the Imamia Student Organisation in Gilgit Baltistan deserves applause for their exemplary outreach and respect for pluralism. As things stand, I doubt a similar Shia organisation (not to speak of ...

Historically speaking, in late 1988, a Shia massacre happened in Gilgit-Baltistan amid the cold war between America and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. It was supposedly an organised state ...

Correspondents say that while Shia-majority Gilgit is a popular tourist ... Gigit city is the capital of Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan region, and is seen as a gateway to the Karakoram ...

In Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit Baltistan region, widespread injustice plagues the Shia community. They are not seen as equals by the Sunni majority in Pakistan. Places essential to ...

Protest demonstrations broke out across different areas of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan after Friday ... alleged negligence in protecting the Shia community. Speakers at the rally accused ...

The Gilgit-Baltistan Order of 2018 provided for administrative ... It is also home to an old Shia community, which often finds itself subjected to persecution in Pakistan’s urban centres.

“The situation in Gilgit-Baltistan is completely peaceful and ... which has a history of rivalry between the Sunni and Shia Muslims. The minister said that services of the Pakistan Army and ...

Shia Muslims are protesting in Gilgit Baltistan after a Shia cleric was booked by Pakistan agencies. The discontent is also over the blasphemy bill and laws, which have been made even more stricter.

In response to a nationwide call by Hujjat al-Islam Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, Chairman of the Shia Ulema Council of Pakistan, ...

In the region of Gilgit Baltistan, the presence of religious sectarian tensions serves as a significant factor in instances of honour killings. Specifically, when individuals from the Shia and ...

According to police, the clash between the two groups began when the top Shia leader of Gilgit-Baltistan, Agha Rahat Hussain Al-Hussaini, was hoisting the Alam (flag) of Hazrat Imam Hussain at ...