Pakistan could be left high and dry even if Paris climate targets are achieved
Carly Roth The 2015 Paris agreement on climate change set the goal of keeping global, average temperature rise
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AKAH: a journey of hope
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has been helping communities create safe and resilient human habitats, with improved services
Read MoreEcotourism in GB – opportunities and challenges
The current job market in tourism and hospitality sectors is typically patriarchal and deeply misogynistic and needs to be diversified
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A future in the balance
Unprecedented ocean and cryosphere change requires urgent action, IPCC report finds Herald Report Our oceans are warming, ice sheets are
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Strong quake jolts AJK, Pakistan, killing 30, injuring over 400
Tuesday’s quake is a painful reminder of a natural catastrophe which wiped out 87,000 people in the region 14 years
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Myths and menstruation: Overcoming Pakistan’s period taboo
Women in Pakistan sew sanitary pads to break period taboo for girls BOONI (Chitral): Bent over her hand-crank sewing machine,
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On climate week, revisit Attabad tragedy
The tragedy behind the lake is bigger than the landslide that created it Haneya Zuberi Franz Kafka wrote in
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of a new ‘Great Game’ and a new status quo in Kashmir-II
By Ghulam Amin Beg When Harrison’s Op-Ed was published in the New York Times in 2010, it was taken by
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Army, GB Scouts’ athletes shine at highest altitude marathon
Our Correspondent HUNZA: Army and Gilgit-Baltistan athletes won the top positions in the Khunjerav Highest Road Marathon, the highest altitude
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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Tajik children’s treacherous journey to school
Herald Report Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous
Read MoreIndependent Tajik news agency facing ‘targeted disruption’
Herald Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajik authorities to investigate the “apparently targeted disruption” of
Read MoreKashmiris accuse Indian troops of beatings, abuse
They’re marauding our homes like a victorious army, say Kashmiris Herald Report Stories of brutality, violence, arrests, and intimidation of
Read MoreOver 20 protesters arrested after pro-independence rally in AJK
At least 22 arrested after demonstrators clashed with police near Tatrinote village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. News Desk Police have arrested
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Ishkoman’s impressive Immit valley
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro offers a portrait of the village of Immit in Ghizer district by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro While going
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