On climate week, revisit Attabad tragedy
The tragedy behind the lake is bigger than the landslide that created it Haneya Zuberi Franz Kafka wrote in
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Thunberg tells world leaders ‘you have stolen my dreams’
Youth leaders at UN Climate Change Summit demand bold action UNITED NATIONS: Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Monday
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of a new ‘Great Game’ and a new status quo in Kashmir-II
By Ghulam Amin Beg When Harrison’s Op-Ed was published in the New York Times in 2010, it was taken by
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Army, GB Scouts’ athletes shine at highest altitude marathon
Our Correspondent HUNZA: Army and Gilgit-Baltistan athletes won the top positions in the Khunjerav Highest Road Marathon, the highest altitude
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Death toll in Babusar bus crash rises to 26
11 passengers injured; 16 army personnel among 37 passengers were traveling in the bus from Skardu to Rawalpindi Our Correspondent
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Millions across the globe take part in climate strike
The global campaign was organised by young people, political, social and environmental activists, schoolchildren and citizens concerned over the future
Read MoreTowards climate justice in the spirit of internationalism
By Ammar Rashid Starting today, we will see the largest worldwide climate mobilisation in the history of the planet for
Read MoreCAREC countries sign declaration to accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
TASHKENT Nine countries in Central and West Asia on Friday signed a historic declaration that will accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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Govt plan for media courts sparks fears for press freedom
News Desk ISLAMABAD The PTI-led government’s plan to launch specialist media courts sparked a furious backlash on Wednesday from media
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Women’s Action Forum: looking back on 38 years activism
Herald Report As we celebrate the near four decades struggle launched by women activists for equal rights in Pakistani society
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PIA plane makes emergency landing at Lahore airport
Herald Report A Jeddah-bound plane made an emergency landing at Lahore airport minutes after take-off on Sunday morning, according to
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Six projects receive 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The winners will share $1 million prizes which recognizes all parties involved in the conception, design, and realization of a
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Tajik children’s treacherous journey to school
Herald Report Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous
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PTI’s slogan of ‘change’ has proven farce: Asim Sajjad
‘Neither the begging bowl has been broken nor 5 million jobs and 100m houses provided’ Farman Ali Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government
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