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Lowah: a Khowar pastoral ode

By thehighasia
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in :  High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Literature, Wildlife
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Khowar pastoral ode

In Khowar language, there exists a sacred pastoral ode known as "Lowah." that captures the spirit of a goat's carefree descent (wallowing), when its belly is satiated from the bountiful highland grazing, and it purposefully ambles down the earthen drift way towards the humble abode of its master.

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Economic growth in G-B

By thehighasia
4 days ago
in :  Climate Change, Development, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Mining, Opinion, Tourism
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Mountain landscape

promoting real estate business in mountain regions should be discouraged as it may result in disfiguring mountain landscape, create ecological and civic problems, as well as mass scale displacement and migration of people

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Adieu Dr Sabit Rahim, a trailblazing economist

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
in :  Ghizer, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Ishkoman, Islamabad, Obituary, People
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Dr Sabit Rahim passes away

By Naveed Hussain Dr Sabit Rahim, the first PhD in economics and an educationist from Gilgit-Baltistan passed away on Tuesday (May 23, 2023), at the age of 82 leaving behind family members, friends, and hundreds of students to mourn his death. With his passing a remarkable legacy of passion for seeking knowledge and sharing with others has come to an …

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Ex-KP minister parts way with PTI

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
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Irshad Ullah Khan PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been nearing to follow on as another wicket gone for a duck with former Provincial Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah announcing quitting the party. He announced this at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Saturday. As the tumbling continued, it was certainly another blow to the PTI line-up from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with …

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Enforced disappearances: an offence to human dignity

By thehighasia
3 weeks ago
in :  Balochistan, Enforced Disappearances, Human Rights, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, New, Opinion, Pakistan
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Enforced disappearances

Enforced disappearances has become pervasive in Pakistan. The use of enforced disappearances as a tool by security agencies to silence dissent, particularly political activists, journalists, students, and even children in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh provinces has increased alarmingly.

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Chitral: protest rally, strike against wheat price hike

By thehighasia
3 weeks ago
in :  Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Resistance
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Protest rally, strike in Chitral

Political and religious parties, traders and transporters observed a complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike in Chitral Bazaar and blocked the Peshawar highway against the interim government for withdrawing subsidy on wheat price and making a 100% hike in the price of a 100-kg wheat bag pushing it from Rs6,000 to Rs12,000.

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A letter: the hell of harassment

By thehighasia
May 9, 2023
in :  Harassment, Human Rights, Opinion, Pakistan
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Sexual harassment

One of the reasons why harassment is so pervasive in our society is that it is often normalized and overlooked. We need to change this attitude and recognize that harassment is unacceptable, no matter what form it takes. We must encourage victims to speak up and report incidents of harassment, and we must hold perpetrators accountable for their actions.

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Afghan women protest Taliban recognition

By thehighasia
April 29, 2023
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, Diplomacy, extremism, Human Rights, Pakistan, Taliban, US, Women
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Women protest Taliban recognition

Around 25 women marched through a residential area in the Afghan capital on Saturday ahead of a summit in Doha.

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Tajikistan: top security officer shot dead in Khorog

By thehighasia
April 29, 2023
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pamir Ranges, Tajikistan
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Top security officer killed

The regional authorities in Khorog city of Badakhshan autonomous province in a statement on Friday (April 28) said that the incident took place overnight in Tajikistan's southern city of Khorog.

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Tourism & sports united for sustainability

By thehighasia
April 27, 2023
in :  Ecology, Tourism, UNWTO, World
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Sustainable tourism

Sports Tourism plays a key role in enhancing economic growth and social development in many destinations. It creates jobs and supports businesses in cities and rural communities alike.

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‘Two Poets and a River’ – the story of love and loss

By thehighasia
April 27, 2023
in :  Afghanistan, Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Culture, Features, Gojal, High Asia Region, Pamir Ranges, People, Showbiz, Tajikistan
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Film about two Wakhi poets

'The Two Poets and a River' is a film that tells the story of two Wakhi musicians, who share a language, faith, and family network but are separated by the Oxus River.

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Swat: 17 dead, over 50 hurt in CTD office blasts

By thehighasia
April 25, 2023
in :  Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Suicide blast, SWAT-KOHISTAN REGION, Terrorism
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Explosion in Anti-Terror PS ce station

Officials initially labeled the incident as “a suspected suicide attack,” but police later said ammunition stored at the site appeared to be the cause of the blasts.

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‘Journalism is not a crime’

By thehighasia
April 21, 2023
in :  Afghanistan, Censorship, Media, Taliban
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Journalism is not a crime

Behboudi is one of six co-founders of Guiti News, an online media platform managed by French and refugee journalists focused on the recent issues caused by mass migration. He was forced to flee Afghanistan due to the rising danger to journalists, and in 2015 he moved to Paris after being granted asylum.

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Ban on women: Taliban in a standoff with UN

By thehighasia
April 14, 2023
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, extremism, Human Rights, News, Resistance, Taliban, UN, Women
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Taliban-Un standoff

The UN has asked all its staff to remain at home after the Taliban banned Afghan women from working for the world body. Hundreds of Afghan women employed by the UN are critical in delivering life-saving aid in Afghanistan, where millions are at risk of starvation.

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When the messiah becomes a slayer

By thehighasia
April 12, 2023
in :  Conservation, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Wildlife
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Trophy hunting controversy

Trophy hunting, whether undertaken by women or men, is a harmful and unsustainable practice that has no place in modern society. NWF-GB

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important …

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May 26, 2022

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May 24, 2022
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May 20, 2022
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