Pakistan tops list of best 2020 holiday destinations
View of K-2 & Muztagh Tower from Abruzi Glacier”. The adventure traveller’s must-visit goes from strength to strength, wrote the award-winning
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As COP25 goes into the night, UN chief calls for more climate ambition
Madrid: With national delegations thrashing out an outcome agreement at the UN COP25 climate change conference in Madrid, the UN
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Destroying Soviet architecture in Central Asia
Herald Report Soviet architecture in Central Asia, as the name tells, is a fusion of Soviet modernity with traditional Central
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Can crops’ wild relatives save troubled agriculture?
Cultivating a limited number of crops reduced the genetic diversity of plants, endangering harvests. Seed collectors hope to fix it by finding the plants’ wild cousins, writes Lela Nargi in Jstor Daily.
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Student killed in IIUI campus violence
Over a dozen students belonging to different organisations injured in a clash between two groups on IIUI campus. Herald Report
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Rumi – an inspiration to Pakistani poets, writers
Pakistanis are familiar with Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi – a 13th-century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar – as famous poets
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Tajik MPs approve bill legalizing stateless residents
Parliamentarians green-light bill that will legalise 20,000 stateless residents from former Soviet republics DUSHANBE: Tajik lawmakers have approved a
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Mountains matter, if you’re young, UN declares
Covering around 27 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth
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Sanna Marin the rising star on Finland’s political scene
President Sauli Niinisto greeting Sanna Marin before her first meeting as prime minister of Finland. Credit…Lehtikuva Sanna Marin becomes the
Read MoreClimate change: mountain water towers at risk, say scientists
Researchers have ranked the world’s most important, most threatened mountain water towers, provide new insight on mountain glacier–derived water resource systems, impacting up to 1.9 billion people globally
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In a first, Sindh cabinet green-lights bill to lift ban on student union
Activists take part in a demo demanding the revival of student unions, and batter education facilities, in Karachi on
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Wine, wit and wisdom
Wine tourism creates jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities, says UNWTO general secretary
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The art of neighbourhoods
Border dynamics, natural resources, and mobility in Central Asia
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Celebrating Heer who challenged patriarchy in Punjab
Artists, historians, and writers are marking Punjab’s secular epic, 250 years after it was penned by Waris Shah
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Chitrali, Kailasha cultures showcased in capital
Fashion show and handicraft from the two valleys were also on display at the Aabpara Community Centre
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