Internet woes: media highlights GB students’ movement
Youngsters start #Internet4GilgitBaltistan campaign; pictures of students sitting on mountaintops with books and laptops highlight the issue, reports Gulf News
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High Asia
Opinion: Pakistan and the new great game
Senator Sherry Rehman Is the China-India conflict in the Himalayas blows hot and blows cold, Islamabad’s studied reticence has so
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GBLA polls 2020
by Sajjad Ahmad GILGIT-BALTISTAN will hold elections on Aug 18, 2020, for the Legislative Assembly’s 24 constituencies. The government’s five-year
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Tourism, climate change affecting fragile mountain ecosystem-II
Tourism and climate change are transforming the fragile mountain ecosystems in the Karakorams, Himalaya-Hindu Kush and Pamirs. Ang Rita Sherpa,
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Pakistan’s great digital divide
A new reliance on virtual life in the COVID-19 era has laid bare the lack of internet access for much
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Will border disputes in Himalayas affect climate research?
Scientists hope recent border clashes and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the
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World losing fight against poverty: UN academic
‘We squandered a decade’ says UN’s outgoing special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030
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Poppy production rises in Badakhshan province
blob:https://www.rferl.org/f0105167-7ca9-4487-9108-c8abda861a2b Afghanistan lost $1 million in international funding this year making the drive to halt heroin production in Badakhshan even more
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Tourism suffers another blow as PTDC shuts its motels, lays off employees
Pakistan’s tourism sector suffered another jolt as the PTDC has announced to shut down its 30 motels and terminate the services of its 450 permanent employees, prompting a strong reaction from social media activists and employees over the government’s decision
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MMD voices concern at lack of internet access to students
Herald Report Islamabad: A digital rights watchdog has expressed concern at the difficulties being faced by students in attending online classes
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More than ‘ethnic’ cuisine-III
Naba Basar discovers the secrets of healthy, organic and innovative mountain cuisine from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. She shares her experiences
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Feminism in Central Asia: what went wrong?
Zulaykho Usmanova addressing Women Forum in Dushanbe Feminism is not adequately perceived in Central Asian societies, writes Lolisanam Ulugova in
Read MoreMubarak Wakhani: Yumgan’s Leonardo da Vinci
https://youtu.be/Z-k1BlHYpXc Yumgan Wakhani Museum is a treasure trove of artefacts, pottery, musical instruments and various objects invented by or remained
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Students take to roads: protest against online classes, poor internet service
https://www.facebook.com/allbaltistanmovement/videos/720184605408660/?t=22 Students from GB, Kashmir, ex-Fata districts, Seraiki and Balochistan regions demand suspension of online classes, waiver of fees Inayat
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Pamir Mountains: how medicinal, aromatic plants contribute to food security
Agricultural village in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Photo by Christopher Wilton-Steer/UCA Herald Report In Pamir mountains of High Asia region with limited
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