Book highlights diverse ecosystem of HKH regions
HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: A book on studies of three major mountain regions of Pakistan has been published. The book,
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Ecology
Women’s right to property and inheritance in Hunza
by Rozina Ahmed Debate over women’s right to property and inheritance in Pakistan, in general, and in Gilgit-Baltistan, in particular,
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Pakistan reels from floods
After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.
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Man-made catastrophe
The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.
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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear
By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by
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Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’
Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.
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Gilgit-Baltistan and climate change
There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions
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Women’s role in ecosystem restoration
by Ali Rehmat Shimshali Have you ever imagined progress of a society, or a nation without women? To answer this
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Pakistan’s neoliberal state is a machine for plunder
Pakistani neoliberalism hasn’t rolled back state intervention in the economy. Building on a predatory tradition that dates back to British colonial rule, it has used state power to enforce the ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s workers and natural resources.
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GB constitutional package: ‘move aims to legitimise colonial rule’
Young academic cautions youth about neoliberal ‘development mantra Special Correspondent Professor Zaighum Abbas speaking on the proposed provisional provincial status
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Uberisation of farmlands
In the name of saving the climate, big technological and agriculture firms and corporations will uberise farmlands
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Diamer-Bhasha dam is neither green nor cheap
Pakistan is pushing ahead with hydropower as a low-cost way of ‘greening’ its energy sector, but this ignores the latest research as well as the history of large dams in the country.
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Tourism & plastic pollution: winners of Students’ League contest announced
This year the Global UNWTO Students’ League competition focused on addressing the issue of plastics pollution within the sector, as well as maximizing tourism’s contributions to rural development.
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Potential impacts of 5-star hotels on Hunza’s ecology
In Hunza where people are still struggling to have access to basic needs including water, sanitation, electricity, health and education luxury and hotels with high inventory will have disastrous outcomes
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A 2,500-kilometer road trip by Anzor Bukharsky, one of Central Asia’s most beloved photographers and cultural commentators, offers a rare
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