Herald Report CHITRAL: Three people died and four sustained injuries as under-repair water pipeline fell into Chitral river on Saturday, police and local rescue service sources told The High Asia Herald. Local people were busy in repairing the main pipelines running over the Chitral River in Mori Payeen village, 30km away from here. The incident occurred when one of the …
https://www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_an_urgent_call_to_protect_the_worlds_third_pole?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare The High Asia Herald/TV Special The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world’s third-largest repository of ice, after the North and South Poles — and if current melting rates continue, two-thirds of its glaciers could be gone by the end of this century. What will happen if we let them melt away? Environmentalist and former Prime Minister of Bhutan …
Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic Front (WDF), Pakistan’s premier socialist-feminist organization, has condemned a recent verdict of an anti-terrorism court awarding 90 years prison term to political activists Iftikhar Hussain Kabalai, a leader of Karakoram National Movement. WDF president Ismat Shahjahan in a solidarity message …
Thousands of passengers are stranded at Tatapani area, Shimshal valley due to blockade of roads By Asif Sakhi GOJAL: Recent heavy rains have wreaked havoc in several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan damaging roads, crop fields and orchards. Karakoram Highway, the main artery linking China with Pakistan is blocked at several pints due to landslides and mudslides. The rains damaged Shimshal …
دریائی کٹاو کی تباہ کاریاں جاری، این ایل آئی چھاونی دریا برد گوجال : پھسو ٹائمز اُردُو : فقیر اللہ خان ضلع ہنزہ کے تحصیل گوجال میں دریائی کٹاو نے تباہی مچادی، ضلعی انتظامیہ خاموش تماشائیدریائی کٹاو پر خصوصی ویڈیو رپورٹ Posted by Passu-Times پھسو ٹائمز on Sunday, 28 July 2019 By Asif Sakhi GOJAL: Recent heavy rains …
Hunza valley has suffered the most due to unplanned tourism and unending greed for money and profit. The valley is being sold out to tycoons of hospitality industry, land mafias and tax evaders, writes Amir Hussain in his latest column in The News. by Amir Hussain All praise to nature for endowing the land of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) with magical …
Floods caused by glacier lake outburst on July 7 damaged road, bridges, water supply line and houses Luke Rehmat and Gul Hammad Farooqi Gollen: The recent floods caused by outburst of a glacier lake have wreaked havoc in the picturesque Gollen valley of Chitral, local reporters said. The floods caused by glacier outburst (GLOF) on July 7 reportedly devastated the …
by AFP LASWA VALEY: Once a small cluster of houses stood along a gentle stream in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK). Now only jagged rocks and a few damaged homes remain after torrential rains wreaked havoc on the picturesque mountain village in the Laswa Valley. More than 270 people have been killed in recent days across South Asia as monsoon …
While we’re losing biological diversity, we’re also losing linguistic and cultural diversity at the same time. This is no coincidence. By Chi Luu The world is getting uncomfortably warm. At present, much of Europe is suffering under a heatwave of record-breaking temperatures. It’s so hot that piles of manure are spontaneously combusting and setting off wildfires in Spain. Across the pond, mussels looking …
Displaced from their land by multinational mining companies, nomadic herders defied the odds to preserve their heritage for future generations by Rod Austin Just 10 years ago, the district of Khanbogd, in southern Mongolia’s Omnogovi province, was a barely known region of eastern Asia. That changed with the discovery of gold and copper deposits below the seemingly endless Gobi desert, home to a …
