Pakistan at 75 and Gilgit-Baltistan’s future
By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important to reflect upon the achievements, failures,
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Scaling all 8000ers: Sirbaz inches closer to goal
Sirbaz Ali Khan scaled on August 12, 2022, Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world, and the 12th on
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GLOFs pose major threats to people in G-B, Chitral
Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have
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Imperialisms in our times
Making sense of ‘Chinese characteristics’. Is it time for the Pakistani Left to start talking about Chinese ‘imperialism’? by Aasim
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Everest: still climbing’s most coveted prize
Everest, the world’s highest mountain, is a sought-after prize, though rampant commercialization has significantly changed the climbing experience, writes Owen
Read MoreActivist, MNA booked on sedition charges
Baloch students and activists are also among those booked By Inayat Amir The Islamabad police have registered a sedition case
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Islamabad: Former political prisoner and AWP leader Baba Jan delivered a charged speech on the occasion. Political and social activists
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Another feather in the cap of Kashif Shehroze
Kashif Shehroze aka Broadboy on Aug 8, 2022 became the youngest climber in the world to summit Gasherbrum-II mountain.
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Three TTP commanders killed in Kabul blast
News Desk Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed reportedly in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan,
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Anti-imperialism and night where all cows are black
Imran Khan’s politics is a turbo-charged neoliberalism… a shallow ideological cocktail of religion, patriotism, and praetorianism.
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Venal ruling class
By Dr Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It is all so predictable. The raids on homes of opposition leaders and workers. Heavy-handed
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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear
By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by
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Lecture to examine history of governance of Hunza from 1892 to 1974
By News Desk A public lecture on the history of governance of Hunza from 1892 to 1974 is set to
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Period poverty and its impact on women
By Meerab Malik Meerab Malik discusses the struggle many low-income women and girls face while trying to afford menstrual products.
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The forever war
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar A year after the ignominious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the tame reconquest of
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