Resilient rebuilding for climate-smart mountain communities
by Fazal Saadi The sky tore open, and hell poured out in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer District. What followed was an avalanche
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A strategic framework for climate resilience in Gilgit-Baltistan
by Mishal Jahan This summer Gilgit-Baltistan experienced one of its harshest flood seasons in recent times. Accelerated glacial melt, compounded
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Disasters in Gilgit-Baltistan: surge in waterborne diseases
by Sadia Gulzar Over the past month, heavy rains, cloudbursts, and flash floods in Gilgit-Baltistan have not only caused deaths
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Gilgit-Baltistan drowns in disasters, suffers from state neglect
by Fazal Saadi For the past one-month, torrential rains and flash-floods continue to ravage Gilgit-Baltistan. More than 15 people have
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AWP slams govt apathy over deadly floods in GB, Kashmir, K-P
Party leadership expresses deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives in Dain (Ishkoman), Khalti (Gupis), Bunardas (Chilas), Danyore, Swat,
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Gilgit-Baltistan: smoking, vaping pose a growing health emergency
by Sadia Gulzar The migration of young people from Gilgit-Baltistan to distant urban centres in pursuit of academic excellence and
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Silk Route Festival– a stage for corporate colonial resource grab
by Safiullah Baig The much-publicised Silk Route Festival, dubbed a cultural celebration, opened on Saturday at Hunza’s main town, Karimabad.
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TMC powers ‘digital leap’ to revolutionise higher education
The outgoing HEC Chair, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, appeared as a holographic host, the first of its kind in Pakistan’s history, reflecting the innovative spirit driving this transformation
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Book Review: War, Love, and the Unmade Picture
by Aftab Husain The novelette Jang Mein Muhabbat ki Tasveer Nahin Banti resists the very tradition of war literature it
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Javed Naji’s assassination sparks uproar in Gilgit-Baltistan
by F.Ali & Nadeem Aman The political landscape of Gilgit-Baltistan was jolted last week by the brazen daylight assassination of
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Colonial rule fuels ecological catastrophes in Gilgit-Baltistan
by Safiullah Baig The recent devastating floods and ecological disasters in Gilgit-Baltistan are not isolated natural events. They are the
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Pakistan’s polio resurgence stymies global eradication efforts
Polio eradication is not just a health priority—it is a national emergency. Without urgent action, Pakistan risks reversing decades of progress, leaving future generations vulnerable to a preventable disease. The time to act is now.
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Taxation, TIR and the constitutional crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan
If the government intends to tax G-B like other provinces, it must also grant it equivalent political representation, legal clarity, and constitutional recognition.
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Ruin and radiance: rediscovering Sherani and Adam
Akhtar Sherani and Abdul Hameed Adam were poets whose verses shimmered with longing, whose biographies bore the same marks of indulgence and vulnerability that their couplets hinted at, and whose reputations rose to extraordinary heights only to recede in the collective memory of our language. They were, each in his way, emblems of an Urdu literary culture that treasured both aesthetic refinement and personal candour, and that was never entirely sure whether to admire them for their luminous art or to pity them for the shadows it cast over their private lives.
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Cardiovascular disease — a growing health crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan
By Sadia Gulzar Gilgit-Baltistan, recently recognised by CNN as one of the world’s most breathtaking tourist destinations, attracts thousands of
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