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Diamer-Bhasha dam is neither green nor cheap

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November 17, 2021
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Diamer District, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Reservoir

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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As Pakistan faces gas crisis, hope revives for TAPI

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November 4, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, Energy, Pakistan, Politics, Taliban
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Gas shortage

Pakistan only started importing liquefied natural gas six years ago, but its growing dependence on super-chilled fuel is starting to turn into a nightmare.

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Love in the time of corona: time to build South Asian cooperation

By thehighasia
May 9, 2020
in :  China, Diplomacy, Economy, Education, Energy, Health, India, Kashmir, Latest, Latest News, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia, World
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“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky …

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In conversation with Chomsky: American culture and politics-I

By thehighasia
January 15, 2020
in :  Afghanistan, Climate Change, Conflict, Conservation, Darel, Economy, Energy, Environment, extremism, Features, Heritage, History, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Parliament, People, Politics, Slider, Society, Syria, Technology
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Herald Report   The US invasion of Iraq was aimed at setting up permanent military bases there and to benefit energy corporations and weapons industry, comments Professor Noam Chomsky, an internationally acclaimed American linguist in a conversation with Hassan Mirza, published in The Express Tribune Blogs section. The conversation is based on correspondence between the two over a period of …

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Power crisis: Yasin residents end protest on officias’ assurance

By thehighasia
January 6, 2020
in :  Energy, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Latest, Latest News, Slider
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  by Gul Nayab Shah   Protesters end sit-in at Yasin on Monday after negotiations with the district administration. High officials from the Ghizer District administration, water and power department and police assured uninterrupted and high voltage power supply to the people and steps for ending loadshedding in Yasin. The representatives met district administration officials, including the deputy commissioner, power …

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CAREC countries sign declaration to accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy

By thehighasia
September 20, 2019
in :  Central Asia, China, Economy, Energy, India, Latest News, National, Pakistan
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TASHKENT Nine countries in Central and West Asia on Friday signed a historic declaration that will accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy issues and move the region a step closer to the creation of a regional energy market, a statement issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. According to the statement, energy ministers and leaders from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the …

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Pakistan’s climate catastrophe

Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in the South Asian country.

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Education

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Features & Opinion

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IWD: GB women striving for social justice, rights

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March 8, 2022
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Environment

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GB constitutional package: ‘move aims to legitimise colonial rule’

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International investment appraisal techniques

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Left Literature

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A forgotten centenary

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Book review: Man’s search for meaning is a beacon of hope

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Undermining the people’s will

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Obituary

Aijaz Ahmad, a Marxist philosopher passes away

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March 10, 2022

Scholar, media historian Mehdi Hasan’s death condoled

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Pamirian-languages

Call for promotion of Pamirian languages

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November 19, 2021
Literature

Kohistani Shina-Urdu dictionary published

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Tourism

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