Fatal debacle on overcrowded Everest continues
American climber died Monday on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest, bringing to nine the number of dead
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Policy dialogue: Beyond austerity
Awami Workers Party in collaboration with Senior Journalists Forum is holding a public dialogue to offer a national alternative approach
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The Context of the Enlightenment–I
Aziz Ali Dad thinks about the flux and fixity of ideas over the past two millennia by Aziz Ali Dad When
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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Many readers will recognise that the title of this column is borrowed from an online marketplace that
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An example to all: Mongolian herders who took on a corporate behemoth – and won
Displaced from their land by multinational mining companies, nomadic herders defied the odds to preserve their heritage for future generations
Read MoreCut in HEC budget, privatization of hospitals opposed
Professional bodies of teachers, students, workers, doctors and political activists reject IMF’s bailout prescriptions, cut in PSDP Herald Report Academics,
Read MorePakistan: where daily slaughter of women barely makes news
The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column
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What does Pakistan’s typhoid outbreak tell us?
Anayat Baig tells a tragic story of neglect, inequality and superbugs Pakistan is facing world’s largest extremely drug resistant (XDR)
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‘No Fortunes to Tell’: an elegy of broken world
Harris Khalique’s new English poetry collection documents people’s suffering Farman Ali Noted poet Harris Khalique’s new collection of poetry in
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Political leaders, lawyers oppose GB top judge’s appointment
Baam-e-Dunya/Herald Report GILGIT: Political circles and lawyers of Gilgit-Baltistan have expressed reservations about the appointment of top judge of the
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Tibetan snowcock is caught on camera
A study on the little-known high-altitude bird in the pheasant family, the Tibetan Snowcock. The study uses reports on images from camera
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Ramazan package in Hunza: lessons to learn
Dr Reshma Perveen-Mosofir Today I woke up to photographs on my newsfeed on social media showing women sitting in a
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In Tajik mountains, Pamiris keep unique culture alive
Herald Special In remote Tajik mountains, Pamiris keep unique culture alive. The Pamir mountains of northern Tajikistan are sometimes known
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Experts for protection of indigenous communities’ rights
Representatives of over a dozen indigenous peoples of mountainous regions discuss challenges, opportunities, and strategies at Bahrain conference Farman Ali
Read MoreChina, Pakistan have shared dreams of peace, prosperity: envoy
Mushahid Hussain showers praise on Chinese people, students for transformation Herald Report Islamabad: China and Pakistan have shared dreams of
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