ICIMOD gets new director general
News Desk Dr Pema Gyamtsho has been elected the new director-general of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
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How capitalism drives cancel culture
Beware of splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact. by Helen Lewis Tumbrels are rattling through the streets
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Pakistan’s beauty salons employing acid attack survivors
A job scheme for women who may otherwise be shunned as outcasts is allowing many to rebuild their lives. Shah
Read MoreWith schools shut, Afghan children work the poppy fields
https://rferl.org/b7e6d5f3-b05f-4931-b01d-68d882520393 ‘In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut
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Fighting Covid-19: Tajik doctor donates Hajj savings
News Desk Shirin Nazirmadova, a doctor from southern Tajikistan, has been saving for years to afford the hajj pilgrimage that
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As US moves to exit Afghanistan, rivals prepare to swoop in
News Desk The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was backed by most countries in the region, who shared the
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Decolonising aid, again
‘The unfinished business of decolonisation is the original sin of the modern aid industry.’ by Paul Currion This year calls
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History of human violence explains how society shaped killing
‘Most parts of the world are safer than ever before. But a few are probably the most violent that human
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Football: high goals
Participating teams of Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League 2019 at Passu, Gojal, Hunza: Photo: GBGFL Ayesha Izhar As the first ray
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Tourism: the closing of Gilgit-Baltistan
Will the reopening of tourism in GB provide some relief or has the pandemic made the future of tourism more
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Students demand better telecom service for GB
The people of Gilgit-Baltistan are unable to cope with the situation due to degraded 4G often termed as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and fixed broadband internet services provided by SCO.
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Faiz, India and protest
Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ has continued to inspire activists for decades. Why do the leftist poet’s words continue to resonate today?
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Wildlife crime putting environment and health at risk: UN report
The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but to human health, according
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GB students stranded in China
Around 1,300 Pakistani students were studying in different universities in China’s Hubei province, including 800 students in Wuhan
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Ali Shir Navayi and the rich world of Turkic-Persian poetry
Ali Shir Navayi a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, and mystic, was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature and left a lasting impact on Central Asian
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