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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Gilgit-Baltistan
Flash floods wreak havoc in GB, claim 8 lives
By Inayat Amir Flash floods and landslides have wreaked havoc in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral claiming eight lives during the last
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Three women set new records in mountaineering
Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng from Taiwanese and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Akita) become the first woman in their countries to conquer Nanga Parbat
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Climber Iman Karim falls to death on G-II
Iman Karim was part of an expedition along with noted mountaineer Sirbaz Khan and Rana Javed.
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Call for declaring mental health emergency in GB
Participants of Ghizer Youth Maraka blast successive governments for their failure and apathy in addressing the issue
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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
Read MoreWhat’s fueling Chitral’s high rate of suicide cases?
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.
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Suicide: the never-ending pandemic in GBC
By Rozina Parveen When the horrors of life outway the terrors of death a man commits suicide — Albert Camus
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Call for an end to GB’s constitutional deprivation
The mission is especially alarmed by the apparent surge in suicide cases in various parts of GB, particularly in district Ghizer. A large number of these victims comprise women and the mission has reason to believe that some cases of honour killings have been labelled suicide and thus ‘forgotten
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Climate change catastrophe is here and now
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 Pakistan.
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Baleng: The wall
Rizwan Qalandar has attempted to translate a song of Rahimullah Rahim, perhaps one of the most difficult contemporary poets, from
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Chorbat residents protest rampant arrests by police
The community members in Chorbat area of Baltistan including women and children have left their villages and taken to the
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GB mourns death of its finest musician
By Sultan Madad After a long and soulful journey of showering happiness with the beats of his drum, the legendary
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Murder of merit: drive against regularization of contractual employees
By Inayat Amir Islamabad: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan especially members of civil society, youth organizations and journalists have opposed the
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Shisper glacier surge: societal impacts, interventions
By KOSAR BANO & CHIMI SELDON The Shisper Glacier surge blocking the proglacial Machuhar River, resulting in the formation of an ice-dammed
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