Gilgit: At least seven people have died in a tragic road accident near the Hayim village of Tehsil Punial, District Ghizer. The vehicle (Suzuki pick-up) carrying the passengers was traveling form Yasin towards Gilgit when it lost control and fell in a ravine. Local reporters have said that the passengers were...

Islamabad: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Gilgit-Baltistan approved 17 development projects costing over a hundred billion rupees for the GB region. The approved projects include a woman’s university, several road and infrastructure development projects (Gorikot-Shonter, Ghizer-Tajikistan, Chilas-Naran (via Batugah)), 32.5MW Attabad Hydropower Project (9.74bn) and 30MW Ghwari Hydro Power...

M. H. Gohar  Gahkuch: Muhammad Iqbal, a resident of the Damas village of District Ghizer, has donated several kanals of his ancestral land for construction of a football (soccer) ground for the youth of his region. After donating the land, Iqbal has taken one step forward and started leveling the...