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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Chitral’s longest suspension bridge
by Karim Ullah The Khor bridge: Perhaps, one of the longest suspension bridges in the region, the 1,200ft bridge was
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Picturesque Punial valley
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the heritage and folklore of the people of Punial in Gilgit-Baltistan by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro Punial
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History writing is fixated on archival discovery trope: Faisal Devji
Professor Faisal Devji on Muslim depoliticisation, Hindu nationalism and historians mimicking detectives. Here is excerpts from an interview with Seema
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The trouble with the enlightenment
By Aziz Ali Dad Every ideology, religion and worldview contains seeds of discontent within. The Enlightenment brought about a change
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Wooden funerary art of Tangir and Darel
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the ornate and unique graves that tell a story of timber, power and upheaval by Zulfiqar
Read MoreWILDNESS. Bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
In the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, thousands of young girls and women are kidnapped every year to be forced
Read MoreLiterature: Beneath a Pile of Rubble
Algerian poet Djamal Amrani was born in 1935 in Sour El Gozlane. Central to his life and work were his
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Dinmukhamed Kunaev’s House Museum
Dinmukhamed Kunaev was a leader of Soviet Kazakhstan. As the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan he was
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Khalida Hussain (1937-2019): banishment-loving woman
In this article, Raza Naeem remembers Khalida Hussain, an esteemed Urdu short story writer who passed away on January 11,
Read MoreUzbekistan carpets: history and traditions
When we talk about the carpets of Central Asia, we typically mean those produced by Turkmens. However, the production of
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HISTORY: remembring Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Pankhurst was a leading British women’s rights activist, who led the movement to win the right for women to vote.
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Buddhist treasure in Gilgit cries out for govt’s attention
GILGIT: Thousands of Buddhists from Japan, South Korea and other parts of the world visiting Gilgit city every year crave
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Wooden heritage of Wakhi Pamiri people
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the distinctive aesthetic to be found in Gojal valley, upper Hunza of Gilgit-Baltistan By Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro
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Socialism’s stormy petrel
Raza Naeem on the politics and worldview contained in the work of Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002) by Raza Naeem “Stone Kaifi to
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