Brussels: The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), has
strongly reacted on this news and called upon world community to come
forward to save Kashmiri people and specially the young school going
girls which are vulnerable and at the target of the personnels of
secret agencies of Pakistan freely and independently and with dominant
authority residing in the Pakistani Occupied Kashmir.

Chitral --:All the four tributaries of Garam Chashma river are in high floods for some time causing huge destruction in the low land areas specially Garam Chashma town. At least nine shops have been washed away . The occupants were able to save some valuables while structures and less valuable items have been washed away. Embankments constructed by the Government or on self help basis have been destroyed. The total loss is worth millions of rupees . In the upland areas pastures ,plantation ,standing crops and fruit gardens have been washed away. There are reports of loss of livestock which are yet to be confirmed, because the cattle are now in the very high altitude which are still inaccessible due to inclement weather. Garam Chashma remains cut off from Chitral town for the last 48 hours and students desiring to appear in entry tests are stranded in Garam Chashma, and their careers are at risk.
 

The losses have been aggravated by encroachments in river banks and uncontrolled grazing in upland areas which the Government has so far failed to regulate. Under the law of the land the Government is responsible to regulate the use of these lands and grant user rights to people which it has not done despite the people having brought it to the notice of the Government in the background of the earlier floods in 2005. The people hold government apathy or collusion with land grabbers responsible for their woes year after year.
 

The present floods are yet another eye opener for the Government. If it still fails to discharge its duty the people’s patience would run out or the Government would continue repairing the damages year after year at huge cost to public exchequer.
 

We hope that the government would wake up to its responsibilities before it is too late by managing the glaciers, regulating use of pasture lands , removing encroachments on river banks and widening them to allowing floods to pass, apart from constructing protective walls on both sides of the river specially in vulnerable areas.-- (Report by Islamuddin , 29 July 10)

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s obsession with India is leading it to “dig its own grave” as the ISI’s “destructive role” now stands exposed in the wake of the revelations by classified intelligence documents, a leading US lawmaker has said.

Its a new attempt by the so-called Assembly of GB which demands that “service structure of the judges of the Supreme Appellate Court be modified to bring it in line with that of the rest of the judges in Pakistan and AJK”.
It should be noted before any such demand, that the whole system of Gilgit Baltistan including GB Assembly, Council and Appelant Court or Chief Court is illegal and unconstitutional. The resolutions of GB Assembly are not binding, because there is no law or constitution to protect the resolutions of GB and verdicts of Appelant Court. The legislation of Pakistani Parliament has the backing og its constitution and the limited legislation of AJK Assembly is also protected by its constitution. But this is the only disputed terriotory which is controled by illegal and unconstitutional orders of Pakistanis by direction of its forces.
Its the moral duty and duty of thier Motherland of GB Assemby to demand for its own independent constitution and control the resources of the land. This is the last chance for the members of of this so-called Assembly to represent of thier motherland and not become the puppets of foreigners, otherwise the coming generation will not tolerate of their betrayal.

GILGIT: Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Mehdi Shah on Monday said that the degrees of all government officials serving in various departments in Gilgit-Baltistan would be sent for verification.

CHITRAL: The members of the Chitral Mines Association and leaders of different political parties on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti to order probe into irregularities in the award of lease of mines.