GILGIT: To restore land connection with the Gojal valley, the government has planned to redesign the submerged portion of Karakoram Highway [KKH] by constructing two tunnels and seven bridges on it, disclosed a senior official of the National Highway Authority (NHA) in Gilgit on Thursday. ?The submerged portion of the…
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Corporation status for tourism, mineral sector in Gilgit Baltistan saught by GB Assambly
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) assembly is set to legislate on tourism and mineral deposits as the G-B Council has finalised its recommendations for awarding both the sectors the status of corporations, sources said on Wednesday. An electricity board will be instituted for the power sector, sources added. ?The managing committee…
Islamabad?s unfeeling agenda local languages and cultures on the verge of extinction
Due to Islamabad?s unfeeling agenda, local languages and cultures of Gilgit-Baltistan are on the verge of extinction. As was seen with the War of Liberation, resulting in the birth of Bangladesh, a common religion alone cannot hold different nationalities together. Issues of good governance, economic development, social justice and cultural…
Climate Change in Gilgit Baltistan
The study of climate change demands investigations on long term weather pattern to develop a scientific ideal whether climate has been changed or was occurred in the region, several studies on climate change and their impacts on Gilgit-Baltistan, reveal that Climate variability and its impacts are gratifying progressively more evident…
Call to tap winter tourism potential in Gilgit Baltistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The Northern Areas of Pakistan now officially named as Gilgit-Baltistan have a severe winter season every year because of inclement weather condition with the temperature dripping as low as minus ten (-10). Federal Ministry of Tourism could capitalise on this otherwise fury of weather by developing skiing…
Starvation threatens stranded people of Gais Valley
Fazal Khan was shocked by the scene of devastation his village presented in the wake of the flash floods and lightning which struck the Gais valley on August 11 last killing 48 people and injuring dozens. He had been trying to reach his village at the earliest to meet his…
Overflow from Ataabad lake Hunza, likely between May 25-27
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a government organization responsible for disasters in the country, ?has expected that the overflow of water from the Ataabad Lake, Hunza is likely between May 25-27. Giving details of the Attaabad Hunza lake situation, an NDMA statement said due to safety…
Current Situation of Hunza Lake 7th May
The Frontier Works Organization (FWO) has stopped excavation of a spillway on barrier of the lake formed in Hunza Valley as a result of the Attabad landslide disaster. The risk of spillover or outburst has increased exponentially, as the free board is reduced to 28 ft as a result of…
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