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CPEC: potential threats to G-B’s ecosystem

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in :  Biodiversity Conservation, China, Climate Change, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region
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CPEC's impact on G-B

By Nadia Zartaj Gilgit-Baltistan, with its unique geography, has one of the most diverse landscapes on earth. The region is an abode for the four greatest mountain ranges in the world: The Pamir to the north, the Hindu Kush to the west, the lesser Himalayas to the south, and the Karakoram to the East. Five of the 14 tallest mountain …

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Book highlights diverse ecosystem of HKH regions

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
in :  Biodiversity, China, Climate Change, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Wildlife
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Mountain Studies

HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: A book on studies of three major mountain regions of Pakistan has been published. The book, titled: Mountain Studies Understanding and Managing  Mountains for people and Nature is an important resource book for researchers, academia, students, and environmentalists as well as the people living in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya (HKH) regions. The book contains …

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Women’s right to property and inheritance in Hunza

By thehighasia
December 15, 2022
in :  Ecology, Feminism, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Legal, Opinion, Slider, Society
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women's right to 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, is commonplace in mainstream media, social media, and political circles. Although women’s right to property and inheritance is mandated by Islamic Shariah as well as the Constitution of Pakistan, it is rarely honored in practice. Even in regions where the …

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Meta expands digital literacy programme to G-B

By thehighasia
October 21, 2022
in :  Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Media, Pakistan, Technology
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Digital Literacy

The programme has reached 130,000 students and 3,094 teachers across 28 districts of the country providing them with a collection of accessible learning modules that help people think critically and share online thoughtfully, as well as empowering them with the skills needed to be informed and safe online.

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Sports fest organised for Chitral jail inmates, staff

By thehighasia
October 9, 2022
in :  Chitral, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Society, Sports
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Sports Fest

The two-day events aimed at providing entertainment and engaging 90 prisoners including four women in healthy activities By Gul Hamaad Farooqi Chitral: A two-day sports festival was organized for the Chitral District Jail inmates for the first time in the history of the region. There are 90 prisoners, including four women. The sports event was organized by District Sports Officer …

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‘Protect rights of journalists, media workers

By thehighasia
September 23, 2022
in :  High Asia Region, Human Rights, Law, Media, Pakistan, Slider, Women
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Media workers rights

Participants of an awareness session demand a new legal framework for digital and electronic media journalists and workers and; updating of existing laws for print media.

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Pakistan reels from floods

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
in :  Balochistan, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Pakistan
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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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Tajik authorities intensify crackdown on Pamiris

By thehighasia
September 10, 2022
in :  Central Asia, Conflict, Democracy, extremism, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Latest, Pamir Ranges, Politics, Resistance, Tajikistan
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Clampdown on Pamiris

Since July, the courts have handed down more than 5,000 verdicts with heavy sentences against members of a Shiite Ismaili ethnic group. About 100 detainees, including seven journalists, are awaiting trial. Authorities in Tajikistan have forced the closure of two religious bodies in the capital Dushanbe within a succession of a week, according to media reports. The institutions are the …

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Man-made catastrophe

By thehighasia
August 26, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Development, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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Disaster

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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Pakistan at 75 and Gilgit-Baltistan’s future

By thehighasia
August 14, 2022
in :  Development, Energy, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, Health, High Asia Region, History, Human Rights, Islamabad, Opinion, Pakistan, Tourism
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G-B Masp

By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important to reflect upon the achievements, failures, developments and issues in Gilgit-Baltistan from different perspectives and see how, as a nation, we have reached this adversity. The region, administered by Pakistan, is home to the three largest mountain ranges and massif of snow-clad lofty peaks, scenic pastures, …

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Scaling all 8000ers: Sirbaz inches closer to goal

By thehighasia
August 14, 2022
in :  Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Mountaineering
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Gashaerbrum-I summit

Sirbaz Ali Khan scaled on August 12, 2022, Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world, and the 12th on the list of his target of scaling all 14 peaks News Desk Internationally acclaimed mountaineer Sirbaz Ali Khan Friday (August 12) put another feather in his cap by scaling Gasharbrum-I the 11th highest mountain in the world. With the summit …

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GLOFs pose major threats to people in G-B, Chitral

By thehighasia
August 13, 2022
in :  Archives, Central Asia, China, Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Environment, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges
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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 …

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Another feather in the cap of Kashif Shehroze

By thehighasia
August 8, 2022
in :  Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Karakoram Ranges, Latest News, Mountaineering, Slider, Sports
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Youngest climber on G-II

Kashif Shehroze aka Broadboy on Aug 8, 2022 became the youngest climber in the world to summit Gasherbrum-II mountain.

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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear

By thehighasia
August 7, 2022
in :  Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Features, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, People, Slider
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GLOF Risk

By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by Gul Hamaad Farooqui/HAH Daniyal visited his scenic valley Oveer Lasht nestled in the Hindu Kush Mountains to enjoy summer vacations with peace of mind and enjoy its tranquillity escaping the humid and scorching hot weather of Karachi. But to his …

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Tajikistan puts squeeze on AKDN entities in GBAO

By thehighasia
July 29, 2022
in :  Central Asia, Conflict, Education, High Asia Region, Pamir Ranges, Philanthropy, Tajikistan
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AKDN in Tajikistan

Authorities in Tajikistan are putting the squeeze on the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) organizations and companies.

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record 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. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Pakistani miniaturist wins Japan’s Fukuoka Prize

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An anthropologist’s 20-year quest to document Pakistan’s ancient rock art

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May 1, 2022

GB mourns death of its finest musician

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April 17, 2022

Education

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Torching girls’ school and emerging situation in GB

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November 11, 2022
Digital Literacy

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October 21, 2022
AKDN in Tajikistan

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Health

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Period poverty and its impact on women

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Features & Opinion

GLOF Risk

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August 7, 2022
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K2 is beginning to look a lot like Everest

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July 29, 2022
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Naazir’s letter to father Rashad on his 90th birthday

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July 11, 2022

Environment

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August 14, 2022

Economy

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China’s BRI grapples with a mounting debt crisis

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August 3, 2022

Literature

Philosophy of happiness: What does it mean to be happy

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September 29, 2022
Revolutionary

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July 11, 2022
Science and History

The dangerous populist science of Harari

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July 11, 2022
Women's rights

Feminism: 5 books every woman should read

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May 29, 2022
Socialism

Cohen showed why we should all be socialists

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May 26, 2022

Damned from here to eternity

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May 24, 2022
Investment appraisal chart

International investment appraisal techniques

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May 20, 2022
Left Literature

Book launch: Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan

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May 20, 2022

A forgotten centenary

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May 19, 2022

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

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May 11, 2022

Undermining the people’s will

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May 8, 2022

Baleng: The wall

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April 24, 2022
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

Tourism

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August 14, 2022

Swat: The paradise lost

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