To combat workplace harassment, change mindset
Creating a safe and inclusive work environment necessitates collective efforts from organizations, individuals, and society as a whole.
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Textiles, carpets, & geometry of Central Asia
Carol Bier, a historian of Islamic art, discusses in an interview with Elvira Aidarkhanova for Voices on Central Asia the cultural aspects of geometry in Islamic art, and the beauty of its form, pattern, and structure
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Samina, 33 others summit ‘killer mountain’
The 10-member Karakorum Expeditions Pakistan-international joint expedition team, led by Samina Baig, made it to the summit of the 8,126m (26,660 feet) peak on Sunday
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Caught in the web of honour and betrayal
Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places for women and girls. Violence against women and girls is rising throughout the country. According to human rights reports roughly 1,000 women are killed in so-called honor-related crime every year. Supposedly egalitarian societies like Gilgit-Baltistan are no exception. A girl was murdered in Kharmang, Baltistan, by her brother after a video became viral on social media.
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20 climbers summit Nanga Parbat
The summit group was larger than expected thanks to a few last-minute additions, namely, Kristin Harila and her sherpa team
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One in every 10 children works, out of schools
Some 160 million children earn a living, instead of going to school; Child labour, springing from a lack of social justice, has increased during last 20 years: ILO official
Read MorePoverty alleviation: a constitutional obligation
The constitution is the living document and an instrument of social contract between the citizens and the state. It also aims to fulfil people’s aspirations by guaranteeing their fundamental rights.
Read MoreThe neoliberal environmentalism-I
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.
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Lowah: a 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
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
Read MoreAdieu Dr Sabit Rahim, a trailblazing economist
By Naveed Hussain Dr Sabit Rahim, the first PhD in economics and an educationist from Gilgit-Baltistan passed away on Tuesday
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Ex-KP minister parts way with PTI
Irshad Ullah Khan PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been nearing to follow on as another wicket gone for a duck
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Enforced disappearances: an offence to human dignity
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.
Read MoreChitral: protest rally, strike against wheat price hike
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
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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