‪‎Gilgit Baltistan Updates

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GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan police have started patrolling Diamer district to ensure security as work on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is under way.

Muhammad Wakeel, a police inspector, told The Express Tribune on Wednesday, at least 10 police vehicles have been set aside for the purpose.

“The SHOs and SDPOs in the valley will monitor the patrolling process under the supervision of SSP Shoaib Khurram,” he said.

According to Wakeel, the officers who are patrolling the district have been adequately trained. He added they will be available round-the-clock to help people and respond to any eventualities.

In the backdrop

The decision comes two months after China donated 25 vehicles to G-B government as part of CPEC. The fleet of double cabin vehicles was received by G-B IGP Zafar Iqbal Awan on behalf of the regional government in Gilgit in March.

During his visit to Gilgit earlier this month, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the CPEC patrolling police headquarters.

The patrolling force comprises 300 personnel and 25 vehicles. It will help ensure safe and smooth flow of traffic on the 439-kilometre chunk of the CPEC project in G-B.

 

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Sheikh Mohsin Ali Najafi from Gilgit-Baltistan was arrested .
his citizenship revoked, decleared a terrorist.

 

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GB agriculture thrives as water availability improves

ISLAMABAD: A US-funded project has helped reduce water losses in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region by 60 per cent, bringing more land under cultivation to spur agricultural growth in the territory, and raising income and productivity for more than 8,000 farmers.

The US-funded Satpara Development Project, which closed on Monday, ran for seven years and was carried out by USAID to increase access of farmers to irrigation and achieve increased agricultural production and economic opportunities.

As a result of all these initiatives, 1,200 new businesses were established creating more than 4,000 jobs in GB. Horticultural products from Baltistan now have access to larger markets in both Lahore and Islamabad.

The project was named after ‘Satpara Lake’ which is a natural lake near Skardu, supplying water to Skardu valley and fed by the Satpara stream. The completion of Satpara dam downstream of the lake has enlarged the size of Satpara lake

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