Tehran, Kabul open first rail link
The $75m-project will facilitate trade, and travel between the two countries. The key infrastructure was started in 2007 with Iranian
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More national parks, more occupation of land
The top-down conservation policies are meant to dispossess people of their land, livelihood and resources By Ali Rehmat The conservation,
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Bargain: NAB court accepts Salim Khan’s plea
High Asia Report GILGIT: An accountability court on Tuesday accepted the plea bargain application of Salim Khan, a former member
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Spike in corona cases. Who is responsible?
By Neelum Wali The word Covid-19 stands for coronavirus immuno difficiency disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019
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Hunza Matters: Unmaking and Making
by Aziz Ali Dad Let me start this review of the book “Hunza Matters: Bordering and ordering between ancient and
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Are we out of our minds?
Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at
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Charming mosque of Gayal in Darel valley
After converting to Islam, the residents of Lelo Kot built the first mosque there by well-known masons and woodcarvers of the village.
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Argentinean football idol Diego Maradona dies
World’s football legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, dies of a heart attack at his home in San Andres neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Five more prisoners of conscience freed today
Of the total 14 political prisoners, 10 have been so far freed in three phases. AWP leader Baba Jan, Iftikhar
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Protests continue against KIU student’s harassment
Staff Reporter Students and rights activists protest outside National Press Club, Islamabad on Sunday, against sexual harassment of a student
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Rulers have snatched our dreams
By Ashiq Ali Broghil, the most neglected valley in Hindu Kush Mountains, need government attention The Pamiri Wakhi people live
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Hunza: four more prisoners of conscience freed
GILGIT: Four more prisoners were released from Damas jail in Ghizer District on Friday. According to a notification issued by
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Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns
Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit
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Editorial: seven decades of disenfranchisement
More than 73 years since its independence, Gilgit-Baltistan remains subject to barely disguised colonial rule to await genuine enfranchisement. While
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Rural response to Covid-19
Mushtaq Ahmad There is a long history of global pandemic and epidemics, but there is also evidence that all these
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