How the Leaders of Coca-Cola, Netflix and Amazon Encourage Their Teams to Take More Risks

There is no such thing as learning without failing, and there are no successes without setbacks. Over the last year, there has been a growing trend among prominent business leaders. These leaders are encouraging their employees to take more calculated risks and not let fear of failure hold them back. Today’s leaders may be pulling inspiration from Google’s […]

GB Order 2018 is not a step forward

Last week saw developments of truly historic proportion transpiring in the country. In a matter of days, the 31st Constitutional Amendment got passed by the Parliament and the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Assembly. The people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) now await just a signature of the President for the region to formally get inducted […]

Govt ready to accommodate more Gilgit-Baltistan demands: Abbasi

GILGIT: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the newly promulgated Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 has transferred all the powers to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan who will enjoy similar rights which the people of other provinces have without any discrimination. “All subjects under the 18th Constitution Amendment have been shifted to the Gilgit-Baltistan government, yet […]

Many injured during protest against new Gilgit-Baltistan law

GILGIT: Dozen of protesters, including a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) member in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Raja Jahanzeb Khan and Awami Action Committee chairman Maulana Sultan Raees, were injured during a clash with police here on Saturday. Opposition parties in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), PTI, Islami Tehreek Pakistan and Majlis Wahdatul […]

G-B order 2018 triggers protest in Gilgit

GILGIT:  Several people were injured as police fired tear gas and resorted to aerial firing in Gilgit on Saturday to stop protesters approaching towards Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Assembly for a scheduled sit-in against the newly introduced G-B Order 2018. The incident comes a day ahead of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s scheduled visit to Gilgit where […]

Opposition rejects G-B reforms package

GILGIT:  The government appears to be in trouble following the introduction of reforms package for Gilgit-Baltistan which has been ‘rejected’ by the joint opposition. The latter has also asked the chief minister to step down. “The government and the chief minister are traitors because they have sold out the region’s interest for the sake of […]

Storm in Gilgit-Baltistan

AS if it did not have enough crises on its hands in the final days of its tenure, the government has stirred up a hornet’s nest by preparing a highly controversial scheme of constitutional reforms for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The National Security Committee is reported to have discussed the draft of the measure titled ‘Government of […]