TMA officials in Chitral awaiting salaries for 3 months
By Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: As the fear of the people of Chitral rises due to the spike in coronavirus
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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: study
Scorching heat will envelop 185m people in Pakistan; human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed,
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AWPGB donates PPEs to doctors in Gilgit-Baltistan
AWPGB arranged 200 PPEs through its #CoronaSolidarityCampaign for health workers serving in remote areas Bureau Report GILGIT: Awami Workers Party
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Where did the name K2 come from?
In 1856, the Maharaja Gulab Singh ruled the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, with the blessing of the British.
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Uzbek authorities launch probe into dam burst
The newly-built Sardoba reservoir breached its wall on May 1 prompting a mass evacuation Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoev meets with evacuees
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NAB arrests proclaimed offender in Nagar
Anwar Hussain was facing a corruption reference in an accountability court Herald Correspondent GILGIT: Officials of the anti-graft
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Pakistan’s fight against corona mars its drive to eradicate polio
Pakistan’s long battle to eradicate the crippling poliovirus has been thwarted by militant attacks, radical Islamic clerics, and anti-vaccination propaganda.
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Tajikistan reports first deaths from coronavirus
Universities closed. The global death toll is approaching 230,000 with more than 3.2 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions. Tajikistan
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Climate activist donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic
Greta Thunberg has donated the money she won from a Danish foundation to the UN Children’s Fund Swedish climate
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Urumqi’s Grand Bazaar enters peak season
News Desk Holiday spirits are back in Urumqi’s International Grand Bazaar. More than 60,000 visited the bazaar on Friday, as
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Rethinking education and social justice in Gilgit-Baltistan
While Covid-19 has busted the myth of success and efficiency of the market economy and governance with the failing façade
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Tajikistan bans Russified surnames
Lawmakers in a move to revive traditional names approve a bill banning identification documents containing Russified surname News Desk DUSHANBE:
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Pakistan’s human rights record worrisome: HRCP
Covid-19 pandemic affecting human rights, weakest segments of society invisible and unheard, notes HRCP in its flagship report High Asia
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Irrfan Khan: a powerhouse talent gone too soon
He was one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and among its most successful exports to Hollywood. He had only just begun,
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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice
Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on
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