The dangerous populist science of Harari
The best-selling author is a gifted storyteller and popular speaker. But he sacrifices science for sensationalism, and his work is riddled with errors.
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Fake is the new real
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Over the past three months, a handful of highly influential news celebrities have left no stone
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Climbing season reaches new heights
AFP Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing season with around 1,400 foreign mountaineers bidding to scale its lofty peaks —
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Gilgit-Baltistan and climate change
There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions
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Three women set new records in mountaineering
Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng from Taiwanese and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Akita) become the first woman in their countries to conquer Nanga Parbat
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The polyglots of Dardistan
By Zubair Torwali Dardistan is one of the most diverse linguistic regions in the world. In the 1930s, the Norwegian
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The IMF bailout package and economic survival
By Ashab Baig The situation is so acute on Pakistan’s economic front that a bailout package from IMF has become
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Why mobile journalism is modern journalism
By Devin Windelspecht More than five billion people have mobile devices today, with studies suggesting that over 70% of internet
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A look at democracy
By Naazir Mahmood The National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS) at the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad is a rare centre of
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AWP vows to emerge as a genuine alternative force
By News Desk The Awami Workers’ Party (AWP) is committed to becoming a genuine alternative force by uniting all Left-wing,
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HKP: New Left party to strive for labourers’ rights
Haqooq-e-Khalq Party presents a charter of demand including Rs40,000 minimum wage for labourers; it will field labourers as its candidates in the local government and general elections.
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Call for declaring mental health emergency in GB
Participants of Ghizer Youth Maraka blast successive governments for their failure and apathy in addressing the issue
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Women’s role in ecosystem restoration
by Ali Rehmat Shimshali Have you ever imagined progress of a society, or a nation without women? To answer this
Read MoreWhat’s fueling Chitral’s high rate of suicide cases?
For years, suicide cases in Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan have been haunting the mountain communities, but a fresh wave of suicides has left them baffled. Ahmad Faraz sheds light on the issue with a nuanced understanding of the local milieu.
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Moot stresses need to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene
By Shahana Tabassum To ensure wellbeing of women and girls in society, it is important to create awareness about menstrual
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