GB Assembly seeks special climate fund from Centre

• Resolution calls for compensation, water royalty, plan for protection of glaciers • Opp leader calls for probe into use of climate funds, alleges corruption GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan lawmakers have asked the federal government to establish a “special green fund” to protect its fast-melting glaciers and preserve its fragile ecosystem from the impacts of global warming, while also calling for a probe into funds allocated for climate change. In a resolution unanimously approved by the house...

By [email protected] (Jamil Nagri)