The north desk
Gilgit-Baltistan, in depth
This paper is published from Skardu, and the north is the beat it covers that nobody else does. The desk keeps 159 standing lines of research, one for every valley and every running story, in English and Urdu, and asks them again around the clock.
159 of 159 lines asked in the last 24 hours · 173 northern reports in the current window
Gilgit-Baltistan marks 80th Independence Day with Gilgit ceremony
Radio Pakistan says the main event will be held at the Army Helipad in Gilgit, with tributes to those it calls heroes of the 1947 liberation struggle.
- BreakingSecurity
Skardu family of four killed; police suspect honour killing
- Development
Diamer-Bhasha, Dasu costs rise by Rs1.9 trillion, NA told
- Politics
India protests to Pakistan over Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections
- Development
PM orders faster work on Gilgit-Baltistan projects before 1 November visit
- Security
Couple and two children killed in suspected honour killing in Skardu
- Security
Four members of a family murdered in Skardu house
Standing files
The long-running stories. Each file holds everything the desk has filed on it.
The Karakoram Highway, the Jaglot-Skardu Road, Babusar and Shandur: open, blocked, and being rebuilt.
Skardu and Gilgit airports: schedules, cancellations and the weather that decides both.
Loadshedding, the wheat subsidy and the protests over both.
GLOFs, glacier retreat, flash floods and avalanches in the most glaciated region outside the poles.
The seven-decade argument over what Gilgit-Baltistan is, and who its people get to vote for.
Land rights, Khalsa Sarkar, Diamer-Bhasha and the people in the way of the water.
K2, Broad Peak, the Gasherbrums and Nanga Parbat: summits, rescues and the season’s toll.
Sost dry port, the pass, CPEC traffic and the traders who depend on it.
The season, the hotels, the permits and what a million visitors do to a valley.
Markhor, ibex, snow leopards, trophy hunting and the community conservancies.
Journalists, activists and the laws used against them.
Hospitals, universities, schools, and the distance to the nearest one.
Sanaullah says amendment may bring AJK, GB into development plans
PM's adviser on political affairs tells Geo News there is no plan to withdraw facilities from AJK, and dismisses Raja Farooq Haider's concerns as a misunderstanding.
Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister opens law department website
The site is meant to put the region's legislation online, but the report gave no web address, cost or launch date.
PM forms committee on Gilgit-Baltistan provincial status
Aaj News names Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the move but gives no composition, terms of reference or timeline, and cites no official notification.