Climate change, neoliberal development, resource capture by the elite and the powerful as well as unbridled mass tourism have posed potential threats to the inhabitants, their society, culture, health, and the fragile ecology of Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Taliban are becoming increasingly intolerant of public expressions and displays of the Shi’ite religious faith,” said Niamatullah Ibrahimi, senior lecturer at Australia’s La Trobe University.

Corporate giants use clever tactics to quickly make massive profits, but they don’t realize the climate crisis is caused by their rapacious exploitation of land use, water use, and fossil fuel, and their endless quest for profiteering is seizing our ability to breathe clean air.

News Desk The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the arrest of journalist Shahid Aslam by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). FIA arrested the Bol News journalist from Lahore last week for his alleged part in leaking the personal tax data of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In November, investigative news website FactFocus accused …

By Safiullah Baig Diamer District is once again in the limelight for not a good reason but for a despicable act of burning a girl’s school in Darel by some extremist elements. Some mainstream and social media activists as usual were quick enough to point towards Diamer as bastion of extremism in Gilgit-Baltistan. This has made things murkier and will …

A PTI supporter scuffles with a police officer. Dawn The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a landmark decision on Friday disqualified ousted prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case and barred him from holding public office. The ECP in a unanimous decision found Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” and disqualified him from being a member of parliament. The …

After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

Through GilgitApp, you can buy and sell a wide range of products, including cars, motorbikes, mobile phones, laptops, home appliances, rent a property and pets.

Since July, the courts have handed down more than 5,000 verdicts with heavy sentences against members of a Shiite Ismaili ethnic group. About 100 detainees, including seven journalists, are awaiting trial. Authorities in Tajikistan have forced the closure of two religious bodies in the capital Dushanbe within a succession of a week, according to media reports. The institutions are the …

by Inayat Amir As the move for granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) looms large on the horizon, political leaders, activists, journalists and civil society members from GB huddled in Islamabad on Saturday to ponder on fresh developments and features of the proposed bill. Islamabad: Former political prisoner and AWP leader Baba Jan delivered a charged speech on the …

Slum dwellers demand protection of homes Islamabad: With clouds of uncertainty looming over their heads, residents of Rishma Colony, H-9 have called upon authorities the protection of their homes to be affected by the 10th Avenue project, by recognizing them as stakeholders in the project. Concerned residents along with the members of Alliance for Katchi Abadis and Awami Workers Party …

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at Birmingham, the UK, the girls’ education activist announced in a tweet on her microblogging handler. Tweets by Malala “Today marks a precious day in my life”, she wrote in a Twitter post. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for …

The picturesque valley of Gojal in the Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan is fast becoming a talent hotspot for women's sports. The region has already produced several talented sportswomen who have made the country proud and to see them shining as superstars in Pakistan.

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

As the rescue team waits for the helicopter, communication has been re-established with the three climbers stranded at Rakaposhi for the last three days.