By Naveed Hussain Dr Sabit Rahim, the first PhD in economics and an educationist from Gilgit-Baltistan passed away on Tuesday (May 23, 2023), at the age of 82 leaving behind family members, friends, and hundreds of students to mourn his death. With his passing a remarkable legacy of passion for seeking knowledge and sharing with others has come to an …

Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, will help researchers assessing the potential hazards …

There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions

Participants of Ghizer Youth Maraka blast successive governments for their failure and apathy in addressing the issue

For years, suicide cases in Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan have been haunting the mountain communities, but a fresh wave of suicides has left them baffled. Ahmad Faraz sheds light on the issue with a nuanced understanding of the local milieu.

Organised by the Yasin Winter Sports Club, a community initiative, eight men and four women teams from Ghizer participated in the two-day event was held after the district administration cancelled the famous Khalti festival.

Megalithic graves or stone circles are found in all four tehsils – Punial, Ishkoman, Gupis and Yasin of the district. A few published reports and articles mention the megalithic graves in Yasin, Gupis, Iskhoman and Upper Gakhuch.

youth and civil society activists from Gilgit-Baltistan took to the microblogging and social networking engine twitter condemning the murder of Azmat and demanding provision of justice to the victim

Students, political and civil society activists march in Yasin main bazaar against non-availability of internet service in Yasin Valley last month. (File Photo) By Faisal Ali There have been a lot of complaints about and criticism on social and mainstream media on the internet services being provided by the Special Communications Organisation (SCO) in Gilgit-Baltistan and other mountainous regions. University …