With reporting by Shahabuddin Ghauri Chilas: A landslide during construction and repair of a road has buried at least seven people in the remote Phuguch village of Darel Valley, District Diamer. According to details, dozens of locals were busy repairing a road when a sudden landslide hit them, burying at...

  New York: Dr. Nahida Begum Khudadad has successfully completed her PhD studies in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA. She successfully defended her dissertation on “The Relationship between school built environment and student achievement in Pakistan”. Hailing from Gulmit village of Gojal Valley, Hunza, Dr....

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is expected to announce ‘major reforms package’ for Gilgit-Baltistan during his visit scheduled on Friday, this week. Preparations are afoot in Gilgit to welcome the Prime Minister. According to media reports, the Prime Minister will announce a reforms package for the region, empowering the regional...

The last seven years have seen an alarming in crease in the number of alleged cases of suicide in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. According to Ghizer’s Superintendent of Police office, 125 people have committed suicide  between 2010 and 2017 in the region. 67 of them were students, 27 house...

Islamabad: The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will abolish the Gilgit-Baltistan Council within a week. The authorities and powers of the Council, established under the Gilgt-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009, will be transferred to the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, according to media reports. The decision was reportedly taken...