HAH Report Islamabad The government has formed a 10-member committee to examine the constitutional, governance and administrative reforms for Gilgit-Baltistan. According to a summary submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan by the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP), Anwar Mansur Khan, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Minister will be the committee’s convener with federal and GB law ministers, GB governor, the …

HAH Report Islamabad Gohar Abbas, a young journalist from Gilgit-Baltistan has won the prestigious ‘London Foreign Press Awards’. He is the Pakistan correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP), a French news agency. Known as the “Oscars of Journalism”, the annual Foreign Press Association Media Awards ceremony is considered among the most prestigious ceremonies in the world. Gohar received the award at …

Mudabbir Ali Some say it is a year-old video. Be that as it may, the video came under spotlight of social media very recently. It showed students – both girls and boys – of Karakorum International University (KIU) dancing to a folk song alongside TV anchor Sanam Baloch. And it has generated a lively outburst of public debate in Gilgit-Baltistan. …

Zaighum Abbas Social media outburst over a video clip of few girls dancing on folk songs in a TV’s morning show touched new highs last week. The gunnery sergeants of ‘honour’ and ‘ghairat’ encamped in their laptop trenches and started their shelling with vitriol, bigotry, abuse and misogyny as prime weapons messing up with emotions of people. The female students, …

Special Correspondent Islamabad, Oct 15: Pakistan’s top court Monday sought Senator Sartaj Aziz’s recommendations on the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan and issued a notice to the federal government to submit its written response on it in two weeks. A seven-judge Supreme Court bench directed the government to furnish the Sartaj Aziz committee recommendations to the court with its response on it …

In his incisive and thought-provoking analysis, Aziz Ali Dad dissects and diagnoses the psychological pathologies afflicting the cultural mindset of GB society.    By Aziz Ali Dad Culture is an interesting aspect of human society. Unlike the evolutionary processes, the changes in culture are quick not under the influence of nature but from the processes created by the society itself. …

Herald Report Islamabad As the legal battle for the constitutional rights of Gilgit-Baltistan enter a crucial stage, lawyers have also intensified their consultation process with all stakeholders eliciting their views on the issue. The bar members will meet Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman who is expected to arrive in the federal capital on Saturday to join the lawyers and discuss …

Farman Ali Islamabad The Chief Justice of Pakistan Tuesday formed a larger bench to hear petitions about the constitutional status of GB and fixed October 15 the next date for the hearing. A three-judge bench, headed by CJP Saqib Nisar, which was hearing the main petition filed by GB Bar Council (GBBC) Vice-Chairman Javed Ahmed through his counsel Salman Akram …

"The critical understanding about books written by British Colonial officers about GB could be premised on the fact that these works were mostly written for strategic purposes by those who served the power; the unquestioned acceptance of these works and their premium referential status needs to be challenged."                       

PM directs the planning ministry to ensure availability of funds for GB projects, wheat subsidy; appreciates PML-N govt’s performance in GB; calls for better coordination, CM apprises Khan of GB apprehensions, concerns.

Special Correspondent GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government has approved amendments to the Assistance Package policy for its deceased employees, enhancing age limit and employment scale for appointment, says a notification. According to the notification, the Assistance Package policy was approved on April 19th, 2016, for the family members or legal heirs of a deceased government servant who dies during service. The …

Herald Report      Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government is working on a proposal to control land erosion in three towns by cascading banks of main rivers meandering through the capital towns of three districts. A Chinese firm has shown interest in the project and negotiations are in the final stages to ink an agreement with the company, Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman …