Pakistan at 75 and Gilgit-Baltistan’s future
By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important to reflect upon the achievements, failures,
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High Asia
Scaling all 8000ers: Sirbaz inches closer to goal
Sirbaz Ali Khan scaled on August 12, 2022, Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world, and the 12th on
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GLOFs pose major threats to people in G-B, Chitral
Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have
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Another feather in the cap of Kashif Shehroze
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 Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by
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Tajikistan puts squeeze on AKDN entities in GBAO
Authorities in Tajikistan are putting the squeeze on the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) organizations and companies.
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Why are glaciers melting at such a rapid rate?
Concerns as glaciers melt in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan is home to more than 7,000 glaciers, but rising global temperatures are causing them to melt rapidly.
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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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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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The polyglots of Dardistan
By Zubair Torwali Dardistan is one of the most diverse linguistic regions in the world. In the 1930s, the Norwegian
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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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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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Influential figure killed in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region
By news desk Police in Tajikistan have said that “leader of an organized criminal group,” has been killed as a
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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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Tajik security forces kill 25 ethnic Pamiris
The Pamir region happens to be the only part of the country where protesters still take to the streets against the government.
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