Celebrated on December 21, 2020 this year, the Mayfung winter festival took over Gilgit-Baltistan in a traditional manner. “Mayfung” translates as the festival of waving fire and light at night where locals mark the end of the longest night of the year and start of the New Year. Celebrated in the dark, people gather at
Prime Minister Imran Khan reveals his favourite place from Pakistan especially when it is the beginning of winters. Taking to his official Twitter handle, the premier shared the beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan before the onset of winter. The pictures are so mesmerizing and showed the actual colours of Pakistan’s beauty. “The colours of Gilgit Baltistan just
Following the release of the official results of the November 15 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, 32 of the 33 newly elected members of the Assembly took an oath, while the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker will take place on November 26. Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Speaker Fida Muhammad Nashad administered the oath to the newly elected members.
According to the unofficial and unverified results, with 6,873 votes, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Syed Sohail Abbas has won the GBLA-3 constituency of Gilgit-Baltistan. Dr. Iqbal, an Independent candidate, with 4,678 votes is the runner-up. As per details, 21 candidates contested in the constituency while 41,360 voters were registered. The polling ended at 5 pm on
The polling for the election in GBLA-3 Gilgit is underway under strict security measures. According to the details, around 41360 voters will cast their votes in favor of their candidates during the election. As many as 15 candidates will take part in the GBLA-3 Gilgit election. At least 73 polling stations have been set up
Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government signed its first public-private partnership with the Industrial Promotion Services of Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) to build the first run-of-river power project in the region. The agreement was signed between Mansoor Dhanani, CEO NPAK (Industrial Promotion Services) and Sajjad Haider, GB Secretary Water and Power. Stating the importance of the project,
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