G-B timber movement policy: Locals claim policy has not been cancelled

Say no notifi­cation receiv­ed from G-B Counci­l, PM Secret­ariat.  The PM, who is also the G-B Council chairman, has set aside a March 15 order for the disposal of timber lying in the forests of Diamer. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: 
While environmentalists cheer the cancellation of a timber transportation order that they claimed was leading to deforestation in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Diamer district, local authorities said they are not even aware of the cancellation

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