Situation in GB ‘completely peaceful’: Solangi
Security personnel stand on a roadside in Gilgit city. - X
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi said on Sunday that the situation in Gilgit-Baltistan was completely peaceful and speculations about army deployment there were baseless.
On a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Murtaza Solangi quoted a statement released by the Home Department of Gilgit-Baltistan which said “it has been clarified that the situation in Gilgit-Baltistan is completely peaceful and the news and speculations circulating in media regarding the deployment of Pakistan Army are completely baseless”.
All roads, trade centers, business activities and educational institutions in Gilgit-Baltistan are open as usual, Solangi said in the statement.
The services of army and civil armed forces have been requisitioned only to maintain law and order on the eve of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).
Moreover, special measures have been taken for the security of the procession routes and Imambargahs as per the past practice, he maintained. It has been further stated by the GB Home Department that Section 144 of CrPC 1898 has been imposed across the region to maintain law and order, protect the lives and property of the people and avoid any untoward incident, he remarked. – News Agencies / Web Desk
