Islamabad, 16 May 2012:  Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) organised a seminar to commemorate 16th May as School Safety Day, in line with a unanimous declaration passed at the International School Safety Conference organised by AKDN in March 2008. The seminar on School Safety was held in [...]

In the legends and folklore of Gilgit-Baltistan, King Badat was a cannibal king, who wreaked havoc on his citizens. The notorious king demanded a child a day from his subjects, or a person from each household, as a price for their safety, until the day he was overthrown by a prince from Persia, with the [...]

The police and jail authorities of Gilgit have been accused of torturing three progressive youth activists being held in Gilgit Jail. The news came after the relatives and the lawyer of the three activists — Progressive Youth Movement Chief Organiser Baba Jan, Iftikhar Hussain and Ameer Khan — complained to the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Inspector General [...]

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Many things remain a pipedream in Gilgit-Baltistan and on top of them is good governance. Gilgit-Baltistan is the so-called province of Pakistan where public sector employments are put on sale openly and where a shepherd becomes teacher by greasing the palms of those at the helms of affairs. In short, if you have money at hand and right connections in power corridors, you can get whatever yo[...]

Under the United Nations (UN) charter and the available explanations around the world, presence of a specific population, a defined geographical territory, culture, traditions and a distinct historical identity are considered necessary for making a nation. On the basis of almost this definition, nations around the world have their existence today. But it is also becoming a reality that power[...]

Though an uneasy calm prevails in Gilgit Baltistan, there is lava boiling beneath the surface. Since long, the rulers sitting in Islamabad have very happily controlled the region, plundered its resources and also enjoyed ruling the locals, but they never gave peace and prosperity to the region. Instead, they worked to divide the masses on different lines as a result today the people of the w[...]

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