in various districts of Gilgit-Baltistan have brought the life to a halt. Increasing the intensity of cold, the recent rains and snowfall have disrupted communication links and triggered a shortage of foodstuffs in various parts of the province. The ...

ISLAMABAD - Gilgit-Baltistan Council, which met here at the Prime Minister House Friday under the leadership of Premier Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in his capacity as Chairman of GB Council, unanimously approved the budget of GB Council for the period of 2011-12. The budget estimates consist of Rs ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan and his cabinet colleagues to prepare a comprehensive development plan for GB with a futuristic vision leading to self-sufficiency. Talking to the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah ...

GHIZER (INP) - The earthquake tremors spread panic among the people in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, while many people have started leaving Ghizer due to rising water level in Ghizer River and its tributaries and inundation of nearby areas. No loss of life was reported in the tremors which ...

ISLAMABAD - The appointment of governor and chief minister in Gilgit-Baltistan is the violation of United Nations resolutions and both these slots should be replaced by president and prime minister. Senior leader Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter Raja Farooq Haider said ...

ISLAMABAD - Pir Syed Karam Ali Shah has been appointed as Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan on the advice of the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. Pir karam Ali Shah is a veteran politician, who was first elected unopposed as member of the Northern Areas Advisory Council in 1970. Later on he ...

PPPs Pir Karam Ali Shah has been appointed new governor of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). He has been appointed as GB governor on the advice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Karam Ali Shah is popular political personality of northern areas. He was elected as council member of northern areas in 1977 ...

ISLAMABAD - Gilgit-Baltistan Council in its inaugural session held under the chair of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani approved its Rs. 223.268 million budget for the current financial year besides conducting routine legislative business. The council meeting, held here at Prime Ministers ...

Rs. 12 billion is required for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), said Senior Minister GB Muhammad Jaffar and Minister for Local Government and Development Muhammad Ismail. Addressing to press conference here in Skardu, they said that flood has damaged the whole ...

ISLAMABAD To set aside the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order, 2009, a petition was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court under the Article 184(3) of the Constitution. Shaukat Aziz Siddique, the counsel for the petitioner Mir Tariq Mehmood, besides raising several questions and ...

The driver and a gunman of the Gilgit-Baltistan finance minister were arrested Monday for an alleged theft of precious artefacts, reported a private TV channel. The precious statues and stones, gifted by the Chinese government, were installed at Ganesh Bridge at River Hunza near Karakurram Highway. ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said that the glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan area were also vast reservoirs of water and their movement needs to be studied scientifically for a better understanding of the water and environmental issues. He was talking to Agostino Da Ploenza, a ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A ten-member cabinet for Gilgit-Baltistan was announced here on Friday. Announcement to this effect was made jointly by Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khursheed Shah, Chief Minister of Gilgit and ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday administered oath to the members of the first Gilgit-Baltistan Council with a pledge to bring its people at par with other provinces of the country. Our endeavour has always been to treat the people of Gilgit-Baltistan at par with ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the government has decided to inject Rs15 billion over the next five years for the rapid development of Gilgit-Baltistan. Addressing the oath-taking ceremony of members of Gilgit-Baltistan Council in Islamabad, he said that ...

LAHORE - Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Dr Shama Khalid has said the government is evolving a ten-year tax-free policy for investors as soon as the modalities are finalized, the policy would be announced. She was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. LCCI President Zafar ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Dr Shama Khalid on Tuesday took oath as Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, becoming the first woman assuming governorship in the countrys history. The chief judge Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan administered oath to Dr Shama Khalid at a special investiture ceremony at ...

Dr Shama Khalid was sworn in here Tuesday as the first governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, report said. Chief Judge Gilgit-Baltistan administered the oath of the first female governor in a formal ceremony held at the Presidency. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, federal ...

ISLAMABAD Dr Shamma, a known social worker, would become the first lady governor of Gilgit-Baltistan and a summary of her appointment has been sent to President of Pakistan for final approval. Sources in the government informed TheNation that actually the name of Dr Shamma was finalised from the ...

ISLAMABAD - In a dramatic move, the ruling PPP has finally selected Begum Kulsoom Farman as a candidate for the slot of Gilgit-Baltistan governor, TheNation reliably learnt on Monday. The sources informed that Kulsum Farman, a party loyalist from Skardu, has been picked up after through ...

KARACHI - Fifty-thousand mega watt electricity can be produced through the available resources of Gilgit Biltistan which will resolve the energy crises of the country. Addressing his first press briefing at Karachi press club on Friday, Chief Minister Gilgit Biltistan Mehdi Shah said that the ...

INDIA Friday decried the just-concluded polls in Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly the Northern Areas which was renamed by Pakistan a few months ago, as 'just another cosmetic exercise intended to camouflage Islamabads illegal occupation of areas of Jammu and Kashmir, reported Indian media. The elections ...

The polling in Gilgit-Baltistan for the Legislative Assembly elections came to an end while counting of the votes is underway after the poll remained continue with full swing across the region here on Thursday, report said.

ISLAMABAD - The Citigroup has promoted Farhan Faruqui, a Pakistani banker, as head of Global Banking for 18 Asia-Pacific countries including China, Japan, India and Australasia. The move of Faruqi's elevation in Citigroup has come barely within a year of his promotion to the position of head of ...