By news desk Police in Tajikistan have said that “leader of an organized criminal group,” has been killed as a “result of internal clashes between criminal groups” in the country’s restive Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region. Mahmadboqir Mahmadboqirov was believed to be one of the influential yet informal leaders of the autonomous oblast. He was said to have been killed on May …

Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in Pakistan.

The Pamir region happens to be the only part of the country where protesters still take to the streets against the government.

News Desk Like other parts of Pakistan, women in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are facing multiple problems, including gender-based dicrimination, domestic violence and harassment. They are being deprived of their basic human rights including access to education, healthcare, right of expression, and employment. This was said by Ghazala Nazir, an activist and member of the National Women Front (NWF) Gilgit-Baltistan Sindh Zone …

News Desk In a wide-ranging conversation last weekend, Denis Urubko gave his take on the current and future state of high-altitude mountaineering — including his doubts that Nirmal Purja summited winter K2 without oxygen. At 49, Urubko bears the confident air of a veteran warrior. At the same time, he recognizes the increasing gulf between his values and those of …

In Central Asia, the art of jewellery is far from forgotten. Across the region, jewellers create beautiful works of art that call to mind the masterpieces produced in the century.

Nine hundred pieces from Uzbekistan’s Nukus Museum of Art are now online after volunteers armed with cameras and cell phones created an open catalogue of the works in the hope it will prevent theft from one of Asia’s most unique and valuable art collections.

Regional powers are seeking to fill the vacuum left by the abrupt departure of the US and its Western allies.

Considered to be the icons of High Asia, the elusive snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the world’s highest and harshest habitats in 12 countries.

Two young climbers also ski down the 6,050m high Mingligh Sar peak Herald Report Parveena Ismail raising Pakistani flag on the summit of the 6050m high Mingligh Sar peak at Shimshal Pamir Pass on December 3, 2021. Photo by Wasim Haidar. In a first, two girls have set a new record perhaps the first in Pakistan’s mountaineering history, to ski …

The three-volume Shina-Urdu dictionary of Kohistani dialect has been published by The Ganddhara Hindko Board and Hindko Academy.

The group, which includes two female military pilots, said they do not want to remain in Tajikistan and hope to resettle in the United States

Anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro shares what he learned from village historian of Tangir and some field notes.

By: Ashab Baig Commercial greed, unplanned construction and unregulated tourism are defacing the natural beauty of Hunza. HAH Photo My recent visit to Hunza was an eye-opener to me in various ways. Just one year ago and during the same months, I left a prettier, greener Hunza, though concrete walls and horrid structures had already started to deface its beauty. …

The rescue operation will resume on Monday; one local and two Czech climbers are stranded at 6900m altitude at Rakaposhi since Thursday High Asia Herald Report Wajidullah Nagri (left) of Pakistan and his two Czech climbing partners, Peter Macek and Jakub Vicek. Photo Twitter The search and rescue operation for the three climbers who are stranded at the Rakaposhi peak …