

Gilgit-Baltistan region not a subsidary to Kashmir dispute;federal ministers must careful in issuing irresponsible statements; additional investment in GB a key to prosperity: Wazir BaigVoH ReportGILGIT, October 27: Interim governor, Speaker and member Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) Wazir Baig has said that in today's scenario Kashmir dispute has no any concern with that of Gilgit-Baltistan. Talking to media men, after a...

VoHAccording to a survey conducted by Voice of Hunza in Gilgit region, the income bracket of the majority of the inhabitants of the Gilgit-Baltistan region has been recorded declined by 40 percent against drastic rise in prices of commodities and other essentials by 85 percent, leaving majority of the inhabitants in adverse financial conditions during last three years. The prices of the goods especially that of essentials sky rocketed...
Disaster response agencies overlook our sacrifices; pledges proved mere pledges,not a single office bearer ever visit home says Malika-e-MerryBureau ReportHUNZA, Aliabad, October 30: Malika-e-Merry, mother of Shaheed (late) Shehzad Sher, a local boyscout who lost his life at blockade site in a rock sliding incident while shifting relief goods to the affected communities in Upstream in March this year has criticized both private and public...
Bottled water causing deadly diseases Monitoring ReportISLAMABAD, October 23: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had said that nineteen of the 66 brands of bottled or mineral water being sold in the country is unsafe for human consumption which may cause deadly diseases like cancer, cholera, diarrhoea and heart diseases.All samples were scientifically analysed at ISO-17025 accredited National Water Quality Laboratory in Islamabad for microbiological and physcio-chemical parameters according to international...

SC smells a rat in RPPs contracts;CJP says things not going right as arbitration being done in London while sellers and buyers are PakistanisNews Watch deskVoice of HunzaISLAMABAD, October 30: Prima facie things are not going in the right direction as arbitration is being done in London when both he sellers and buyers are Pakistanis, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Thursday. He observed this while heading...
Bottled water causing deadly diseasesMonitoring ReportISLAMABAD, October 23: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had said that nineteen of the 66 brands of bottled or mineral water being sold in the country is unsafe for human consumption which may cause deadly diseases like cancer, cholera, diarrhoea and heart diseases.All samples were scientifically analysed at ISO-17025 accredited National Water Quality Laboratory in Islamabad for microbiological and physcio-chemical parameters according to international...

Compensation to be paid within a week: Finance ministerVoH Monitoring DeskGILGIT, October 21: Compensation for people affected by the Attabad Lake will be released within a week, said Gilgit-Baltistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Ali Akhtar on Sunday. “We have received the money. Every family will get Rs800,000 within a week,” Akhtar told a national daily. About 150 families lost their houses, cattle, cultivable land and standing crops when...
Public circles demand reduction in public transport fares; black marketing of petroleum products continueSpecial ReportHUNZA-NAGAR, October 20: Public circles have expressed their severe resentment over the negligance of local government authorities towards the public transport fares being charged by transporters on different routes withing and to outside of district. According to the information filtered from some of the sources, transporters...
Voice of HunzaGlobalization coupled with frequent natural distasters in either forms is giving rise to many new challenges, ranging from competitive advantage among the world's leading manufacturing and service oriented firms to the general factories producing common goods to get sustainable sales volume under uncertain trade policies of majority of developed and few of developing states struggling for their existence as recognized performers...

US offers $2bn military aid to Pakistan; Qureshi urges US to open its markets to Pakistani goodsMonitoring Desk Voice of Hunza WASHINGTON, October 21: The United States will offer two billion dollars in fresh military assistance to Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday, Islamabad's efforts against extremist groups. The United States has "no stronger partner when it comes to counter-terrorism" than Pakistan, Clinton...