Meet Ghizer’s Iqrarul Hassan
By Sher Zaman It was a chilly morning of March 2021 at the busy Gahkuch Bazaar. The bazaar here opens
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Obituary: adieu Agha Yahya
by Zameer Abbas In the spring of 2009, Syed Yahya Shah came to see me, a budding government official, in
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Remembering Mashal means resisting politics of hate
by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar When Mashal Khan was brutally lynched four years ago, the Tehrik-e-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) was still a relatively
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Remembering Hamza Alavi: Interpreting Pakistan, changing the world
Raza Naeem’s tribute to Pakistan’s best-known Marxist, scholar, author and activist on his birth centenary marked on April 10. Stop
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Agha Yahya, a scholar and social reformer, dies
F. Ali Syed Yahya Shah Al-Hussaini, a noted religious scholar, political leader, social reformer, nature conservationist, folklorist and award-winning writer
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‘Protect right to learn: Unesco tells members
News Desk UNESCO Director Azoulay stressed that this fundamental human right must be protected every day, especially in the face
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PNCA centre opened at Gilgit
Modern audio recording studio and other facilities established in a record two-month time. Songs of legendary artist and singer Jan
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Pakistan sends in FC to stop logging in G-B forests
Imran Mukhtar In a fresh bid to halt illegal logging in the scenic Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan has brought in a
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PM asked to take notice of smear campaign against Aurat March organisers
In an open letter, writers, academics, artists, journalists, lawyers, political and social workers have urged PM Imran Khan to take notice of a smear campaign and court orders asking police to file cases against women rights activists and organisers of the Aurat Azadi March. The smear campaign used deliberately doctored footage and misrepresented images to insinuate that the organisers and participants of the march raised slogans and displayed banners purportedly with ‘blasphemous’ content.
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Conflict, peace and fragility: fault lines in G-B
By Ghulam Amin Beg For some years we thought that we have learned our lessons and embraced peace after decades
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FIR against women march organisers
AAM dismayed at a Peshawar court order News Desk Islamabad: The organisers of the Aurat Azadi March (women liberation march)
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Youth engagement key to effective development
YCD project is an initiative under the Programme for Poverty Reduction (PPR) of PPAF which aimed to improve the socio-economic landscape of the most underdeveloped rural areas of Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including the ex-FATA region now part of KP
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AAM: leading personalities condemn smear drive
High Asia Herald Report Journalists, politicians, academics, intellectuals and rights activists have expressed solidarity with the organisers of the Aurat
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Pakistani climbers head for Nepal to attempt Annapurna
News Desk A Pakistani climbers team are in Nepal to make mountaineering history by attempting Annapurna to pay tribute to
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Manizha: Russia’s Tajik-born Eurovision hopeful
News Desk Manizha’s family came to Russia after fleeing civil war in Tajikistan, and now she will represent her adopted
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