A youth-led development agenda for Gilgit-Baltistan
Riaz Akbar spells out a comprehensive youth-led development roadmap for Gilgit-Baltistan, outlining four areas that can kick-start GB’s economy and increase the whole pie of the budget.
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Author: thehighasia
Domestic violence: Let’s talk about it!
Domestic violence, rape, and murder have been around in Gilgit-Baltistan for so long, but these subjects are considered taboos in our society. People till the recent past wouldn’t dare to talk about these subjects openly. We tend to keep them under the carpet to save the so-called ‘honour’ of the family, region, or religion.
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Speakers vow to resist attacks on media, judiciary
Leaders of lawyers’ and media bodies, human rights defenders, and parliamentarians Thursday vowed to resist increasing assault on judiciary and media.
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Tajik buzkashi horsewoman breaks barriers
Tajik rider Malika Rajabova is used to being the only woman on the field when she plays buzkashi, a Central Asian sport in which competitors on horseback fight to grab a goat carcass.
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Russia’s Eurovision finalist living a ‘dream,’ warns against anti-immigrant nightmare
Tajik-born singer representing Russia in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest says her berth in the finals this weekend is “like a dream.” But she says the problems she and other immigrants face in Russia won’t ever be far from her mind.
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Climate change: floods wash away road in Chitral, a tourist resort in Gojal
Flash floods have destroyed a road infrastructure in Reshun, Upper District of Chitral and a tourist resort in Gojal, upper Hunza District of Gilgit-Baltistan
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The unheard voices of Gilgit-Baltistan
There is a need for creating awareness about the rights of women and persons with disability, and struggle for an end to objectification, discrimination, harassment, and exploitation of women and the demolition of patriarchal structures to establish an egalitarian and pluralistic society
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Pakistan, Uzbekistan trade goods via Afghanistan
The exchange of shipments between Pakistan and Uzbekistan via Afghanistan are part of five planned trial runs aimed at testing the viability of various routes in the region, where trade has been hampered by the decades-old conflict in Afghanistan and longstanding diplomatic tensions between Kabul and Islamabad.
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The first-ever art exhibit opens in Gilgit
A three-day art exhibition opened in Gilgit on Thursday. The exhibit will provide an opportunity to the art connoisseurs of the city to engage in conversation with the artists as well as their works done in various media including painting, drawing, thread-work, calligraphy and digital art.
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UNWTO opens call for ‘best tourism village’
The UNWTO initiative to search for ‘Best Tourist Village’ aims at making tourism a positive force for transformation, rural development and community well-being, and to maximise the contribution of the sector to reducing regional inequalities and fighting against rural depopulation.
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Saudi Arabia limits use of loudspeakers in mosques
The tradition of using microphones for calling to prayers in mosques started in 1930s. While many Muslim scholars were at first skeptical of its use on theological grounds, it established itself firmly as a sophisticated method in call for prayers and religious summons in mosques all over the world.
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Pro-Palestinian views: Outcry after AP reporter fired
Emily Wilder had been targeted by extremist Zionist media outlets; News agency decision to fire Emily Wilder criticised after rightwing media highlight her previous activism in college.
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Palestinian issue: It’s time for Israelis and Palestinians to rethink
The only solutions to the Palestinian issue, is to establish a secular democratic state where Muslims, Jews and Christians co-exist with harmony as equal citizens. Only this single state narrative can serve as a guarantee to shun any move to divide the society on a religious, ethnic, or racial basis.
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Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict: solving water puzzle key to preventing fresh fighting
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan may be inching closer than ever to hashing out a border delimitation deal that will end decades of territorial ambiguity.
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Dance, drums and guns: the Kalasha funeral ritual
In the remote mountain region of Chitral valley of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Kalash people, followers of a pre-Islamic religion, mark death as few on the planet do. With dance, drums, and gunfire, the colorful funeral ritual is an elaborate and expensive celebration of a loved one’s life.
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